HANOI: British energy giant BP said on Tuesday its Nam Con Son

HANOI: British energy giant BP said on Tuesday its Nam Con Son field, the largest foreign oil and gas project in Vietnam, has generated one billion cubic metres of gas sales.

The company said it reached the milestone on Sunday, 14 months after its 399 kilometer pipeline -- the world's longest -- began transporting gas from the offshore Lan Tay field to the Phu My power complex.

Phu My is located in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, south of Ho Chi Minh City.

Electricity of Vietnam's Phu My 2.1 power plant with a capacity of 900 megawatts has been the main customer. Phu My 3, in which BP is an investor, is expected to run commercially on the gas this later month.

Three other plants in the complex are expected to follow suit this year.

"The excellent business and environmental performance we've achieved so far has shown our credibility and reliability," said Mary Shafer-Malicki, director general of the group's Vietnam arm, the BP Exploration and Operating Co. -- AFP