General Description
Location: The Bạch Hổ oil field (White Tiger oilfield) is a major oil field in the Cuu Long basin of the East Sea located offshore due east of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.
General overview: Bach Ho Terminal is a subport of Vung Tau. The field contains major reserves hosted within highly fractured granitic basement rocks. The field utilises FSO-5, a non-automatic oil tanker (no engine), 258.14m long, 46.4 wide, 24m high, 24m water-line, 150,000 ton dead tonnage, 173,796 m3 total containing capacity.
Load line zone: China Sea Seasonal Tropical Area, Tropical Jan 21 to Apr 30, Summer May 1 to Jan 20.