Fire Breaks Out on Offshore Rig During Decommissioning at Song Doc Field, Vietnam A fire broke out on the Song Doc offshore oil rig located off Vietnam’s southernmost province of Ca Mau during ongoing decommissioning operations. The incident occurred while subcontractors were carrying out cleaning and dismantling work on the ageing extraction platform, marking a tense moment in what is typically considered the final chapter of an oil field’s life cycle. According to Petrovietnam Domestic Explora

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