Addax Petroleum Corp.’s crude output has risen 14 percent since the Geneva-based company was acquired by China Petrochemical Corp. in August last year, according to Bloomberg.
Crude production at Addax has grown to 155,000 barrels a day from 136,000 barrels a day, China Petrochemical, also known as Sinopec Group, said in a statement on its website. Addax may have added 110 million barrels of oil and gas reserves this year, according to the statement.
Sinopec Group bought Addax for C$8.3 billion ($8.2 billion) to gain oil reserves in Iraq’s Kurdistan and West Africa. The Beijing-based company said this month the group’s overseas crude output may surge 40 percent to 18 million metric tons this year.
Addax’s crude production may rise to 7 million tons this year from 6.75 million tons in 2009, according to Sinopec Group. Oil and gas output may reach 20 million tons of oil equivalent by 2015, the Chinese company said.
(Sources: Bloomberg, Addax)
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