Taipei, Taiwan – (BUSINESS WIRE) – CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC) has been exploring for oil in Africa for decades. In 2006, she signed a contract with the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of Chad under the name OPIC Africa. In 2011, he discovered a large amount of crude oil in the first well. In 2017, he obtained the development and production license for the Oryx concession. It conducted experimental production in February 2020. In October 2020, the first shipment of oil produced by Oryx Concession – a tanker carrying around 950,000 barrels of crude oil – left the Kribi terminal in Cameroon and arrived in Taiwan at the end of November. . On December 1, the CPC held a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of the first shipment of Chadian crude oil to Taiwan at the Dalin refinery operated by the CPC’s refining business division, to announce the latest results of its oil exploration project abroad.
CPC President Jerry Ou said at the ceremony: “The Chad Oryx concession is the first time that CPC has carried out exploration activities abroad as an operator and entered the development and production phase. . This shows that CPC has the ability to manage the entire life cycle of the oil exploration and production project on its own. Going forward, CPC will replicate its successful experience in Chad and continue to expand overseas exploration areas to help achieve Taiwan’s energy independence.
For the past 40 years, CPC has been involved in global exploration as well as mergers and acquisitions. In recent years, it has made brilliant achievements in Africa, Australia, South America and Southeast Asia, all of which have increased Taiwan’s ability to maintain national energy security. CPC will continue to work on the vision of becoming an international upstream petroleum company with high asset value.
The seismic surveys, drilling, development and production of the Chad Oryx concession are all managed by CPC. The company prides itself on its expertise in geoscience, oil well drilling and geological modeling technology. Its international technical export services and oilfield development planning technology can also be shared with the international community.
Founded 74 years ago, CPC is Taiwan’s largest energy group and is listed in the Fortune Global 500. It is an integrated energy group covering the upper, mid-range and downstream oil industries.
