Addax Petroleum

Addax Petroleum
Private
Industry Petroleum industry
Founded 1994
Products petroleum, oil & gas
Website Addax Petroleum

Addax Petroleum was established in 1994 and since August 2009 has been a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide.[1] Addax Petroleum was an international gas and oil production and exploration company mainly focused on the Middle East, the North Sea and Africa. Since 1994, the company become one of the largest oil producers in West Africa.[2]

History

Addax Petroleum was originally part of the Addax & Oryx Group of Companies (AOG) which was founded in 1987. In 1989 AOG embarked on an ambitious expansion programme with the aim of becoming a vertically integrated oil company focused on the African continent. This led to the creation of Addax Petroleum in 1994 by Marc Lorenceau, a partner from the AOG trading group. Addax's initial steps in the upstream business was the acquisition of the Espoir field offshore Ivory Coast that had been relinquished by Phillips in 1988. Four years later, Addax Petroleum sold its remaining equity in the Espoir field to CNR (Canadian Natural Resources). In 1998, as oil prices were dropping, Ashland Oil Nigeria was for sale as the company wanted to leave the country's upstream sector. Perenco appeared to be the best bidder for Ashland's assets. However, the bidding process was overturned and these assets were eventually awarded to Addax Petroleum for the official amount of twenty million US dollars. After the tragic death of Mr. Lorenceau in a ski accident in late 2001, Jean Claude Gandur became the company's Chairman and CEO until the takeover by the Sinopec Group in August 2009. At Sinopec's take over, Mr. Geng Xianglang is appointed CEO, followed by Mr. Zhang Yi in 2010. Mr. Geng Xianglang remains as Chairman of the board

Chronology

Continuous production growth

The Company's average daily oil production for 2011 was 140,000 bbl/d. Year-to-date average daily oil production as of Q3 2012 was 167,000 bbl/d (this figure does not take the Talisman-Sinopec Energy UK nor the OML 138 production figures into account).

As part of its "Vision 500", Addax Petroleum aims to reach an average daily production of 500,000 barrels of oil by 2015. Addax Petroleum has never been able to get close to that production figure.

Addax Petroleum is currently the 2nd largest oil producer in Cameroon, the 4th largest in Gabon and the 5th largest in Nigeria.

The TTOPCO Joint Venture company (together with Genel Energy) is the largest oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan, while the newly created Talisman-Sinopec Energy UK Ltd Joint Venture company (in which Addax Petroleum holds 49%) is the 4th largest UK oil producer (2011 figures) with an output of approximately 70,000 bopd.

Asset growth

Addax Petroleum has a high quality asset base consisting of a number of onshore and offshore exploration, development and producing fields in Nigeria, Gabon, Cameroon and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, as well as the UK North Sea's Continental Shelf.

Corporate culture

Addax Petroleum's motto is "Each step makes a difference and difference is our strength". The company motto reflects the fact that Addax Petroleum puts strong emphasis on cross-cultural management, as the company brings together employees from many different cultural backgrounds under Chinese management.

References

  1. ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "China's Sinopec to buy Addax for C$8.27 billion". Reuters UK. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  2. ↑ "Addax Petroleum Corporation: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Pogo drills off Thailand and in the GoM : Addax expanding, extending production from 'marginal' Nigerian fields". Offshore-mag.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ↑ "History". Genelenergy.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-08-19. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
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  7. ↑ "Addax buys Shell's stake in Pecten | Companies". Chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  8. ↑ "Talisman and Sinopec to create joint North Seas venture - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
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  10. ↑ https://www.addaxpetroleum.com/company/about-us. Retrieved 2017-04-18. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Exxon takes over operatorship on Usan from Total - NIGERIA - Africa Energy Intelligence 18/11/2014". Africaintelligence.com. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  12. ↑ "Addax-Petroleum-licencie-70-personnes-a-Geneve 17/09/2015". tdg.ch. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  13. ↑ "Statement of circumstances relating to the resignation of Deloitte LLP as auditors to Addax Petroleum UK limited". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk 14/12/2016. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  14. ↑ "Une affaire explosive rattrape le pétrolier Addax 20/02/2017". tdg.ch. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
  15. ↑ "Le groupe genevois Addax mis en accusation par ses auditeurs 21/02/2017". letemps.ch. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  16. ↑ "Le patron d'Addax Petroleum arrêté à Genève 24/03/2017". letemps.ch. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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