Cameroon's crude oil production
rose 19.4%, or 12.3 million barrels (MMbbl), between January and April
compared with a year earlier, the state oil company SNH said on June 7, without
giving a reason for the higher production.
The Central African country has
been pumping oil since 1977, hitting a peak of 185 Mbbl/d 10 years later before
slipping.
National Hydrocarbons Corp.
(SNH) said in a statement that gas production, however, fell 5.8% compared with
the same period last year, due to a decline in demand for gas from its Kribi
gas plant.
Cameroon earned the equivalent
of US$142 million, in CFA francs, from its oil and gas activities between
January and April, SNH said.
The state firm also announced
it had begun field work on its floating LNG gas project, an export plant which
is being developed by Norwegian shipping company Golar LNG and is due to start
production in 2017. ($1 = 577.10 CFA francs)