DRC

Since Perenco's arrival in the region in 2000, production has increased significantly through continual investment in new production wells (about 30 per year), and through the company's technical expertise (such as modifications to the pumping systems) focused on completing the primary recovery process and starting the secondary and tertiary recovery processes.

Perenco is currently the DRC's sole oil producer and is the largest investor and taxpayer in the country.

Production reached 28 000 bopd at the end of 2008, thanks to an investment of $US 75 million over two years. The crude is stored on board the "Kalamu", a floating terminal, where its volume is measured and from where it is loaded onto tankers to be shipped to refineries for processing.