At Last, China Makes Dramatic Entry into Nigerian Oil Sector
By Festus Akanbi, 06.28.2009
Last week’s decision of China’s largest petroleum refiner, Sinopec International Petroleum Corporation to acquire Addax Petroleum Cor-poration has been described as a victory of sort for the Asian country after years of unsuccessful bidding for a piece of action in the Nigerian oil industry.Sinopec, an acronym for China National Petroleum Corporation is said to have paid $7.24 billion (N1.06...