4.3 million barrels of oil produced in the DRC by the oil industry in 8 months
The oil industry based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo produced 4.394 million barrels of oil in the first 8 months of 2022 compared to 4.852 million barrels in the same period in 2021, informs the data taken from the Digest of information October 2022 statistics from the Central Bank of Congo.
For the whole of 2021, the Democratic Republic of the Congo had produced 8.455 million barrels of oil.
Perenco is currently the only oil company operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In July 2022, the Congolese Government launched calls for tenders for the exploitation of the 27 oil blocks in the DRC.
