Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo

{{Short description|National oil company}}

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| key_people = Raoul Maixent Ominga(DG) Sébastien Brice Poaty (SG)

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| owner = Government of the Republic of the Congo

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| subsid = Congolaise de Raffinage, SNPC D, SFP, Sonarep, Ilogs

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Société nationale des pétroles du Congo (the National Petroleum Company of the Congo, SNPC) is a national oil company of the Republic of the Congo. The company was established in 1998 after the dissolution of the public company Hydro-Congo.

{{cite web

|title= Case Study: SNPC Integrates Seismic and Well Data Sources for Fast, Secure Access

| url= http://www.slb.com/resources/case_studies/software/snpc_integrate_seismic_well.aspx

| publisher = Schlumberger

| accessdate= 2011-01-09}}

The company manages government-owned shares of production from oil fields in the country.

{{cite news

|title= Congo-Brazzaville waits on new fields: Congo-Brazzaville's fortunes have been in decline over the past decade with falling oil output and an economy still limping from the impact of a series of civil wars. But several new oilfields which should come on stream later this year are expected to halt the decline

| url= http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5327/is_310/ai_n29194404/

| work = African Business

| first = Neil | last = Ford

| date = June 2005

| publisher = CBS

| accessdate= 2011-01-09}}

The company has stakes in Moho-Bilondo (15%), Nkossa (15%), M'Boundi (8.8%), Kitina (35%), Sendji (15%), Yanga (15%), Djambala (35%), Foukanda (35%), Mwafi (35%), Emeraude (49%), Yombo (44%), Tilapia (35%), Azurite (15%), and Turquoise Marine-1 (15%) fields.

{{cite book

|title= 2008 Minerals Yearbook

| url= http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/2008/myb3-2008-cf.pdf

| chapter = The Mineral Industry of Congo (Brazzaville) in 2008

| date = April 2010

| publisher = United States Geological Survey

| accessdate= 2011-01-09}}

{{cite news

|title= Murphy Oil Begins Oil Flow at Azurite Field

| url= http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=93460

| date = 2010-05-18

| work = Rigzone

| accessdate= 2011-01-09}}

{{cite news

|title= Murphy Strikes Black Gold at Turquoise Marine-1 Offshore Congo

| url= http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=78339

| date = 2009-07-17

| work = Rigzone

| accessdate= 2011-01-09}}

It owns the refinery company named Congolaise de Raffinage (CORAF).