Strike Halts Oil Output at Addax's Gabon Fields

A strike at Sinopec's Addax Petroleum oilfields in Gabon has halted crude oil production, a union official said on Thursday.

Workers began the open-ended strike on April 14 after oilworkers' union ONEP learned of plans to dismiss five workers, according to its deputy secretary general Sylvain Mayagui Binet.

Addax's two oilfields Tsiengui and Obangue typically produce about 22,000 barrels per day or about 10 percent of the Central African country's total.

Reporting by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome