Sinopec Group last Thursday agreed to buy the Geneva-based oil and gas producer Addax Petroleum Corp for $7.3 billion, in a bid to tap oil reserves in West Africa and the Middle East.

• 中国石油化工上周四同意收购总部位于瑞士从事石油开采的阿达克斯公司，交易金额为73亿美元，以实现西非和中东地区的资源开采。