China National Petroleum Corp., the country’s largest integrated oil producer, will pay US$2.6 billion for oil and gas assets in Peru, in the latest foray by China’s state-owned oil firms into Latin America. CNPC and its unit PetroChina Co. (0857.HK) have reached a deal with Brazil’s state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR), or Petrobras, to buy Petrobras Energia Peru S.A., which owns three oil and gas blocks in Peru, the Chinese firm said Wednesday. China has looked to Latin America and Africa in recent years to meet its energy needs, with domestic oil output slowing in the past decade as its fields mature. PetroChina has said it aims for overseas production to account for half of its business by 2015. PetroChina produced a total 67.5 million barrels of oil equivalent overseas in the first half of 2013, up 8% on year and accounting for 9.7% of […]