Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- China National Petroleum Corp. plans to process as much as 6 percent more crude in 2012, rising to 152.5 million metric tons, said a company official, who asked to remain unidentifed because he is not authorized to speak to the media about operations. CNPC is the parent company of PetroChina Co.

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