PetroChina's third quarter net profit rose 12.5%

Driven by rising oil prices, PetroChina (601857).　　SH/00857.HK The third quarter of this year to achieve net profit of 34.7 billion yuan, an increase of 12.5%. In the first three quarters of this year, the total oil assets rose, income and profit indicators increased year-on-year and the financial situation was generally good, according to the press release and performance report released by PetroChina on the evening of October 27.　　According to the International Financial Reporting standards, the net profit attributable to the shareholders of the company is 100.03 billion yuan, and the basic earnings per share is 0.55 yuan, up 23% from a year earlier.　　PetroChina in the first three quarters of this year to achieve stability in domestic crude oil production, natural gas production continued to maintain double-digit growth, of which the production of crude oil 640 million barrels, an increase of 1.3% per cent, production of 1.68 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, 10.5% increase year-on-year.　　Refining and chemical sector, the first three quarters of the total processing of crude oil 657 million barrels, up 8.3% year-on-year, the production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene 57.792 million tons, an increase of 7.2%, the production of ethylene 2.673 million tons, the year-on-year increase of 30.5%. PetroChina, which sold 90.921 million tonnes of petrol, diesel and kerosene in the first three quarters, grew 24.3% per cent year-on-year.