PetroChina : Achieved Better-than-Expected Operating Results in 2020

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中国石油天然气股份有限公司

PetroChina Company Limited

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Continuously Enhanced Quality and Profitability, Vigorously

Implemented Low-Carbon Transformation

PetroChina Achieved Better-than-Expected

Operating Results in 2020

(Beijing, 25 March 2021) - PetroChina Company Limited ("PetroChina" or "the Company", HKSE: 00857; NYSE: PTR; SSE: 601857) announced that in 2020, despite facing challenges brought by COVID-19 and the plummeting international oil prices, the Company adhered to quality-based development, coordinated and implemented a series of measures, including COVID-19 prevention and control, resumption of work, production and operation, reform and innovation, and vigorously executed a process of transformation towards green and low-carbon development, leading to a stabilization of production and operation.

The Company's oil and natural gas equivalent output was 1,409.7 million barrels, representing an increase of 4.8% year-on-year; marketable natural gas output was 3,993.8 billion cubic feet, representing an increase of 9.9% year-on-year. The proportion of natural gas output continued to increase, further optimizing the oil and gas output mix, leading to major progress in green and low-carbon transformation. The Company successfully completed the restructuring of its pipeline assets based on market-oriented principles; the transaction received broad acceptance with holders of 99.99% of the Company's shares voting in favor in a general meeting of shareholders.

Seizing the opportunity of China being the first major economy to keep positiveeconomic growth, the Company took full advantages of the comparative strength of oil and gas industrial chains, and vigorously implemented measures to enhance quality and profitability. By dealing with the challenges brought by the pandemic and low oil price through ultra-normal measures, the Company achieved better-than-expected operating results. Under the International Financial Reporting Standards, PetroChina achieved a revenue of RMB1,933,836 million and the net profit attributable to owners of the Company was RMB19,006 million. The unit oil and gas lifting cost of the Company was US$11.1 per barrel, representing a decrease of 8.3% year-on-year. The financial position of the Company remained stable with its gearing ratio decreasing by 2.1 percentage points year-on-year. The Company achieved robust cash flow with net cash flows of the Company generated from operating activities amounting to RMB318,575 million, and free cash flow at RMB70,200 million, representing an increase of 75.8% year-on-year. As the Company attaches significant importance towards ensuring a return for shareholders, the Board recommended a final cash dividend of RMB0.08742 per share, totaling RMB 16 billion. The total amount of cash dividend for the full year will be RMB32 billion, representing an increase of 21.7% year-on-year.

Results Review

Highlighting on profitable development, low-carbon transformation made important progress. In 2020, the Company's Exploration and Production segment strived to enhance the value of its oil and gas resources, domestic oil and natural gas equivalent output was 1,409.7 million barrels, representing an increase of 4.8% as compared with last year; marketable natural gas output was 3,993.8 billion cubic feet, representing an increase of 9.9% as compared with last year; the ratio of natural gas output rose to 47.2%, which further enhanced the oil and gas output mix. The Company also focused on risk exploration, promoted concentrated exploration, precise exploration and high-efficiency evaluation in key basins and key areas, and achieved major exploration results. The Exploration and Production segment realized an operating profit of RMB23,092 million.

Adhered to the principles of market orientation, restructuring refining and chemicals led to remarkable results. In 2020, PetroChina's Refining and Chemical segment continued to optimize its production arrangement and product structure through strengthening processing cost control and increasing the production of high value-added products. The Company produced 6.345 million tons of ethylene, representing an increase of 8.2% as compared with last year, and 28.853 million tons of commodity volume of chemical products, representing an increase of 12.0% as compared with last year. The construction of key projects such as the integration project of refining and chemicals of Guangdong Petrochemical and the ethane to ethylene project at Tarim and Changqing proceeded in an orderly manner. The Chemical operations realized an operating profit of RMB10,967 million, representing an increase of 220.0%.

Strengthened refined management, endeavored to enhance marketing quality. In 2020, the Company's Marketing segment proactively responded to the severe challenges of shrinking market demand and high inventory and solidified the connection between production and sales, adjusted marketing strategies in a timely manner, raised the retail sales volume, implemented differentiated and precise managing strategies in order to improve sales quality and the alignment rate of price. The Company strengthened the construction of sales networks, increased retail capacity, increased the total number of service stations operated by the Company to 22,619, and fully completed anti-leakage upgrading in operating service stations. The Company's international trading increased the sales capacity of its overseas entitled crude oil, and optimized the refined oil export plan to vigorously explored overseas markets.

Implemented various measures to expand market size while continuously improving the profit-generating capability of natural gas. In 2020, the Company's Natural Gas segment responded to the unfavorable situation of a slowdown in market demand by taking various measures to develop new users and implementing precise strategies to expand sales. The Company actively coordinated key regions and major customers to increase gas consumption, accelerated sales through development ofits own marketing channels and direct sales to new customers, leading to a stable growth of sales volume. The Company optimized mix and flow of resources, and enhanced high-end and high-profitability markets development and retail capability, promoted online bidding for transactions. As effective measures were adopted to control costs arising from imported resources, operating condition continued to improve.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

The Company attaches great importance to Environmental, Social, and

Governance (ESG) issues. The Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Committee of the Board has been upgraded to The Sustainable Development Committee in order to further strengthen the management and control of ESG initiatives, comprehensively promoting governance capacity building, and striving to enhance value for the Company. The Company continued to strengthen corporate governance, committed to green development and energy delivery, facilitating the growth momentum of customers and empowering people to enjoy a better life. The Company proactively formulated its path of low-carbon transformation and clarified the development objectives of "clean substitution, strategic replacement and green transformation". In 2020, the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 3.8% year-on-year, 47 oil and gas production units were on the National Green Fields list, and 98.1% of the 2,216 tier 1 suppliers in the Company's supply chain passed the quality management system certification (ISO9000). The Company solemnly promised that its carbon emissions reduction initiatives will not be impeded by COVID-19 and low oil prices, as it is determined to achieve its transformation goals and will also unswervingly contribute to the commitment of carbon emission reduction.

Dealing with the unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, PetroChina diligently fulfilled its social responsibilities by promptly setting up a leadership team for pandemic prevention and control, working closely with local governments, employees, partners, communities and customers to contribute its efforts to relentlessly fight against the epidemic, achieving "zero infection" in the workplace.