PetroChina crude output reports slight rise in 1st half year   (Xinhua)  Updated: 2006-07-17 18:27  
PetroChina Company Limited announced Monday that the company's crude oil 
output reached 419 million barrels in the first six months, representing an 
increase of 7.3 million barrels, or 1.8 percent, from the first half of last 
year. 
 A statement from the company said it produced 684.7 million cubic feet of 
marketable natural gas, up 161.1 million cubic feet, or 30.8 percent. 
 PetroChina processed 392 million barrels of crude in the first six months, an 
increase of 13.2 million barrels or 3.5 percent. 
 The company produced 11.06 million tons of gasoline, up 3.2 percent, and 
22.22 million tons of diesel, a rise of 2.6 percent. 
 The company produced one million tons of ethylene, up 6.6 percent, 155,000 
tons of synthetic rubber, up 9.2 percent, and 1.52 million tons of synthetic 
resin, up 16.3 percent from the first half of last year. 
 PetroChina is a joint stock company under China National Petroleum 
Corporation (CNPC), China's largest oil and gas producer. 
 
  
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