UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form20-F

 

(Mark One)

 

☐

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

or

 

☒

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.

or

 

☐

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

or

 

☐

SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report                    

For the transition period from to

For the transition period fromto

Commission File Number1-15006

 

 

LOGOLOGO

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

PetroChina Company Limited

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

The People’s Republic of China

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

9 Dongzhimen North Street

Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007

The People’s Republic of China,

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Wu EnlaiChai Shouping

Telephone number: 8610 59986270(8610) 59982622

Facsimile number: 8610(8610) 62099557

Email address: jh_dong@petrochina.com.cnzhanghuayi@petrochina.com.cn

Address: 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007, The People’s Republic of China

Wei Fang

Telephone number: (852) 2899 2010

Facsimile number: (852) 2899 2390

Email address: hko@petrochina.com.hk

Address: Suite 3705, Tower 2, Lippo Center, 89 Queensway, Hong Kong

(Name, telephone,e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of registrant’s contact person)

 

 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

American Depositary Shares, each representing 100 H Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share*

H Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share

 PTR

New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

New York Stock Exchange, Inc.**

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

 

A Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share***

  161,922,077,818(1)

H Shares, par value RMB1.00 per share

  21,098,900,000****

 

(1)

Includes 151,088,693,528146,882,339,136 A Shares held by CNPC and 10,833,384,29015,039,738,682 A Shares held by the public shareholders.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is awell-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

If this is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Note — Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically, and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☐☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer  ☒                 AcceleratedFiler  ☐                Non-Accelerated Filer   ☐                Emerging Growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐

The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

            ☐  U.S. GAAP

  ☒  International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board  ☐  Other            

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.     Item 17  ☐    Item 18  ☐

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

(APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.    Yes  ☐    No  ☐

 

*

  PetroChina’s H Shares are listed and traded on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

**

  Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depository Shares.

***

  PetroChina’s A Shares became listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on November 5, 2007.

****

  Includes 789,355,600694,287,100 H Shares represented by American Depositary Shares.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

        Page 

Certain Terms and Conventions

   1 

Forward-Looking Statements

   5 

Part I

  7 Part I

Item 1

 —  Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors   7 

Item 2

 —  Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable   7 

Item 3

 —  Key Information   7 
   Exchange Rates7
Average Noon Buying Rates7
Selected Financial Data   87 
   Risk Factors   109 

Item 4

 —  Information on the Company   1719 
   Introduction   1719 
   Exploration and Production   2022 
   Refining and Chemicals   2932 
   Marketing   3336 
   Natural Gas and Pipeline   3638 
   Competition   3839 
   Environmental Matters   40
Legal Proceedings41 
   Properties, Plants and Equipment   4142 
   Intellectual Property   4142 
   Regulatory Matters   4243 

Item 4A4 A

 —  Unresolved Staff Comments   4950 

Item 5

 —  Operating and Financial Review and Prospects   4950 
   General   4950 
   Operating Results   5356 
   Liquidity and Capital Resources   6265 
   Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements   6770 
 �� Long-Term Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments and Payment Obligations   6770 
   Research and Development   6871 
   Trend Information   6971 
   Other Information   7173 

Item 6

 —  Directors, Senior Management and Employees   7173 
   Directors, Senior Management and Supervisors   7173 
   Compensation   8285 
   Board Practices   8385 
   Employees   8588 
   Share Ownership   8588 

Item 7

 —  Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions   8588 
   Major Shareholders   8588 
   Related Party Transactions   8689 
   Interests of Experts and Counsel   8893 

Item 8

 —  Financial Information   8993 
   Financial Statements   8993
Legal Proceedings94 
   Dividend Policy   8994 
   Significant Changes   9095 

Item 9

 —  The Offer and Listing   9095 
   Nature of the Trading Market and Market Price Information   9095 

Item 10

 —  Additional Information   9195 
   Memorandum and Articles of Association   9195
Material Contracts100
Foreign Exchange Controls101 

 

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   Material Contracts92
Foreign Exchange Controls92
Taxation   92101 
   Documents on Display   98107 

Item 11

 —  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures aboutAbout Market Risk   99108 

Item 12

 —  Description of Securities other thanOther Than Equity Securities   103112 

Part II

  113 Part II

Item 13

 —  Defaults, Dividends Arrearages and Delinquencies   103113 

Item 14

 —  Material Modifications to the Rights to Security Holders and Use of Proceeds   103113 

Item 15

 —  Controls and Procedures   104113 

Item 16A16 A

 —  Audit Committee Financial Expert   105115 

Item 16B16 B

 —  Code of Ethics   106115 

Item 16C16 C

 —  Principal Accountant Fees and Services   106115 

Item 16D16 D

 —  Exemptions from Listing Standards for Audit Committees   106116 

Item 16E16 E

 —  Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers   107116 

Item 16F16 F

 —  Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant   107116 

Item 16G16 G

 —  Corporate Governance   107117 

Item 16H16 H

 —  Mine Safety Disclosure   109119 

Part III

  119 Part III

Item 17

 —  

Financial Statements

   109119 

Item 18

 —  Financial Statements   109119 

Item 19

 —  Exhibits   109119

Signature

122

Index of Consolidated Financial Statements

F-1 

 

ii

CERTAIN TERMS AND CONVENTIONS

Conventions Which Apply to this Annual Report

Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this annual report to:

 

“CNPC” or “CNPC group” are to our parent, China National Petroleum Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries, excluding PetroChina, its subsidiaries and its interests inlong-term investments, and where the context refers to any time prior to the establishment of CNPC, those entities and businesses which were contributed to CNPC upon its establishment.

 

“PetroChina”, “we”, “our”, “our company”, “the Company” and “us” are to: PetroChina Company Limited, a joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China with limited liability and its subsidiaries and branch companies.

 

“PRC” or “China” are to the People’s Republic of China, but does not apply to its Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for purposes of this annual report.

We publish our consolidated financial statements in Renminbi or RMB. In this annual report, IFRS refers to International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

Conversion Table

 

1barrel-of-oil equivalent

  = 1 barrel of crude oil  = 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas

1 cubic meter

  = 35.315 cubic feet  

1 ton of crude oil

  = 1 metric ton of crude oil  = 7.389 barrels of crude oil (assuming an API gravity of 34 degrees)

Certain Oil and Gas Terms

Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the meanings shown below:

 

“acreage”

The total area, expressed in acres, over which an entity has interests in exploration or production. Net acreage is the entity’s interest, expressed in acres, in the relevant exploration or production area.

 

“condensate”

Light hydrocarbon substances produced with natural gas that condense into liquid at normal temperatures and pressures associated with surface production equipment.

 

“crude oil”

Crude oil, including condensate and natural gas liquids.

 

“developed reserves”

Under the reserves rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, developed reserves are reserves of any category that can be expected to be recovered:

 

 (i) through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well; and

 

 (ii) through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not involving a well.

“development cost”

For a given period, costs incurred to obtain access to proved reserves and to provide facilities for extracting, treating, gathering and storing the oil and gas.

 

“finding cost”

For a given period, costs incurred in identifying areas that may warrant examination and in examining specific areas that are considered to have prospects of containing oil and gas reserves, including costs of drilling exploratory wells andexploratory-type test wells. Finding cost is also known as exploration cost.

 

“lifting cost”

For a given period, costs incurred to operate and maintain wells and related equipment and facilities, including applicable operating costs of support equipment and facilities and other costs of operating and maintaining those wells and related equipment and facilities. Lifting cost is also known as production cost.

 

“natural gas liquids”

Hydrocarbons that can be extracted in liquid form during natural gas production. Ethane and pentanes are the predominant components, with other heavier hydrocarbons also present in limited quantities.

 

“offshore”

Areas under water with a depth of five meters or greater.

 

“onshore”

Areas of land and areas under water with a depth of less than five meters.

 

“primary distillation capacity”

At a given point in time, the maximum volume of crude oil a refinery is able to process in its basic distilling units.

 

“proved reserves”

Under the SEC reserves rules, proved reserves are those quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible — from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations — prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.

 

 (i) The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes:

 

 (A) The area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (B) Adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data.

 

 (ii) In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons (LKH) as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty.

 

(iii) Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined a highest known oil (HKO) elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty.

structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty.

 

 (iv) Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when:

 

 (A) Successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (B) The project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities.

 

 (v) Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of thefirst-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions.

 

“reserve-to-productionreserves-to-production ratio”

For any given well, field or country, the ratio of proved reserves to annual production of crude oil or, with respect to natural gas, to wellhead production excluding flared gas.

 

“sales gas”natural gas for sale”

Marketable production of gas on an “as sold” basis, excluding flared gas, injected gas and gas consumed in operations.

 

“undeveloped reserves”

Under the SEC reserves rules, undeveloped reserves are reserves of any category that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion.

 

 (i) Reserves on undrilled acreage shall be limited to those directly offsetting development spacing areas that are reasonably certain of production when drilled, unless evidence using reliable technology exists that establishes reasonable certainty of economic producibility at greater distances.

 

 (ii) Undrilled locations can be classified as having undeveloped reserves only if a development plan has been adopted indicating that they are scheduled to be drilled within five years, unless the specific circumstances, justify a longer time.

 

(iii) Under no circumstances shall estimates for undeveloped reserves be attributable to any acreage for which an application of fluid

injection or other improved recovery technique is contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual projects in the same reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or by other evidence using reliable technology establishing reasonable certainty.

“water cut”

For a given oil region, the percentage that water constitutes of all fluids extracted from all wells in that region.

References to:

 

BOE is tobarrels-of-oil equivalent,
•

BOE is to barrels-of-oil equivalent,

 

Mcf is to thousand cubic feet, and
•

Mcf is to thousand cubic feet, and

 

Bcf is to billion cubic feet.
•

Bcf is to billion cubic feet.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report contains“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Theseforward-looking statements are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Theseforward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to:

 

the amounts and nature of future exploration, development and other capital expenditures;

 

future prices and demand for crude oil, natural gas, refined products and chemical products;

 

development projects;

 

exploration prospects;

 

reserves potential;

 

production of oil and gas and refined and chemical products;

 

development and drilling potential;

 

expansion and other development trends of the oil and gas industry;

 

the planned development of our natural gas operations;

 

the planned expansion of our refined product marketing network;

 

the planned expansion of our natural gas infrastructure;

 

the anticipated benefit from the pipeline assets restructuring and our ongoing arrangements with PipeChina;

the anticipated benefit from the acquisition of certain overseas assets from CNPC, our parent company;

 

the plan to continue to pursue attractive business opportunities outside China;

 

our future overall business development and economic performance;

 

our anticipated financial and operating information regarding, and the future development and economic performance of, our business;

 

our anticipated market risk exposure arising from future changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates and commodity prices; and

 

other prospects of our business and operations.

The words “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “seek”, “will” and “would” and similar expressions, as they related to us, are intended to identify a number of theseforward-looking statements.

By their nature,forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and are beyond our control. Theforward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from information contained in theforward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including, without limitation, the risk factors set forth in this annual report and the following:

 

fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices;

 

effects of the COVID-19 pandemic;

failure to achieve continued exploration success;

 

failures or delays in achieving production from development projects;

continued availability of capital and financing;

 

acquisitions and other business opportunities that we may pursue;

general economic, market and business conditions, including volatility in interest rates, changes in foreign exchange rates and volatility in commodity markets;

 

liability for remedial actions under environmental regulations;

 

the actions of competitors;

 

wars and acts of terrorism or sabotage;

 

changes in policies, laws or regulations of the PRC, including changes in applicable tax rates;rates and oil and gas pipeline network reforms;

 

the other changes in global economic and political conditions affecting the production, supply and demand and pricing of crude oil, refined products, petrochemical products and natural gas; and

 

the other risk factors discussed in this annual report, and other factors beyond our control.

You should not place undue reliance on anyforward-looking statements.

PART I

Item 1— IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS

Not applicable. However, see “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Directors, Senior Management and Supervisors” and “Item 16C — Principal Accountant Fees and Services”.

Item 2— OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

Item 3— KEY INFORMATION

Exchange Rates

The following table sets forth the high and low noon buying rates between Renminbi and U.S. dollars for each month during the previous six months and the most recent practicable date:

       Noon Buying Rate(1)     
   High   Low 
   (RMB per US$) 

October 2017

   6.6533    6.5712 

November 2017

   6.6385    6.5967 

December 2017

   6.6210    6.5063 

January 2018

   6.5263    6.2841 

February 2018

   6.3471    6.2649 

March 2018

   6.3565    6.2685 

April 2018 (ending through April 20)

   6.3045    6.2655 

(1)The exchange rates reflect the noon buying rates as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board. On April 20, 2018, the exchange rate was RMB6.2945 to US$1.00.

Average Noon Buying Rates(1)

The following table sets forth the average noon buying rates between Renminbi and U.S. dollars for each of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, calculated by averaging the noon buying rates on the last day of each month during the relevant year:

   Average Noon
Buying Rate(1)		 
   (RMB per US$) 

2013

   6.1412 

2014

   6.1701 

2015

   6.2869 

2016

   6.6549 

2017

   6.7350 

(1)The exchange rates reflect the noon buying rates as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.

Selected Financial Data

Historical Financial Information

You should read the selected historical financial data set forth below in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes and “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” included elsewhere in this annual report. The selected consolidated statement of comprehensive income (except for ADS data) and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 and the selected consolidated statement of financial position data as of December 31, 20162019 and 20172020 set forth below are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. The selected consolidated statement of comprehensive income data (except for ADS data) and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 20132016 and 20142017 and the selected consolidated statement of financial position data as of December 31, 2013, 20142016, 2017 and 20152018 set forth below are derived from our audited financial statements not included in this annual report. Our consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The financial information included in this section may not necessarily reflect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows in the future.

 

   As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 
   2013  2014  2015  2016  2017 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 
   (In millions, except for per share, per ADS data and percentages) 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Data

  

Revenue

   2,258,124   2,282,962   1,725,428   1,616,903   2,015,890 

Total operating expenses

   (2,069,482)   (2,113,129)   (1,646,176)   (1,556,268)   (1,948,168) 

Profit from operations

   188,642   169,833   79,252   60,635   67,722 

Profit before income tax expense

   178,063   156,759   57,815   45,140   53,089 

Income tax expense

   (35,789)   (37,731)   (15,726)   (15,768)   (16,296) 

Profit for the year

   142,274   119,028   42,089   29,372   36,793 

Attributable to:

      

Owners of the Company

   129,599   107,172   35,517   7,857   22,798 

Non-controlling interests

   12,675   11,856   6,572   21,515   13,995 

Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to owners of the Company(1)

   0.71   0.59   0.19   0.04   0.12 

Basic and diluted net earnings per ADS(2)

   70.81   58.56   19. 41   4.29   12.46 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Data

      

Total current assets

   430,953   391,308   349,344   381,665   425,162 

Totalnon-current assets

   1,911,157   2,014,165   2,044,500   2,014,986   1,979,450 

Total assets

   2,342,110   2,405,473   2,393,844   2,396,651   2,404,612 

Total current liabilities

   645,489   579,829   471,407   499,263   576,667 

Totalnon-current liabilities

   426,686   507,863   578,403   524,653   446,626 

Total liabilities

   1,072,175   1,087,692   1,049,810   1,023,916   1,023,293 

Equity attributable to owners of the Company

   1,132,735   1,175,894   1,179,716   1,189,024   1,193,520 

Non-controlling interests

   137,200   141,887   164,318   183,711   187,799 

Total equity

   1,269,935   1,317,781   1,344,034   1,372,735   1,381,319 

Other Financial Data

      

Dividend declared and proposed per share

   0.32   0.26   0.09   0.06   0.13 

Dividend declared and proposed per ADS

   31.87   26.35   8.73   5.93   13.00 

Capital expenditures

   318,696   291,729   202,238   172,386   216,227 

Return on net assets (%)(3)

   11.4   9.1   3.0   0.7   1.9 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow Data

      

Net cash flows from operating activities

   288,529   356,477   261,312   265,179   366,655 

Net cash flows used for investing activities

   (266,510)   (290,838)   (215,879)   (175,887)   (243,546) 

Net cash flows used for financing activities

   (12,239)   (44,312)   (45,439)   (67,007)   (94,725) 

   As of or for the Year Ended December 31, 
   2016(4)  2017(4)  2018(4)  2019(4)  2020 
   (RMB in millions, except for per share, per ADS data and percentages) 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income Data

  

Revenue

   1,627,588   2,032,298   2,374,934   2,516,810   1,933,836 

Total operating expenses

   (1,564,926)   (1,961,462)   (2,251,992)   (2,395,048)   (1,857,899) 

Profit from operations

   62,662   70,836   122,942   121,762   75,937 

Profit before income tax expense

   46,574   55,691   116,770   103,214   56,073 

Income tax expense

   (15,919)   (16,296)   (42,790)   (36,199)   (22,588) 

Profit for the year

   30,655   39,395   73,980   67,015   33,485 

Attributable to:

      

Owners of the Company

   8,222   23,537   53,036   45,682   19,006 

Non-controlling interests

   22,433   15,858   20,944   21,333   14,479 

Basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to owners of the Company(1)

   0.04   0.13   0.29   0.25   0.10 

Basic and diluted net earnings per ADS(2)

   4.49   12.86   28.98   24.96   10.38 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position Data

      

Total current assets

   385,199   430,294   438,241   466,913   486,767 

Total non-current assets

   2,019,003   1,983,205   2,002,636   2,265,997   2,001,359 

Total assets

   2,404,202   2,413,499   2,440,877   2,732,910   2,488,126 

Total current liabilities

   507,530   588,551   596,430   661,419   605,418 

Total non-current liabilities

   529,870   446,960   435,556   627,186   516,087 

Total liabilities

   1,037,400   1,035,511   1,031,986   1,288,605   1,121,505 

Equity attributable to owners of the Company

   1,187,337   1,192,572   1,213,783   1,230,156   1,215,158 

Non-controlling interests

   179,465   185,416   195,108   214,149   151,463 

Total equity

   1,366,802   1,377,988   1,408,891   1,444,305   1,366,621 

Other Financial Data

      

Dividend declared and proposed per share

   0.06   0.13   0.18   0.14   0.17 

Dividend declared and proposed per ADS

   5.93   13.00   17.88   14.37   17.48 

Capital expenditures

   172,961   219,346   256,106   296,776   246,493 

Return on net assets (%)(3)

   0.7   2.0   4.4   3.7   1.6 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow Data

      

Net cash flows from operating activities

   268,897   368,729   353,256   359,610   318,575 

Net cash flows used for investing activities

   (176,310)   (243,790)   (267,812)   (332,948)   (181,986) 

Net cash flows used for financing activities

   (70,454)   (96,746)   (125,703)   (27,276)   (99,400) 

 

(1)As of

For the years ended December 31, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2017,2020, respectively, basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated by dividing the profit attributable to owners of the Company by 183.021 billion,183,021 million, the total number of shares outstanding in each of these financial years.

(2)

Each ADS represents 100 H Shares. The basic and diluted earnings per ADS were calculated with the same method as that used for the calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share.

(3)

Return on net assets is calculated as “Profit for the year attributable to owners of the Company” divided by “Equity attributable to owners of the Company”.

(4)

(a) The comparative data in the table was presented as if Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co., Ltd. had been consolidated since the earliest year presented. Please refer to “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments” and Note 40 to our consolidated financial statements in our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020.

(b) We initially applied IFRS 16 on January 1, 2019 and IFRS 15 and IFRS 9 on January 1, 2018. According to the adopted transition plan, the comparative data has not been restated. For a detailed description of the changes and impacts of these accounting standards, please refer to Note 3 (aa) to our financial statements included in our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020.

Risk Factors

Our business is primarily subject to various changing competitive, economic, social, political and socialregulatory and other related conditions. Such changing conditions entail certain risks, which are described below.

Risks Related to Macro Economic Conditions

Our operations may be adversely affected by international and domestic economic conditions. As the oil and gas industry is sensitive tomacro-economic trends, oil and gas prices tend to fluctuate along with changes inmacro-economic conditions. We may experience pricing pressure on our refined products in recessionary periods, which would have an adverse effect on our profitability.In 2017, the domestic economy was undergoing transformation and adjustment, which affectedChanges in macro-economic conditions can affect the demand for certain of our products. These factors may also lead to intensified competition for market share, with consequential potential adverse effects on sales volumes. Inflation may lead to increase in our operating costs. Notwithstanding the measures taken by the PRC government to control inflation, China may experience an increase in inflation in the future and our operating costs may become higher than anticipated. The financial, and economic or political situation may also have a negative impact on third parties with whom we do orbusiness, and may do, business.impact their ability to perform contractual obligations to us. In addition, other factors that affect the macro economy, such as declining population growth rates, geopolitical tensions, conflicts and wars, trade and tariff policies, and major public health events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may have an adverse impact on oil and gas and petrochemical industries, including us. Any of these factors may adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Risks Related to Competition

The oil, gas and petrochemicals industries are highly competitive. There is strong competition, both within the oil and gas industry and with other industries, in supplying the fuel needs of commercial, industrial and residential markets. In recent years, with further diversificationthe intensive reform of the market players in China’s petroleum, refining and petrochemical industry,chemical, natural gas, LNG, pipelines and refined oils sales industries, we have been facing increasingly intense competition in the exploration, refinery, chemical, sales, and oil and gas service sectors from privately-owned companies, foreign-invested enterprises and other state-owned enterprises that recently entered the refinery, chemical, sales and oil and gas service sectors.industries. In addition, the rapid development of unconventional oil and gas resources, new energy sources and new products also poses competition with the conventional energy and petrochemical industries. In particular, the booming of the new energy vehicle industry confronts the oil industry with tough challenges. In October 2020, the State Council issued the New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (for 2021-2035), according to which, China expects that the share of new energy vehicles out of total vehicle sales in China to rise to 20% by 2025 and pure electric vehicles to account for the majority of vehicle sales by 2035. We expect to see continued rapid development of the new energy vehicle industry, which will adversely affect the consumption of refined oil products. Competition puts pressure on product prices, affects oil products marketing and requires continuous management focus on identifying new trends, reducing unit costs and improving efficiency. The implementation of our growth strategy requires continued technological advances and innovation, including advances in exploration, production, refining, petrochemicals manufacturing technology and advances in technology related to energy usage. Our performance could be impeded if competitors developed or acquired intellectual property rights to technology that we required or if our innovation lagged the industry.

The Eastern and Southern regions of China have a higher demand for refined products and chemical products than the Western and Northern regions. Although we have strived to increase our refinery capacity in the Southern regions of China over recent years, most of our refineries and chemical plants are located in the Northeastern and Northwestern regions of China. We incur relatively higher transportation costs for delivery of our refined products and chemical products to certain areas of the Eastern and Southern regions from our refineries and chemical plants in Western and Northern China. We face strong competition from other traditional domestic oil companies, local independent refineries and other competitors. As a result, we

expect that we will continue to encounter difficulty in increasing our sales of refined products and chemical products in these regions.

Risks Related to Outbound Investments and Trading

We are subject to various political, legal and regulatory environments in foreign developing countries where we operate, some of which are known to be unstable and differ in certain significant respects from those prevailing in developed countries. The main factors affecting our outbound investments include unstable political situations, unstable tax policies and unstable regulatory regimes. CNPC, our controlling

shareholder, and its affiliates and subsidiaries may choose to undertake, without our involvement, overseas investments, operations and trading in the oil and gas industry, including certain exploration and production of oil and gas, refining, transportation, trading, engineering construction and technical services, operations of pipelines and liquefied natural gas, or LNG projects, or other business activities in certain countries or with certain entities that are subject to U.S. economic sanctions or are designated as State Sponsors of Terrorism, including Iran, Sudan, Cuba, Syria, Myanmar, Russia, Burma and Venezuela.

In 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) and reimposed certain sanctions against Iran, which were conditionally lifted in 2015 following entry into the JCPOA. These reimposed sanctions have implications for non-U.S. companies, including requiring foreign companies to cease participation in projects in certain sectors of Iran (including the energy sector), and prohibiting or restricting oil imports from Iran, except for eight countries and regions (including China) which were granted a Significant Reduction Exception (“SRE”) to be able to continue to import limited oil until May 2019. Pursuant to section 13(r) to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, reporting issuers are required to disclose whether they or any of their affiliates have knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions, or dealings related to Iran during the reporting period, including activities not prohibited by U.S. or other law. Based on CNPC’s response to our inquiries, in 2020, a subsidiary of CNPC (the “CNPC Sub”) held interests in certain oil and gas development projects in Iran, namely, (i) the MIS oilfields in which the CNPC Sub obtained a 100% interest in 2010, and (ii) the North Azadegan oilfield, in which the CNPC Sub obtained a 100% interest in 2009. From the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions, the CNPC Sub has been providing minimal support and services to the two oilfields. Since May 2019 when the SRE expired, the two oilfields have suspended lifting oil for investment recovery and did not generate any revenue for the CNPC Sub.

Since July 2014, the United States has adopted economic sanctions against certain Russian persons and entities, including various entities operating in the financial, energy and defense sectors, such as Rosneft, Gazprom, Transneft, and OAO Novatek and Yamal LNG.as well as those companies in which the foregoing companies independently or jointly hold a 50% or more interest. These sanctions prohibit U.S. persons from transacting in, providing financing for or otherwise dealing in debt issuance by certain of these entities, or restrict exports and transfer ofexporting, transferring, or providing certain technologies, equipment or services to certain of these entities.

oil-development projects in Russia. CNPC and our company had certainpre-existing trading and investment relationships with some of these sanctioned Russian entities.entities, which are not subject to any such restrictions. For example, CNPC entered into a long-term agreement with each of Rosneft and Transneft to import crude oil from Russia in 2009 and a long-term agreement with Rosneft to import crude oil from Russia in June 2013 and a long-term agreement with Gazprom to import natural gas from Russia in May 2014.2013. CNPC has resold, and will for the foreseeable future resell, all or a substantial portion of the imported crude oil from Rosneft and Transneft under the crude oil agreementagreements to us. In May 2014, CNPC signed a long-term agreement with Gazprom to import natural gas from Russia, which was assigned to one of our subsidiaries in 2019. CNPC also indirectly holds 20% equity interest in OAO Yamal LNG and 10% equity interest in Arctic LNG 2, in both of which is a subsidiary of OAO Novatek another sanctioned Russian entity.holds more than 50% interest. In May 2014, we entered into a long-term LNG import agreement with a subsidiary of OAO Yamal LNG to import LNG from Russia.

In August 2017, the United States imposed economic sanctions against the Government of Venezuela and certain state-owned entities, including Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (“PdVSA”). These sanctions prohibit U.S. persons from transacting in, providing financing for or otherwise dealing in “new debt” issued by these

entities on or after August 25, 2017, with certain exceptions for short-term debt. Neither CNPC nor PetroChina purchased such new debt securities issued by the Government of Venezuela or by PdVSA, nor did they provide any assistance to third parties in this regard. In 2019, the United States issued enhanced sanction measures against Venezuela, which included blocking the property of Venezuelan government and its controlled entities (including PdVSA), and introducing new restrictions on Venezuela’s oil sector. Under these programs, persons determined to be operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy, or to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person included on the list of SDNs and Blocked Persons, may also be subject to risk of being designated for blocking sanctions. CNPC has longstanding trading and investment activities in Venezuela. In 2017, based on certain pre-existing contract obligations, we purchased refinedVenezuela, but has suspended purchases of oil from PdVSA for resale and we sold propane to PetroMar A.V.V., which is a subsidiary of PdVSA. Our revenue generated from such dealings accounted for approximately 0.3% of our total revenue in 2017.Venezuela since 2019. In 2008, CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited (“CNPC E&D”), a joint venture held as to 50% by us and 50% by a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNPC, acquired 40% stakeestablished a joint venture with PdVSA (the “JV”) to operate the Sinovensa block located in the Carabobo, block in Monagas State, Venezuela. The other 60% stake of the block is held by PdVSA,, which also serves as the operator of the block. The block produces and sells heavy oil. CNPC E&D holds a 40% interest in the JV and PdVSA holds the remaining 60%. In 2020, CNPC E&D contributed no new investment in the JV. We also indirectly hold minority interests in a few other small projects in Venezuela. For the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, the share of profit generated from the Sinovensa block and these other projects in aggregate accounted for approximately 1.4%0.008% of our total profit. CNPC E&D currently does not plan to discontinue the business or dispose of the interest in this block.

We closely monitor the possible impacts of U.S. sanctions including sanctions against these Russianthe countries and Venezuelan entities which have trading or investment relationships with CNPC or us. We do not believewill continue to manage our risk exposure and to endeavor that our activities nor those of CNPC, with these entities are in violation ofdo not violate any applicable economic sanctions administered by the United States. However, we cannot assure you that current or future regulations or developments related to economic sanctions will not have a material adverse impact on our business or reputation. Certain U.S. based investors may not wish to invest and have proposed or adopted divestment or similar initiatives regarding investments in companies that do business with countries and entities that are subject to U.S. sanctions. These investors may not wish for CNPC or us to make investments or conduct activities in the countries or with the entities that are the subject of U.S. sanctions and may divest their investment in us because of our relationship with CNPC and its investments and activities in those countries or with those entities that are the subject of U.S. sanctions. As a result, the trading prices of our ADSs may be adversely affected.

In July 2012, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, OFAC added Bank of Kunlun Co., Ltd., or Kunlun Bank, an affiliate of our company due to common control by CNPC, to its “List of Foreign Financial Institutions Subject to Part 561”, which was replaced by the list of Correspondent Account of Payable-Through Account Sanctions, pursuant to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions,

Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010. OFAC reported that Kunlun Bank provided financial services to at least six Iranian banks that were on OFAC’s sanctions list during 2012. These financial services included holding accounts, making transfers and paying letters of credit on behalf of the designated banks. In 2018, Kunlun Bank has discontinued the business activities which are subject to U.S. sanctions. In 2020, Kunlun Bank’s settlement business involving Iran has been limited to settlement of humanitarian materials and other business activities that are not informed us ofsubject to sanctions, and it has ceased business cooperation with the revenue and profit it generated from suchbanks that are subject to secondary sanctions. Beginning in May 2019, Kunlun Bank further ceased involvement in settlement activities in relationrelated to Iran or whether it will discontinue such activities.Iranian crude oil trade. Our company has no involvement in or control over such activities of Kunlun Bank or CNPC and CNPC subsidiaries and affiliates, and we have never received any revenue or profit derived from these activities.

Risks Related to Government Regulation

Although we have business operations in other countries and regions, our operations in China currently contribute the large majority of our revenue. Accordingly, our financial condition and results of operations are affected to a significant extent by economic, political and legal developments in China. The PRC government regulates industry development by implementing industrial policies. The PRC government also plays a significant role in China’s economic growth by allocating resources, imposing market-entry

conditions, setting financial and tax policy, foreign exchange policy and monetary policy, regulating financial services and institutions, and providing preferential treatment to certain industries. Some of these measures may benefit the overall Chinese economy, but may also have an adverse effect on us.

Our operations, like those of other PRC oil and gas companies, are subject to extensive regulations and control by the PRC government. These regulations and control affect many material aspects of our operations, such as exploration and production licensing, pricing, industry-specific andproduct-specific taxes and fees and environmental and safety standards. As a result, we may face significant constraints on our ability to implement our business strategies, to develop or expand our business operations or to maximize our profitability. Our business may also be affected by future changes in certain policies of the PRC government with respect to the oil and gas industry.

Currently, the PRC government must approve the construction and major renovation of significant refining and petrochemical facilities as well as the construction of significant crude oil, natural gas and refined product pipelines and storage facilities. We presently have several significant projects pending approval from the relevant government authorities and will need approvals from the relevant government authorities in connection with several other significant projects. We do not have control over the timing and outcome of the final project approvals.

Because PRC laws, regulations and legal requirements dealing with economic matters continue to evolve, and because of the limited volume of published judicial interpretations and thenon-binding nature of prior court decisions, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws, regulations and legal requirements involve some uncertainty. Because theThe PRC Company Law islaws and regulations with respect to companies, securities and litigations are different in certain important aspects from company lawsthose in the United States, Hong Kong and other common law jurisdictions, and becausemost of our assets are located in the PRC and most of our directors and substantially all of our executive officers reside in the PRC. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for our shareholders (including holders of our ADSs) to bring an action against us or our directors and officers in an event that they believe their rights have been infringed. Even if any shareholders are successful in an action of this kind, they may be unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers.

Furthermore, due to jurisdictional limitations, the ability of U.S. authorities, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and the U.S. Department of Justice, or the DOJ, to investigate and bring enforcement actions against us may be limited. PRC laws may constrain the ability of our company and our directors and officers to cooperate with such an investigation or action. For example, according to Article 177 of the newly amended PRC Securities Law, which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities lawsregulator is allowed to directly conduct investigations or evidence collection activities within the territory of the PRC. Without the consent of China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, and regulations are still atother relevant PRC authorities, no organization or individual may provide documents or materials relating to securities business activities to overseas parties. As a stageresult of development,the foregoing, you may have more difficulty in protecting your interests through actions against our company, directors, officers or our majority shareholder. Shareholder protection through actions initiated by the SEC, DOJ and other U.S. authorities may also be limited.

Risks Relating Financial Reporting Differences

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from certain disclosure requirements under the U.S. Exchange Act, which may afford less protection to you than you would enjoy if we were a domestic U.S. company. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements under the U.S. Exchange Act and the rules relating to selective disclosure of material nonpublic information under Regulation FD under the U.S. Exchange Act. In addition, our executive officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit and recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the U.S. Exchange Act. We are also not enjoyrequired under the shareholders’ protectionsU.S. Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as domestic U.S. companies with securities registered under the U.S. Exchange Act. For example, in addition to annual reports with audited financial statements, domestic U.S. companies are required to file

with the SEC quarterly reports that you may be entitledinclude interim financial statements reviewed by an independent registered public accounting firm and certified by the companies’ principal executive and financial officers. By contrast, as a foreign private issuer, we are not required to file such quarterly reports with the SEC or to provide quarterly certifications by our principal executive and financial officers. Although we are required by the listing rules of Shanghai Stock Exchange with respect to our A Shares to publish quarterly and semi-annual reports and also required by listing rules of Hong Kong Stock Exchange with respect to our H Shares to publish semi-annual reports, and such reports are furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K, our financial statements included in other jurisdictions.the reports are not reviewed by our independent registered public accounting firms, and are only reviewed and signed by all our directors, president and CFO.

Risks Related to Controlling Shareholder

As of December 31, 2017,2020, CNPC beneficially owned approximately 82.71%80.41% of our share capital. This ownership percentage enables CNPC to elect our entire board of directors without the concurrence of any of our other shareholders. Accordingly, CNPC is in a position to:

 

control our policies and management affairs;

 

subject to applicable PRC laws and regulations and provisions of our articles of association, affect the timing and amount of dividend payments and adopt amendments to certain of the provisions of our articles of association; and

 

otherwise determine the outcome of most corporate actions and, subject to the regulatory requirements of the jurisdictions in which our shares are listed, cause our company to effect corporate transactions without the approval of minority shareholders.

CNPC’s interests may sometimes conflict with those of some or all of our minority shareholders. We cannot assure you that CNPC, as our controlling shareholder, will always vote its shares in a way that benefits our minority shareholders.

In addition to its relationship with us as our controlling shareholder, CNPC by itself or through its affiliates also provides us with certain services and products necessary for our business activities, such as

construction and technical services, production services, materials supply services, social services and financial services. The interests of CNPC and its affiliates as providers of these services and products to us may conflict with our interests.

Risks Related to Pricing and Exchange Rate

Our operations are affected by the volatility of prices for crude oil, refined products and natural gas. We set our crude oil median prices monthly based on the international trading prices for crude oil.

In recent years, international prices for crude oil have declinedfluctuated substantially in response to changes in global and regional economy, politics and supply and demand for crude oil. In 2017, international crude oil prices increased but still remained at a low level in general. We do not have, and will not have, control over factors affecting international prices for crude oil. Fluctuations and volatility in crude oil prices have a significant impact in our results of operations. A decline in crude oil prices may reduce revenues from, and may result in a loss in, our exploration and production segment. For example, during the first half of 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and some other reasons, there was a rarely seen drastic drop in oil prices with an unprecedented negative oil price reported. The decline in international crude oil prices is expected to greatly affect our upstream business profits and oil and gas import costs, and affect our downstream business profits through China’s pricing mechanism of refined oil products, thereby adversely affecting our overall sales revenue and profits. Further, if crude oil prices remain at a low level for a prolonged period, our company haswe would be required to determine and estimate whether our oil and gas assets may suffer impairment and, if so, the amount of the impairment. An increase in crude oil prices may, however, increase the production costs of refined products, reduce demand for our products and affect our operating profits.

Since 2008,

Under the current refined oil pricing mechanism implemented by the PRC government, has gradually improved its refined oil pricing mechanism. Whenwhen there is a change in the average crude oil price in the international market during a given time period, the PRC government can adjust refined oil prices. When international crude oil price experiences sustained increases or becomes significantly volatile, the PRC government may increase its control over the refined oil prices. As a result, the regulation on refined product prices by the PRC government may reduce our profit and cause our refining assets to suffer impairment.

We negotiate the actual settlement price with natural gas users within the ceiling of citygate price range permitted by the PRC government. When the domestic price ceiling set by the government is lower than the international natural gas price, the cost of our imported natural gas will be higher than the sales price of our natural gas, which may reduce our revenues and profit, or result in losses, cause our natural gas assets to suffer impairment.

We receive most of our revenues in Renminbi. A portion of our Renminbi revenues must be converted into other currencies to meet our foreign currency obligations. The existing foreign exchange limitations under the PRC laws and regulations could affect our ability to obtain foreign exchange through debt financing, or to obtain foreign exchange for capital expenditures. The value of Renminbi against U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions. The PRC government has implemented a floating exchange rate system to allow the value of the Renminbi to fluctuate within a regulated band based on market supply and demand and by reference to a basket of foreign currencies. Because mosta substantial part of our imports of crude oil, equipment and other materials and our outbound investments are settled in foreign currencies, the exchange rates between RMB and U.S. dollars and any other relevant foreign currencies may have an effect on our crude oil purchase costs and our investment costs.

Risks Related to Environmental Protection and Safety Production

Compliance with changes in laws, regulations and obligations relating to environmental protection and safety production could result in substantial expenditures and reduced profitability from increases in operating costs. In recent years, Chinathe PRC government has implemented environmental protection and safety production laws and regulations and has gradually improved refined oil standards which have stricter requirements for our business, and led to an increase in our operating costs. In the future, Chinathe PRC government will implement more stringent environmental protection and safety production regulations and impose higher standards on refined oil products. Compliance with these new regulations and standards will increase our costs and expenses.

Our oil and gas exploration and production activities shall comply with relevant PRC environmentenvironmental protection laws and regulations governing abandonment and disposal processes for oil and gas exploration and production activities. We have established standard abandonment procedures pursuant to these laws and regulations. We have included under our asset retirement obligations the costs for these abandonment activities and this asset retirement obligation is based on our best estimate of future abandonment expenditures. In addition, PRC national or local governments may enact stricter environmental protection regulations and our abandonment costs may increase as a result.

Exploring for, producing and transporting crude oil and natural gas and producing and transporting refined products and chemical products involve many hazards. These hazards may result in fires, explosions, spills, blow-outs and other unexpected or dangerous conditions causing personal injuries or death, property damage, environmental damage and interruption of operations.

Some of our oil and natural gas fields are surrounded by residential areas or located in areas where natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and sandstorms, tend to occur more frequently than in other areas. As with many other companies around the world that conduct similar businesses, we have experienced accidents that have caused property damage and personal injuries and death.

Significant operating hazards and natural disasters such as earthquake, tsunami and health epidemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may cause partial interruptions to our operations and property and environmental damage that could have an adverse impact on our financial condition.

Risks Related to COVID-19

During the first half of 2020, affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global oil supply and demand were severely imbalanced, resulting in a precipitous fall in oil prices, creating heavy pressure on the oil and gas industry, which in turn posed a tough challenge to our operations. Many countries’ governments have imposed increasingly stringent restrictions to help avoid, or slow down, the spreading of COVID-19, including, for example, restrictions on international and local travel, public gatherings and participation in meetings, as well as closures of universities, schools, stores and restaurants, with some countries imposing strict curfews. In China, various forms of restrictions were imposed and certain of them continue to be in place, and there can be no assurance that these restrictions will not be extended further on one or more occasions. These measures have led to a significant decline in demand for, and prices of, our refined oil products and natural gas, and the restrictions had an adverse effect in the short to medium-term on our oil and gas business chains. Globally, these widespread restrictions in various countries across the world resulted in a decrease in demand for oil, thereby also putting pressure on global oil prices. Although some of the measures, particularly in China, have been lifted, there can be no assurance that these measures will not be reinstated.

Moving forward, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business will depend on a range of factors which we are not able to accurately predict, including the duration, severity and scope of the pandemic, including any variants or resurgence and efficacy of any vaccines, the geographies impacted, the impact of the pandemic on economic activity in China and globally, and the nature and aggressiveness of measures adopted by governments. These factors include, but are not limited to:

The deterioration of socio-economic conditions and disruptions to our operations, such as its supply chain, or refining or distribution capabilities, which may result in increased costs due to the need for more complex supply chain arrangements, to expand existing facilities or to maintain inefficient facilities, or in a reduction of our sales volumes.

Reductions or volatility in demand for crude oil and refined and petrochemical products due to quarantine or other travel restrictions, economic hardship, retail closures or illness, which may impact our revenue and market share.

Significant volatility in financial markets (including exchange rate volatility) and measures adopted by governments and central banks that further restrict liquidity, which may limit our access to funds, lead to shortages of cash or increase the cost of raising such funds.

An adverse impact on our ability to engage in new, or consummate pending, strategic transactions on the agreed terms and timetable or at all.

As of the date of this report, there is significant uncertainty relating to the severity of the long-term adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy, global financial markets and the Chinese economy, and we are unable to accurately predict the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic will adversely affect our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this ‘‘Risk Factors’’ section, such as those relating to macro-economic conditions, pricing and our liquidity. See also “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Marco Economic Conditions”, “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Pricing and Exchange Rate.” and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Liquidity”.

Risks Related to Climate Change

In recent years, the oil industry has faced an increasingly severe challenge imposed by global climate change. Numerous international, domestic and regional treaties and agreements that restrict the emission of greenhouse gascarbon emissions have been executed and become effective. China and some other countries in which we operate have adopted, or are considering the adoption of, regulatory frameworksregulations to reduce greenhouse gascarbon emissions. These include adoption of carbon emission quota and trade regimes, carbon taxes, increased efficiency standards, and

incentives or mandates for renewable energies.clean energy. The Chinese government has announced that China aims to hit peak emissions before 2030 and realize carbon neutrality by 2060. These requirementspolicies and measures will bring opportunities to our new energy business, but may lead to a substantialan increase in our expenditures for our conventional oil and gas business, make our oil products more expensive lengthen our project time,and reduce the demand for hydrocarbons, and shift hydrocarbon demand toward relatively low carbon sources such as natural gas. Current and pending greenhouse gas regulations may also increase our compliance costs, such as those for monitoring or sequestering emissions.their demand. As a result, we have to adjust our investment plans and change our business strategies, and our results of operations and our strategic investment may be adversely affected.

China is a signatory country See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to the Paris Agreement which has taken effect since November 2016. China is expected to reach the peak level of carbon emissions by 2030. In 2017, China rolled out the national carbon quota trading system. As a result, a majority of our subsidiaries operating in China will be subject to mandatory requirement with respect to carbon emission quotaEnvironmental Protection and trading, which could increase our costs of operations.Safety Production”.

Risks Related to Insurance

Due to the fact that oil industry is susceptible to high andindustry-specific risks in nature, the current ordinary commercial insurance cannot cover all the business areas in which we operate. We maintain insurance coverage against some,liability risks relating to assets that have significant operational risks, auto risks, and third-party liabilities for personal, property, and environmental risks, but not all, potential losses. We may suffer material losses resulting from uninsurable or uninsured risks or insufficient insurance coverage.

Risks Related to Oil and Gas Reserves

The crude oil and natural gas reserves data in this annual report are only estimates. The reliability of reserves estimates depends on a number of factors, assumptions and variables, such as the quality and quantity of our technical and economic data and the prevailing oil and gas prices applicable to our

production, some of which are beyond our control and may prove to be incorrect over time. Results of drilling, testing and production after the date of estimates may require substantial upward or downward revisions in our reserves data. Our actual production, revenues and expenditures with respect to our reserves may differ materially from these estimates because of these revisions.

We are actively pursuing business opportunities outside China to improve our international operations. We cannot assure you, however, that we can successfully locate sufficient, if any, alternative sources of crude oil supply due to the complexity of the international political, economic and other conditions. If we fail to obtain sufficient alternative sources of crude oil supply, our results of operations and financial condition may be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to Liquidity

We have made best endeavors to ensure an appropriate level of liquidity and financing ability. However, as we are currently making our efforts to find high-quality large-scale reserves, strengthening capacity building in key areas, constructing new, and expanding some existing, refinery and petrochemical facilities and constructing several naturalexpanding the oil and gas and oil pipelines,terminal markets, we may have to make substantial capital expenditures and investments. We cannot assure you that the cash generated by our operations will be sufficient to fund these development plans or that our actual future capital expenditures and investments will not significantly exceed our current planned amounts. If either of these conditions arises, we may have to seek external financing to satisfy our capital needs. Our inability to obtain sufficient funding for our development plans could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Effectiveness of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The SEC, as required by Section 404 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, has adopted rules requiring every public company in the United States to include a management report on such company’s internal control over financial reporting in its annual report, which contains management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, an independent registered public accounting firm must attest to and report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Although our management concluded that our internal control over our financial reporting for the fiscal year endedas of December 31, 20172020 was

effective, and our independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report, which concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective in all material aspects as of December 31, 2017,2020, we may discover other deficiencies in the course of our future evaluation of our internal control over our financial reporting and may be unable to remediate such deficiencies in a timely manner. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to conclude that we have effective internal control over financial reporting on an ongoing basis, in accordance with theSarbanes-Oxley Act. Moreover, effective internal control is necessary for us to produce reliable financial reports and is important to prevent fraud. As a result, our failure to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting could result in the loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which in turn could harm our business and negatively impact the trading prices of our ADSs, H Shares or A Shares.shares.

Risks Related to Audit Reports Prepared by an Auditor who is not Inspected by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

As a company with shares registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, and traded publicly in the United States, our independent registered public accounting firm is required under the laws of the United States to be registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, and undergo regular inspections by the PCAOB to assess its compliance with the laws of the United States and professional standards. TheUnder PRC laws, however, the PCAOB however, is currently unable to inspect a registered public accounting firm’s audit work relating to a company’s operations in China wherewithout the documentationapproval of suchthe Chinese authorities. The CSRC also stated that cross-border audit work is located in China.supervision should be realized through regulatory cooperation between China and the United States. Accordingly, our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit of our operations in China is not subject to PCAOB inspections. In recent years, the SEC and the PCAOB inspection.have issued a number of joint statements highlighting continued challenges faced by the U.S. regulators in their oversight of financial statement audits of U.S.-listed companies with significant operations in China. In December 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCA Act, was signed into law. Among others, the HFCA Act requires (i) the SEC to prohibit securities of an identified foreign company listed in the U.S. from being traded on any national securities exchange or over-the-counter market in the U.S., if for three consecutive years, the company’s auditor that has a branch or office located in a foreign jurisdiction, and the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate the auditor completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction; (ii) such identified company to satisfy certain disclosure requirements. In March 2021, the SEC issued interim final rules to implement the disclosure requirements of the HFCA Act. We will be required to comply with these disclosure rules if the SEC identifies us as a covered issuer under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. Rules of SEC to implement the trading prohibition requirement of the HFCA Act has not yet issued. Besides, in August 2020, the United State President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, or the PWG, released the Report and Recommendations on Protecting Investors from Significant Risks from Chinese Companies, or the Report. The PWG recommended that the SEC take steps to implement the recommendations outlined in the report. In particular, to address companies from jurisdictions, such as China, that do not provide the PCAOB with sufficient access to fulfill its statutory mandate, the PWG recommended enhanced listing standards on U.S. exchanges and require, as a condition to initial and continued exchange listing, PCAOB access to work papers of the principal audit firm for the audit of the listed companies. The PWG recommended the new listing standards could provide for a transition period until January 1, 2022 for currently listed companies. Implementation of the HFCA Act, the Report or other efforts to increase U.S. regulatory access to audit information could result in a suspension of trading or even mandatory delisting of our ADSs from the NYSE. This would subject our investors and us to uncertainty and have an adverse effect on the market price of our ADSs.

The PCAOB has conducted inspections of independent registered public accounting firms outside of China and has at times identified deficiencies in the audit procedures and quality control procedures of those accounting firms. Such deficiencies may be addressed in those accounting firms’ future inspection process

to improve their audit quality. Due to the lack of PCAOB regular inspections of audit work undertaken in China, our investors do not have the benefit of the PCAOB inspection of our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit work and audit quality control procedures.

Risks Related to SEC Litigation Against the “Big Four”PRC-based Accounting Firms

On January 22, 2014, Judge Cameron Elliot, an SEC administrative law judge, issued an initial decision suspending the Chinese member firms of the “Big Four” accounting firms, including our independent registered public accounting firm, from, among other things, practicing before the SEC for six months. In February 2014, the initial decision was appealed. While under appeal and in February 2015, the Chinese member firms of “Big Four” accounting firms reached a settlement with the SEC. As part of the settlement, each of the Chinese member firms of “Big Four” accounting firms agreed to settlement terms that include a censure, undertakings to make a payment to the SEC, procedures and undertakings as to future requests for documents by the SEC and possible additional proceedings and remedies should those undertakings not be adhered to.

IfHad the settlement terms are not been adhered to, the Chinese member firms of “Big Four” accounting firms may becould have been suspended from practicing before the SEC, which could in turn delay the timely filing of our financial statements with the SEC. In addition, it could be difficult for us to timely identify and engage another registered public accounting firm to audit and issue an opinion on our financial statements and our internal control over financial reporting. A delinquency in our filing of the annual report with the SEC may result in the NYSE initiating delisting procedures, which could harm our reputation and have other material adverse effects on our overall growth and prospect.

Risks Related to Pipeline Asset Restructuring

In 2020, we sold our interests in certain branch companies, subsidiaries and associated companies, which together held our major pipeline assets to China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation (“PipeChina”) in exchange for 29.9% of the equity interests in PipeChina and a cash consideration. In 2021, our subsidiary Kunlun Energy sold its equity interests in two entities holding pipeline assets to PipeChina for a cash consideration. After completion of the transactions, PipeChina will be responsible for operating the pipeline assets and providing us with the pipeline transmission services pursuant to the arrangements under the agreements entered into between us and PipeChina, and we will enjoy the rights as a shareholder of PipeChina according to its articles of association. We cannot assure you that PipeChina can duly perform all the arrangements agreed with us and properly operate, maintain and manage its assets, serve our best interests, or that the dividends received from PipeChina are of a level comparable with that of the historical earnings made by us from our own operation of the pipeline assets. Should PipeChina fail to perform any arrangement agreed with us, or to properly operate, maintain or manage the assets, or to provide us with stable services, or to maintain its profitability, our operational and financial conditions may suffer an adverse effect. In addition, the business model of PipeChina is expected to be able to promote the competition in both the upstream supply market and the downstream sales market in China, which in turn may adversely affect our competitiveness. See “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments”.

Risks Related to Employee Misconduct

We may not be able to detect or prevent employee misconduct, including misconduct by senior management, and such misconduct may damage our reputation and could adversely affect the trading price of our ordinary shares and ADSs.

We have gradually reinforced and enhanced our internal control and corporate governance policies and procedures in order to strengthen our ability to detect and prevent employee misconduct. We cannot assure you, however, that we will be able to detect or prevent such misconduct in a timely fashion, or at all. If we

fail to prevent employee misconduct, our reputation may be harmed, and the trading price of our ordinary shares and ADSs could be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Cyber Security

Our activities depend heavily on the reliability and security of our information technology (“IT”) systems. If the integrity of ourOur IT systems were compromisedmay suffer disruptions due to technical failure, cyber attack,cyber-attack, computer intrusions and viruses, technical failure and disruptions, power orand network outages or natural disasters,disasters. We have adopted multi-layer technological measures for prevention and detection of cybersecurity problems, and we also train our activitiesemployees in order to improve their awareness and ability to detect and respond to cybersecurity situations. If our measures prove to be insufficient, the cybersecurity disruptions could damage or destroy assets, could sustain serious damage,compromise business systems, result in proprietary information being altered, lost, or stolen; result in employee, customer, or third-party information or material intellectual property being compromised, cause physical harm to people or the environment, or otherwise disrupt our business operations. We could incur significant costs to remedy the effects of a major cybersecurity disruption in addition to costs in connection with resulting regulatory actions, litigation or reputational harm. As a result, we and our customers, employees, or third parties could be divulged and, in some cases, personal injury, environmental harm and regulatory violations could occur,adversely affected, potentially having a material adverse effect on our business and financial conditions.

Item 4— INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

Introduction

History and Development of Our Company

Our legal name is “LOGO 中国石油天然气股份有限公司” and its English translation is PetroChina Company Limited.

We are the largest oil and gas producer and seller occupying a leading position in the oil and gas industry in the PRC and one of the largest companies in the world. We are engaged in a broad range of petroleum and natural gas related activities, mainly including the exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas; the refining of crude oil and petroleum products, as well as the production and marketing of basic petrochemical products, derivative chemical products and other chemical products; the marketing of refined oil products and trading; and the transmission of natural gas, crude oil and refined oil products as well as the sale of natural gas.

Currently, substantially all of our crude oil and natural gas reserves andproduction-related assets are located in China. Our exploration, development and production activities commenced in the early 1950s. Over more than sixFor seven decades, we have conducted crude oil and natural gas exploration activities in many regions of China.

We commenced limited refining activities in themid-1950s. Our chemicals operations commenced in the early 1950s. In the early 1960s, we began producing ethylene. Our natural gas transmission and marketing activities commenced in Sichuan in Southwestern China in the 1950s.

We have increased our efforts to pursue attractive business opportunities outside China as part of our business growth strategy to utilize both domestic and international resources to strengthen our competitiveness. Since 2005, we have acquired interests in various oil and natural gas assets in several countries, which significantly expanded our overseas operations and effectively increased our oil and gas reserves and production volumes. We are currently assessing the feasibility of making further investments in international oil and gas markets. At the same time, we have been maintaining certain proportion of imported crude oil and natural gas in accordance with our needs. In 2017,2020, we imported approximately 572.5679.3 million barrels of crude oil, as compared to 488.6684.9 million barrels and 486.1million711.0 million barrels of crude oil in 20152018 and 2016,2019, respectively.

We were established as a joint stock company with limited liability under the Company Law of the PRC on November 5, 1999 as part of a restructuring in which CNPC transferred to us most of the assets and liabilities of CNPC relating to its exploration and production, refining and marketing, chemicals and natural gas businesses.

On April 7, 2000, we completed a global offering of H Shares and ADSs. In September 2005, we completed afollow-on offering of over 3 billion H Shares at the price of HK$6.00 per share.Shares. In October 2007, we issued 4 billion A Shares at an issue price of RMB16.7 per share.Shares. The A Shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on November 5, 2007. As of December 31, 2017,2020, CNPC beneficially owned 151,380,211,528 shares in us, which included146,882,339,136 A Shares and 291,518,000 H Shares indirectlyin us, representing approximately 80.41% of our share capital in aggregate. The H Shares held by CNPC were through Fairy King Investments Limited, an overseas wholly owned subsidiary of CNPC, representing approximately 82.71% of the share capital of us.CNPC.

For a description of our principal subsidiaries, see Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements.

Our headquarters are located at 9 Dongzhimen North Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China, 100007, and our telephone number at this address is(86-10)5998-6223. 5998-2622. Our website address is www.petrochina.com.cn.www.petrochina.com.cn. The information on our website is not part of this annual report.

Our annual report on form 20-F and other reports filed electronically with the SEC can be found on the SEC’s website www.sec.gov.

Our Corporate Organization Structure

The following chart illustrates our corporate organization structure as of December 31, 2017.2020.

 

LOGOLOGO

 

(1)

Indicates approximate shareholding.

(2)

Indicates approximate shareholding, including the 291,518,000 H Shares indirectly held by CNPC as of December 31, 20172020 through Fairy King Investments Limited, a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of CNPC, and not including the 5,881,000,0005,871,459,673 A sharesShares transferred to and held in a trust account as collaterals for the exchangeable bonds issued by CNPC.

(3)

Includes PetroChina Planning & Engineering Institute, PetroChina Exploration & Development Research Institute, PetroChina Planning & Engineering Institute, IT Service Center, PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute and several other companies.

Acquisitions and DivestmentDivestments

For material acquisitionOn July 23, 2020, we entered into a series of agreements with PipeChina, including (i) the Framework Agreement on Transaction of Oil and divestment, please see “ItemGas Pipeline Related Assets, (ii) ten 7-Majorsub-agreements Shareholders and Related PartyTransactions-Related Party Transactions”.(including the Equity

Acquisition Agreements on PetroChina Pipeline Co., Ltd., and others) and (iii) the Production and Operation Agreement. Pursuant to these agreements, we agreed to sell, and PipeChina agreed to buy, our interests in certain of our subsidiaries, branches, associated companies (“target entities”), which together held our major oil and gas pipelines, certain gas storage facilities, oil storage facilities, LNG terminals and ancillary facilities, and the initial oil and gas inventory contained therein (together, the “target assets”) in exchange for 29.9% of the equity interests in PipeChina and a cash consideration (the “transaction”). The consideration for the transaction was based on the appraised value of the target assets as of December 31, 2019. The final consideration shall be determined based on an audit taking into account such factors as the profit and loss of the target assets during the transitional period, the adjustments for subsequent events after the base date and the value of the initial oil and gas inventory at the time of delivery. PipeChina warranted that after completion of the transactions, the target assets shall remain in normal operations, and the quality of the services provided to us to be no lower than the previous level. Furthermore, PipeChina undertook that it will not take any action or allow any nonaction that may adversely affect our continuous normal use of any target assets in our production or operation.

LOGOOn September 28, 2020, the transaction was approved at the general meeting of our company by 99.9963% of votes. On September 30, 2020, all the conditions precedent to the closing of the transaction were satisfied, and the ownership, obligations, responsibilities and risk of the target assets were passed from our company to PipeChina at 24:00 on September 30, 2020.

The total assets sold in the transaction amounted to RMB356,447 million and the book value of net assets attributable to the owners of the Company was RMB200,525 million. The total final consideration was RMB247,471 million, including (i) RMB149,500 million that we recognized as long-term equity investment in PipeChina corresponding to the 29.9% equity interests in PipeChina, and (ii) a cash consideration of RMB97,971 million. For this transaction, we recognized pre-tax profit of RMB46,946 million. The difference between the final adjusted amounts and the amounts that we initially annouced reflected the adjustment mainly due to (i) the changes in prices and quantity of the initial oil and gas inventory and (ii) distribution of profits by certain of the target entities in advance of closing of the transaction.

On December 22, 2020, Kunlun Energy Company Limited (“Kunlun Energy”), a subsidiary of our company, entered into an Equity Transfer Agreement with PipeChina, pursuant to which Kunlun Energy agreed to sell and PipeChina agreed to purchase 60% equity interests in PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Pipeline”) and 75% equity interests in PetroChina Dalian LNG Co., Ltd. (“Dalian LNG”) held by Kunlun Energy at a base consideration of approximately RMB40,886 million (subject to the adjustments according to the price adjustment mechanism as set out in the agreement), which shall all be settled in cash by PipeChina. This transaction was completed at 24:00 on March 31, 2021, upon which, Kunlun Energy ceased to hold any equity interests in Beijing Pipeline and Dalian LNG.

We believe that the pipeline restructuring transaction will help us focus more on our upstream exploration and development business as well as our downstream distribution business, and can relieve our pressure on capital expenditures, and help us get greater access to the nationwide oil and gas storage and transmission facilities, so to improve our operational efficiency and value creation capabilities.

See also “Item 3 — Key Information — Risks Related to Pipeline Asset Restructuring”. For details, please refer to the English translation of the transaction agreements included as exhibits to this annual report on Form 20-F.

For information on capital expenditures, please see “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Capital Expenditures and Investments.”

Exploration and Production

We engage in crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production. Substantially all of our total estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves are located in China, principally in Northeastern, Northern, Southwestern and Northwestern China. Meanwhile, we have enhanced our overseas cooperation and expanded our strategic presence in five major overseas oil and gas cooperation regions by conducting new project development. In the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, the crude oil and natural gas produced by us at overseas regions accounted for 16.2%19.3%% and 7.9%5.4% of our total production of crude oil and natural gas, respectively.

We currently hold exploration and exploitation licenses for oil and gas (including coal seam gas) covering a total area of approximately 316.5272.4 million acres, including the exploration licenses covering a total area of approximately 286.8240.3 million acres and the exploitationproduction licenses covering a total area of approximately 29.732.1 million acres.

The following table sets forth the financial and operating data of our exploration and production segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017:2020:

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020 

Revenue (RMB in millions)

   475,412    412,484    505,430    658,712    676,320    530,807 

Profit from operations (RMB in millions)

   33,961    3,148    15,475    73,519    96,097    23,092 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves

            

Crude oil (million barrels)

   8,521.1    7,437.8    7,481.3    7,640.8    7,253.3    5,206.1 

Natural gas (Bcf)

   77,524.7    78,711.8    76,887.6    76,467.0    76,236.0    76,437.1 

Production

            

Crude oil (million barrels)

   971.9    920.7    887.0    890.3    909.3    921.8 

Natural gas for sale (Bcf)

   3,131.0    3,274.5    3,423.4    3,607.6    3,908.0    4,221.0 

Reserves

Our estimated proved reserves as of December 31, 2017 totaled approximately 7,481.3 million barrels of crude oil and approximately 76,887.6 Bcf of natural gas. As of December 31, 2017,2020, our total estimated proved reserves of crude oil was approximately 5,206.1 million barrels and our total estimated proved reserves of natural gas was approximately 76,437.1 Bcf. As of December 31, 2020, proved developed reserves for crude oil and natural gas accounted for 74.8%89.4% and 51.0%55.0% of our total proved crude oil and natural gashydrocarbon reserves, respectively. Total proved hydrocarbon reserves, including our overseas crude oil reserves of 859.4831.1 million barrels and overseas natural gas reserves of 2,185.51,642.90 Bcf, decreased by 1.3%10.1% from approximately 20,556.419,959.3 million BOE as of December 31, 20162019 to approximately 20,295.917,945.6 million BOE as of December 31, 2017.2020, primarily due to the decrease in oil and natural gas prices. Natural gas as a percentage of total proved hydrocarbon reserves decreasedincreased from 63.8%63.7% as of December 31, 20162019 to 63.1%71.0% as of December 31, 2017.2020.

We preparedApproximately 33%, 54% and 54% of our estimated proved reserves estimates as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020, respectively, were assessed by our internal assessment team and audited by our independent engineering consultants. Other information regarding our estimated proved reserves was based on the basis of thereserves reports prepared by our independent engineering consultants namely DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Ryder Scott Company L.P., GLJ Petroleum Consultants and McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. in accordance with the reserves assessment methodology generally adopted in the U.S. The reserves assessments and reports of our company were performed and prepared in compliance with SEC’s oil and gas reserves reporting rules. Our reserves estimates include only crude oil and natural gas which we believe can be reasonably produced within the current terms of our production licenses or within the terms of the licenses which we are reasonably certain canto be renewed. See “Regulatory Matters — Exploration Licenses and Production Licenses” for a discussion of our production licenses. Also see “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Oil and Gas Reserves” for a discussion of the uncertainty inherent in the estimation of proved reserves.

Our reserves data in 2015, 2016 and 2017 were prepared in accordance with the SEC’s final rules on “Modernization of Oil and Gas Reporting”.

Internal Controls Over Reserves Estimates

We have appointed a Reserves Assessment Directing Team,reserves assessment directing team, or the RAD Team. The leader of the RAD Team is our vice president in charge of our upstream business.

In recent years, weWe have been implementingimplemented a practicing professional certification regime to supervise our employees engaged in oil and gas reserves evaluation and auditing functions. We have set up a team of reserves auditors covering our headquarter office and regional companies to perform reserves evaluation and audits. Meanwhile, we have established a special reserves management department in our exploration and production segment. Each of the officers and employees of that department has over 20 years’years of experience in oil industry and over 10 years’many years of experience inSEC-guided reserves evaluation. All of the members of that department have been recoginized as national-level registered qualifications in reserves expertise.experts. Each regional company has established a reserves management committee and amulti-disciplinary reserves research office. Mr. Duan Xiaowen the head offrom the Reserves Administration Division of theour exploration and production segment,branch company, is the person in charge of our reserves estimation. Mr. Duan holds a bachelor’s degree in geology and a master’s degree in business administration. He has over 25many years of work experience in oil and gas exploration and development industry and has been engaged in reserves estimate and management for a long time. Since 2008, Mr. Duan has been involved in the supervision of reserves estimation and management in our company. In 2016, Mr. Duan became the division head primarily responsible for overseeing the preparation of the reserves estimates, estimation technology and management. The reserves research offices of the regional companies are responsible for estimating newly discovered reserves and updating the estimates of existing reserves. The results of our oil and gas reserves assessment are subject to atwo-level review by both the regional companies and our exploration and production branch company, with final examination and approval byof the RAD Team.

In addition, we commissioned independent assessment firms to independently reassess or audit our annually assessed proved reserves in accordance with relevant SEC rules. We disclose the reserves as assessed by independent assessment firms in accordance with the SEC requirements.

Third-Party Reserves ReportReports

DeGolyer and MacNaughton, an independent petroleum engineering consulting firm based in the United States, carried out an independent assessment and audit of our reserves in China and certain other countries as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020. Mr. Thomas C. Pence, a senior vice president of DeGolyer and MacNaughton, is primarilywas responsible for supervising the preparation of our reserves report. Mr. Pence is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas, a member of the International Society of Petroleum Engineers, and has over 35many years of experience in oil and gas reservoir studies and reserves evaluations.

Ryder Scott Company, L.P. (“Ryder Scott”), an independent petroleum engineering consulting firm based in the United States, carried out an independent assessment of certain of our selected petroleum assets such as in Chad, West QurnaIraq and Peru as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017. Mr. John MacDonald and2020. Mr. Timour Baichev, each a vice president of Ryder Scott, werewas responsible for overseeing the estimate of the reserves, future production and income as stated in the reserves report. Mr. John MacDonaldTimour Baichev is a licensed professional engineer and has over 33many years of experience in the petroleum reserves estimation and evaluation industry. Mr. Timour Baichev is a licensed professional engineer and has over 34 years of experience in the petroleum reserves estimation and evaluation industry.evaluation.

GLJ Petroleum Consultants (“GLJ”), a petroleum consulting firm based in Canada, carried out an independent assessment of our reserves for certain gas and oil properties in Canada as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020. Ms. Trisha S. MacDonald was the project manager for the evaluation. She is a senior engineer and has over 10many years of relevant experience. Mr. Jodi L. Anhorn, the executive vice president and chief operation officer of GLJ, was the technical supervisor for the evaluation. He is an internationally recognizedexperience in oil and gas resource evaluation expertreservoir studies and has over 20 years of working experience.reserves evaluations.

McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd. (“McDaniel”), a petroleum consulting firm with its headquarters in Canada, carried out an independent assessment of our reserves held through PetroKazakhstan Inc.in Kazakhstan as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020. Mr. Cam T. Boulton, aMcDaniel’s executive vice president, of McDaniel & Associates Consultants Ltd., was responsible for supervising the preparation

of our reserves report. Mr. Boulton is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers.Alberta. He has over 10 years’many years of experience in oil and gas reservoir evaluation.studies and reserves evaluations.

None of the above consulting firms or their partners, senior officers or employees has any direct or indirect financial interest in our company and the remunerations to the firms are not in any way contingent upon reported reserves estimates.

For detailed information about our net proved reserves estimates, please refer to the summary reports of reserves filed heretoherewith as exhibits to this annual report on Form20-F.

The following table sets forth our estimated proved reserves (including proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves), proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves of crude oil and natural gas as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

  Crude Oil Natural Gas(1) Combined   Crude Oil and
Condensate(1)		 Natural Gas(2) Combined 
  (Million barrels) (Bcf) (BOE, in millions)   (Million barrels) (Bcf) (BOE, in millions) 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves

    

Reserves as of December 31, 2014

   10,593.4  71,097.5  22,443.0 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves On a consolidated basis:

    

Reserves as of December 31, 2017

   7,481.3  76,887.6  20,295.9 

Revisions of previous estimates

   (1,662.9)  (206.0)  (1,697.1)    334.7  (1,377.9)  105.2 

Extensions and discoveries

   456.9  9,764.2  2,084.3    427.5  4,564.9  1,188.3 

Improved recovery

   105.6   —    105.6    95.9   —    95.9 

Sold

   —     —     —   

Purchased

   191.7   —    191.7 

Production for the year

   (971.9)  (3,131.0)  (1,493.9)    (890.3)  (3,607.6)  (1,491.7) 

Reserves as of December 31, 2015

   8,521.1  77,524.7  21,441.9 

Reserves as of December 31, 2018

   7,640.8  76,467.0  20,385.3 

Revisions of previous estimates

   (810.9)  (863.2)  (954.7)    (49.7)  (765.6)  (177.1) 

Extensions and discoveries

   491.7  4,770.3  1,286.8    480.6  4,442.6  1,221.0 

Improved recovery

   93.0   —    93.0    90.9   —    90.9 

Bought

   63.6  554.5  156.0 

Production for the year

   (920.7)  (3,274.5)  (1,466.6)    (909.3)  (3,908.0)  (1,560.8) 

Reserves as of December 31, 2016

   7,437.8  78,711.8  20,556.4 

Reserves as of December 31, 2019

   7,253.3  76,236.0  19,959.3 

Revisions of previous estimates

   486.2  (1,750.8)  194.6    (1,553.1)  (595.3)  (1,652.2) 

Extensions and discoveries

   346.3  3,350.0  904.6    385.2  4,976.1  1,214.6 

Improved recovery

   98.0   —    98.0    107.7   —    107.7 

Bought

   —     —     —   

Purchased

   15.0  106.9  32.8 

Sold

   (80.2)  (65.6)  (91.1) 

Production for the year

   (887.0)  (3,423.4)  (1,457.7)    (921.8)  (4,221.0)  (1,625.5) 

Reserves as of December 31, 2017

   7,481.3  76,887.6  20,295.9 

Reserves as of December 31, 2020

   5,206.1  76,437.1  17,945.6 

Proved developed reserves

        

As of December 31, 2015

   6,195.8  40,406.1  12,930.2 

As of December 31, 2016

   5,176.3  40,663.8  11,953.5 

As of December 31, 2017

   5,592.9  39,242.6  12,133.2 

As of December 31, 2018

   5,843.1  40,128.2  12,531.1 

Of which: domestic

   5,203.4  38,433.2  11,609.0 

Overseas

   639.7  1,695.0  922.1 

As of December 31, 2019

   5,473.8  39,869.6  12,118.7 

Of which: domestic

   4,840.0  38,376.3  11,236.0 

Overseas

   633.8  1,493.3  882.7 

As of December 31, 2020

   4,653.6  42,076.7  11,666.4 

Of which: domestic

   3,987.0  40,732.3  10,775.8 

Overseas

   666.6  1,344.4  890.6 

Proved undeveloped reserves

        

As of December 31, 2015

   2,325.3  37,118.6  8,511.7 

As of December 31, 2016

   2,261.5  38,048.0  8,602.9 

As of December 31, 2017

   1,888.4  37,645.0  8,162.7 

As of December 31, 2018

   1,797.7  36,338.8  7,854.2 

Of which: domestic

   1,626.4  36,046.9  7,634.2 

Overseas

   171.3  291.9  220.0 

As of December 31, 2019

   1,779.5  36,366.4  7,840.6 

Of which: domestic

   1,659.8  36,156.8  7,686.0 

Overseas

   119.7  209.6  154.6 

As of December 31, 2020

   552.5  34,360.4  6,279.2 

Of which: domestic

   387.9  34,062.0  6,064.9 

Overseas

   164.6  298.4  214.3 

Share of proved developed and undeveloped reserves in associates and joint ventures calculated by the equity method

    

As of December 31, 2018

   321.4  429.4  392.9 

As of December 31, 2019

   287.1  393.6  352.7 

As of December 31, 2020

   195.5  362.7  256.0 

 

(1)

The crude oil and condensate oil reserves as of December 31, 2020 include 88.2 million barrels of NGLs.

(2)

Represents natural gas remaining after field separation for condensate removal and reduction for flared gas.

As of December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, our total proved developed and undeveloped reserves on consolidated basis and on equity method, were 20,778 million BOE, 20,312 million BOE, and 18,202 million BOE, including 7,962 million, 7,540 million and 5,402 million barrels of crude oil and condense, and 76,896.4 Bcf, 76,629.6 Bcf and 76,799.8 Bcf of natural gas.

Our proved undeveloped reserves were 8,162.76,279.2 million BOE in 2017.as of December 31, 2020, representing a decrease of 19.9% as compared to 2019. The main changes in our proved undeveloped reserves in 20172020 included (i) an increase of 904.61,214.6 million BOE through extensions and discoveries; (ii) an increase of 98.0107.7 million BOE through improved recovery; (iii) a decrease of 465.61,263.2 million BOE primarily due to our optimization adjustmentthe decrease in the investment plans with respect to certain proved undeveloped reserves; andoil prices; (iv) the conversion of 977.21,631.1 million BOE of proved undeveloped reserves into proved developed reserves; and (v) purchase of 10.6 million BOE of proved undeveloped reserves. In 2017,2020, we spent RMB107,472RMB127,576 million on developing proved undeveloped reserves. The overwhelming majority of our

proved undeveloped reserves were situated around the oil fields that are currently producing. The majority of our proved undeveloped reserves are already scheduled for development within five years after initial booking.

Some of our natural gas proved undeveloped reserves of natural gas are being developed more than five years after their initial disclosure primarily due to the effect oflong-term natural gas supply contracts. The sale of natural gas produced from our reserves located in China is subject to ourlong-term contractual obligations to provide a stable supply of natural gas to customers. We sell all of the natural gas through our pipelines and underlong-term supply arrangements with customers.

There are mainly two types oflong-term supply arrangements. The first ismulti-year supply contracts with terms ranging from 20 to 30 years that can be extended upon mutual agreement. The second type is renewable annual contracts. The majority of the natural gas produced fromin our gas fields in China is put into ourthe nationwide,long-range pipeline system andto be sold to customers who have entered intomulti-year supply contracts with us in the areas where thelong-range pipeline system covers. A small portion of the natural gas produced by our company is put into local or internal pipeline systems andto be sold to customers in the areas adjacent to our gas fields. These customers typically have formedde-factolong-termde-facto long-term relationships with our company over the years and enter into supply contracts with us before the year end to determine the amount of gas to be purchased for the next year, with such contracts being renewed every year. In general, our supply relationships with customers under the annual contracts have existed for more than ten years.

Mainly as a result of our contractual obligations to ensure along-term, stable supply of natural gas to customers, we must maintain a relatively large amount of proved undeveloped natural gas reserves and develop them over an extended period of time (in some cases, longer than five years).

The following tables set forth our crude oil and natural gas proved reserves and proved developed reserves by region as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

  As of December 31,   As of December 31, 
  2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020 
  Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		 
  (Million barrels)   (Million barrels) 

Crude oil reserves

                        

Daqing

   1,804.7    1,483.0    1,504.7    1,226.3    1,513.7    1,283.9    1,487.4    1,272.5    1,300.9    1,137.4    928.6    881.5 

Changqing

   2,186.0    1,600.6    1,917.8    1,319.1    2,049.2    1,413.9    2,095.2    1,423.6    2,098.7    1,376.2    1,262.5    1,185.8 

Xinjiang

   1,040.0    875.6    795.1    730.5    927.3    855.9    1,000.0    894.6    975.8    834.3    717.2    677.8 

Other regions(1)

   3,490.4    2,236.6    3,220.2    1,900.4    2,991.1    2,039.2    3,058.2    2,252.4    2,877.9    2,125.9    2,297.8    1,908.5 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   8,521.1    6,195.8    7,437.8    5,176.3    7,481.3    5,592.9    7,640.8    5,843.1    7,253.3    5,473.8    5,206.1    4,653.6 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   As of December 31, 
   2015   2016   2017 
   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		 
   (Bcf) 

Natural gas reserves(2)

            

Changqing

   25,808.0    10,826.0    25,697.9    9,920.8    25,509.2    9,107.4 

Tarim

   24,270.6    14,303.3    24,019.2    14,336.1    22,918.7    14,054.7 

Chuanyu

   13,399.5    5,833.1    13,905.1    6,982.4    13,838.0    6,756.5 

Other regions(1)

   14,046.6    9,443.7    15,089.6    9,424.5    14,621.7    9,324.0 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   77,524.7    40,406.1    78,711.8    40,663.8    76,887.6    39,242.6 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   As of December 31, 
   2018   2019   2020 
   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		   Proved
Developed
and
Undeveloped		   Proved
Developed		 
   (Bcf) 

Natural gas reserves(2)

            

Changqing

   25,425.8    9,406.5    25,589.5    9,362.5    25,969.8    10,700.7 

Tarim

   22,805.9    13,844.9    22,633.8    14,184.2    22,680.6    15,091.9 

Chuanyu

   13,882.7    7,857.5    14,421.5    7,953.2    14,933.6    8,316.5 

Other regions(1)

   14,352.6    9,019.3    13,591.2    8,369.7    12,853.1    7,967.6 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   76,467.0    40,128.2    76,236.0    39,869.6    76,437.1    42,076.7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Represents other oil regions in China and our overseas oil and gas fields.

(2)

Represents natural gas remaining after field separation for condensate removal and reduction for flared gas.

Exploration and Development

We are currently conducting exploration and development efforts in 12 provinces, two municipalities under the direct administration of the central government and three autonomous regions in China as well as in certain regions in other countries. We believe that we have more extensive experience in the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas than any of our principal competitors in China.

The following table sets forth the number of wells we drilled, or in which we participated, and the results thereof, for the periods indicated.in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

 

Year

    Daqing   Xinjiang   Changqing   Others(1)   Total 
2015           
  

Net exploratory wells drilled(2)

  136    123    790    549    1,598 
  

Crude oil

  118    79    414    303    914 
  

Natural gas

  5    6    103    76    190 
  

Dry(3)

  13    38    273    170    494 
  

Net development wells drilled(2)

  3,674    1,359    4,967    3,385    13,385 
  

Crude oil

  3,645    1,339    4,098    2,957    12,039 
  

Natural gas

  22    20    841    392    1,275 
  

Dry(3)

  7    —      28    36    71 
2016           
  

Net exploratory wells drilled(2)

  148    134    955    550    1,787 
  

Crude oil

  127    87    625    353    1,192 
  

Natural gas

  9    1    125    75    210 
  

Dry(3)

  12    46    205    122    385 
  

Net development wells drilled(2)

  3,150    792    5,135    2,194    11,271 
  

Crude oil

  3,129    777    4,526    1,824    10,256 
  

Natural gas

  15    15    551    354    935 
  

Dry(3)

  6    —      58    16    80 
2017           
  

Net exploratory wells drilled(2)

  217    132    868    608    1,825 
  

Crude oil

  184    69    539    346    1,138 
  

Natural gas

  13    11    59    108    191 
  

Dry(3)

  20    52    270    154    496 
  

Net development wells drilled(2)

  3,205    1,520    6,020    3,731    14,476 
  

Crude oil

  3,185    1,504    4,217    2,898    11,804 
  

Natural gas

  10    13    1,746    820    2,589 
  

Dry(3)

  10    3    57    13    83 

Year

     Daqing   Xinjiang   Changqing   Others(1)   Total 
2018            
  Net exploratory wells drilled(2)   231    130    885    532    1,778 
  

Crude oil

   207    100    503    299    1,109 
  

Natural gas

   15    11    65    89    180 
  

Dry(3)

   9    19    317    144    489 
  Net development wells drilled(2)   3,421    1,630    6,233    3,893    15,177 
  

Crude oil

   3,398    1,619    4,086    2,990    12,093 
  

Natural gas

   16    11    2,098    885    3,010 
  

Dry(3)

   7    —      49    18    74 
2019            
  

Net exploratory wells drilled(2)

   211    157    584    627    1,579 
  

Crude oil

   195    148    359    381    1,083 
  

Natural gas

   2    9    49    109    169 
  

Dry(3)

   14    —      176    137    327 
  Net development wells drilled(2)   3,008    1,274    5,948    4,273    14,503 
  

Crude oil

   2,990    1,270    4,319    3,243    11,822 
  

Natural gas

   12    4    1,586    1,007    2,609 
  

Dry(3)

   6    —      43    23    72 
2020            
  

Net exploratory wells drilled(2)

   166    151    661    561    1,539 
  

Crude oil

   142    120    380    356    998 
  

Natural gas

   9    9    53    73    144 
  

Dry(3)

   15    22    228    132    397 
  Net development wells drilled(2)   3,264    1,048    4,630    3,121    12,063 
  

Crude oil

   3,240    1,040    3,082    2,406    9,768 
  

Natural gas

   11    8    1,512    701    2,232 
  

Dry(3)

   13    —      36    14    63 

 

(1)

Represents the Liaohe, Jilin, Huabei, Dagang, Sichuan, Tarim, Tuha, Qinghai, Jidong, Yumen, Zhejiang, southernSouthern and other oil regions.

(2)

“Net” wells refer to the wells after deducting interests of others. No third parties own any interests in any of our wells.

(3)

“Dry” wells are wells with insufficient reserves to sustain commercial production.

We had 571363 wells in the process of being drilled and 7,7066,459 wells with multiple completions as of December 31, 2017.2020.

Oil-and-Gas Properties

The following table sets forth our interests in developed and undeveloped acreage by oil region and in productive crude oil and natural gas wells as of December 31, 2017.2020.

 

          Acreage(1)
(Thousand acres)		           Acreage(1)
(Thousand acres)		 
  Productive Wells(1)   Developed   Undeveloped   Productive Wells(1)   Developed   Undeveloped 

Oil Region

  Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		   Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		   Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		   Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		   Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		   Crude
Oil		   Natural
Gas		 

Daqing

   75,137    328    1,151.91    103.41    796.18    112.28    75,399    640    1,316.64    107.85    622.71    160.09 

Changqing

   61,356    13,074    1,397.48    5,863.47    730.42    1,932.27    67,747    20,981    1,623.46    6,704.16    968.00    3,194.00 

Xinjiang

   32,884    284    390.48    63.44    229.39    18.27    35,692    327    435.17    65.55    297.50    21.24 

Other regions(2)

   73,917    6,027    1,635.40    1,305.08    1,064.25    1,754.88    76,657    14,914    1,821.57    1,647.62    1,037.78    1,770.04 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   243,294    19,713    4,575.27    7,335.40    2,820.24    3,817.70    255,495    36,862    5,196.84    8,525.18    2,925.99    5,145.37 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)

Includes all wells and acreage in which we have an interest. No third parties own any interests in any of our wells or acreage.

(2)

Represents the Liaohe, Jilin, Huabei, Dagang, Southwestern, Tarim, Tuha, Qinghai, Jidong, Yumen, Zhejiang, Southern and other oil regions.

Production

The following table sets forth our historical average net daily crude oil and natural gas production by region and our average sales price for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

  For the Year Ended
December 31,		   % of
2017 Total		   For the Year Ended
December 31,		   % of
Total		 
  2015   2016   2017     2018   2019   2020 

Crude oil production(1)

                

(thousand barrels per day, except percentages or otherwise indicated)

                

Daqing

   755.8    717.2    668.8    27.5    632.6    608.7    595.7    23.7 

Changqing

   502.0    482.7    479.9    19.7    480.9    488.8    497.7    19.8 

Xinjiang

   238.9    224.7    229.0    9.4    232.2    252.1    262.2    10.4 

Other(2)

   1,166.1    1,090.9    1,052.4    43.4    1,093.4    1,141.6    1,162.9    46.1 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   2,662.8    2,515.5    2,430.1    100    2,439.1    2,491.2    2,518.5    100.0 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Annual production (million barrels)

   971.9    920.7    887.0      890.3    909.3    921.8   

Domestic

   733.7    739.7    743.8   

Overseas

   156.6    169.6    178.0   

Average sales price (US$ per barrel)

   48.35    37.99    50.64      68.28    60.96    40.33   

Natural gas production(1)(3)

                

(million cubic feet per day, except percentages or otherwise indicated)

                

Changqing

   3,181.2    3,103.5    3,121.7    33.3    3,275.3    3,481.3    3,757.6    32.6 

Tarim

   2,083.0    2,093.1    2,277.3    24.3    2,353.4    2,535.2    2,748.0    23.8 

Chuanyu

   1,412.5    1,696.1    1,844.1    19.7    1,979.9    2,375.6    2,793.7    24.2 

Other(4)

   1,901.4    2,054.1    2,136.1    22.7    2,275.3    2,314.9    2,233.5    19.4 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   8,578.1    8,946.8    9,379.2    100    9,883.9    10,707.0    11,532.8    100.0 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Annual production (Bcf)

   3,131.0    3,274.5    3,423.4      3,607.6    3,908.0    4,221.0   

Average realized price (US$ per Mcf)(5)

   6.23    4.67    5.18   

Domestic

   3,324.7    3,633.0    3,993.8   

Overseas

   282.9    275.0    227.2   

Average realized price (US$ per Mcf)

   5.85    5.39    4.80   

 

(1)

Production volumes for each region include our share of the production from all of our cooperative projects with foreign companies in that region.

(2)

Represents production from the Liaohe, Jilin, Huabei, Dagang, Tarim, Tuha, Qinghai, Jidong, Yumen, Southern and other oil regions and our share of overseas production as a result of our acquisition of overseas assets.

(3)

Represents production of natural gas for sale.

(4)

Represents production from the Daqing, Qinghai, Tuha, Xinjiang, Liaohe, Huabei, Dagang, Jilin, Jidong, Yumen, Zhejiang, Southern and other oil and gas regions and our share of overseas production as a result of our acquisition of overseas assets.

(5)For natural gas citygate price, please refer to “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Overview”.

In 2017,2020, we supplied a substantial majority of our total crude oil sales to our own refineries. In addition, we enter into annual crude oil mutualand Sinopec supply framework agreement with Sinopec for supply of crude oil to each other’s refineries. Under the annual agreement for 2018, we agreed in principlerefineries to supply 1.09 million tons of crude oilallow supplies to Sinopec’s refineries and Sinopec agreed in principle to supply 1.57 million tons of crude oil to us in 2018.be easily obtained from nearby resources.

The following table sets forth our average sales prices and average lifting costs of crude oil and natural gas of our company on an overall basis and those in China in 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

   Crude Oil Average
Realized Prices
(RMB/ton)		   Natural Gas
Average Realized Prices
(RMB/Kilostere)		   Average Lifting
Cost
(US$/BOE)		 

2015

      

Overall

   2,225    1,371    12.98 

— China

   2,237    1,468    14.26 

2016

      

Overall

   1,865    1,097    11.67 

— China

   1,831    1,146    13.00 

2017

      

Overall

   2,526    1,236    11.53 

— China

   2,494    1,225    12.71 
   Crude Oil Average
Realized Prices
(RMB/ton)		   Natural Gas
Average Realized Prices
(RMB/Kilostere)		   Average Lifting
Cost
(US$/BOE)		 

2018

      

Overall

   3,338    1,367    12.31 

—China

   3,289    1,338    13.55 

2019

      

Overall

   3,107    1,313    12.11 

—China

   3,097    1,437    13.29 

2020

      

Overall

   2,056    1,170    11.10 

—China

   2,111    1,314    12.19 

Principal Oil and Gas Regions

Daqing Oil Region

The Daqing oil region, our largest oil and gas producing property, is located in the Songliao basin and covers an area of approximately one million acres. In 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, our average crude oil production volume in the Daqing oil region was 755.8632.6 thousand barrels, 717.2608.7 thousand barrels and 668.8595.7 thousand barrels per day, respectively. As of December 31, 2017,2020, we produced crude oil from 40 fields in the Daqing oil region.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, our proved crude oil reserves in the Daqing oil region were 1,513.7928.6 million barrels, representing 20.2%17.8% of our total proved crude oil reserves. As of December 31, 20152018 and 2016,2019, the proved crude oil reserves in our Daqing oil region were 1,804.71,487.4 million barrels and 1,504.71,300.9 million barrels, respectively. In 2017,As of December 31, 2020, the crude oilreserve-to-productionreserves-to-production ratio of the Daqing oil region was 6.1approximately 4.2 years.

Daqing’s crude oil has low sulfur and high paraffin content. As many refineries in China, particularly those in Northeastern China, are configured to refine Daqing crude oil, we have a stable market for the crude oil we produce in the Daqing oil region.

Changqing Oil and Gas Region

The Changqing oil and gas region covers parts of Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province. As of December 31, 2017, our proved crude oil reserves in the Changqing oil region were 2,049.2 million barrels, representing 27.4% of our total proved crude oil reserves. In 2017, our crude oil production in the Changqing oil region averaged 479.9 thousand barrels per day, representing approximately 19.7% of our total daily crude oil production. In 2017, the crude oilreserve-to-production ratio at the Changqing oil region was 11.7 years.

In the early 1990s, we discovered the Changqing oil and gas region, which covers parts of Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and Shanxi Province. In 2019, we discovered the Qingcheng oilfied in the Changqing oil and gas region. As of December 31, 2020, the proved reserves in the Qingcheng oilfied were 34.6 million barrels. As of December 31, 2020, our proved crude oil reserves in the Changqing oil region were 1,262.5 million barrels, representing 24.2% of our total proved crude oil reserves. In 2020, our crude oil production in the Changqing oil region averaged 497.7 thousand barrels per day, representing approximately 19.8% of our total daily crude oil production.

The Changqing oil and gas region had total proved natural gas reserves of 25,509.225,969.8 Bcf as of December 31, 2017,2020, representing 33.2%34.0% of our total proved natural gas reserves. In January 2001, we discovered the Sulige gas field in the Changqing oil and gas region, which had total proved natural gas reserves of 14,822.614,215.8 Bcf as of December 31, 2017.2020. Sulige gas field is currently the largest gas field in China. In 2017,2020, the Changqing oil and gas region produced 1,139.41,375.3 Bcf of natural gas for sale, representing an increase of 0.3%8.2% from 1,135.91,270.7 Bcf in 2016.2019.

As of December 31, 2020, the crude oil and gas reserves-to-production ratio at the Changqing oil region was approximately 13.6 years.

Xinjiang Oil Region

The Xinjiang oil region is one of our four largest crude oil producing properties and is located in the Junggar basin in Northwestern China. We commenced our operations in the Xinjiang oil region in 1951. The Xinjiang oil region covers a total area of approximately 900,000 acres.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, our proved crude oil reserves in the Xinjiang oil region were 927.3717.2 million barrels, representing 12.4%13.8% of our total proved crude oil reserves. In 2017,2020, our oil fields in the Xinjiang oil region produced an average of 229.0262.2 thousand barrels of crude oil per day, representing approximately 9.4%10.4% of our total daily crude oil production. In 2017,As of December 31, 2020, the crude oilreserve-to-productionreserves-to-production ratio at the Xinjiang oil region was 11.1approximately 7.5 years.

Tarim Oil and Gas Region

The Tarim oil and gas region is located in the Tarim basin in Northwestern China with a total area of approximately 590,000 acres. In 1998, we discovered the Kela 2 natural gas field in the Tarim oil and gas region. In 2019, we discovered the Bozi-Dabei gas field in the Tarim oil and gas region. As of December 31, 2017,2020, the proved reserves in the Bozi-Dabei gas field were 4,368.2 Bcf. As of December 31, 2020, the proved natural gas reserves in the Tarim oil and gas region reached 22,918.7were 22,680.6 Bcf, representing 29.8%29.7% of our total proved natural gas reserves.

In 2017,2020, we produced 831.21,005.8 Bcf of natural gas for sale in the Tarim oil and gas region. We have completed the construction of the pipelines to deliver natural gas in the Tarim oil and gas region through gas pipelines to the central and Easterneastern regions of China where there is strong demand for natural gas. As of December 31, 2020, the oil and natural gas transmitted through ourWest-Eastreserves-to-production Gas Pipelines. See “— Natural Gasratio in the Tarim oil and Pipeline — Natural Gas Transmission Infrastructure” for a discussion of ourWest-East Gas Pipeline.gas region was approximately 19.4 years.

Chuanyu Gas Region

We began natural gas exploration and production in the Chuanyu gas region in the 1950s. The Chuanyu gas region covers a total area of approximately 2.3 million acres. The natural gasreserve-to-production ratio in the Chuanyu gas region was approximately 20.6 years in 2017. As of December 31, 2017,2020, we had 116115 natural gas fields under development in the Chuanyu gas region. In 2019, we discovered the Sichuan shale gas field in the Chuanyu gas region. As of December 31, 2020, the proved reserves in the Sichan shale gas field were 1,556.2 Bcf.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, our proved natural gas reserves in the Chuanyu gas region were 13,838.014,933.6 Bcf, representing 18.0%19.5% of our total proved natural gas reserves and a decreasean increase of 0.5%3.6% from 13,905.114,421.5 Bcf as of December 31, 2016.2019. In 2017,2020, our natural gas production for sale in the Chuanyu gas region reached 673.11,022.5 Bcf, representing 19.7%24.2% of our total natural gas production for sale.

LOGO As of December 31, 2020, the natural gas reserves-to-production ratio in the Chuanyu gas region was approximately 14.6 years.

Refining and Chemicals

We now operate 2932 enterprises located in nine provinces, four autonomous regions and three municipalities to engage in refining of crude oil and petroleum products, as well as the production and marketing of basic petrochemical products, derivative chemical products and other chemical products.

The comparative data throughout the section of “Refining and Chemical” was presented as if (i) Dalian West Pacific had been consolidated from the earliest year presented. Please refer to “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments” and Note 40 to our consolidated financial statements in our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020; and (ii) PetroChina Fuel Oil Company Limited (“Fuel Oil Company”)and PetroChina Lubricant Company (“Lubricant Company”) were transferred from the marketing segment to the refining and chemicals segment from the earliest year presented. See Note 38 to our financial statements included in this Form 20-F. The following table sets forth the financial and operating data of our refining and chemicals segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017:2020.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020 

Revenue (RMB in millions)

   642,428    582,510    707,804    1,013,413    1,000,062    774,775 

Profit from operations (RMB in millions)

   4,883    39,026    39,961 

Profit from operations/(loss) (RMB in millions)

   46,879    16,077    (1,834) 

Crude oil processed (million barrels)

   998.1    953.3    1,016.9    1,180.5    1,228.4    1,177.5 

Crude oil primary distillation capacity (million barrels/year)

   1,252.4    1,257.6    1,347.0    1,454.2    1,463.0    1,492.6 

Production of refined oil products (thousand tons)

   91,933    86,022    92,715    111,148    117,791    107,042 

Refining

Refined Products

We produce a wide range of refined products at our refineries. Some of the refined products are for our internal consumption and used as raw materials in our petrochemical operation. The table below sets forth production volumes for our principal refined products for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 

Principal Product

  2015   2016   2017 

Principal Products

  2018   2019   2020 
  (In thousand tons)   (In thousand tons) 

Diesel

   54,182    46,689    48,241    54,311    54,628    50,719 

Gasoline

   32,258    33,275    37,363    45,794    50,430    46,280 

Kerosene

   5,493    6,058    7,111    11,043    12,733    10,043 

Lubricants

   1,210    1,164    1,636    1,600    1,630    1,575 

Fuel oil

   2,700    2,222    1,880    1,937    1,672    4,086 

Naphtha

   9,748    9,919    10,032    11,950    12,829    12,706 

Our Refineries

Most of our refineries are strategically located close to our crude oil production and storage bases along ourthe crude oil and refined product transmission pipelines and railways, which provide our refineries with secure supplies of crude oil and facilitate our distribution of refined products to the domestic markets.

In 2017,2020, facing the excessive oil refining capacity in China, to enhance our competition and efficiency in the refining and chemical business, we furtherscientically arranged the production in the refining and chemicals segment, continuouly optimized product mix, reasonably adjusted the diesel to gasoline ratio, actively increased the production of chemical products while striving to reduce the production of refined oil products, and maintained a high-load operation of our chemicals production processes, adjusted our products portfoliofacilities in response to market demand, and concentrated our resourcesincreased the production of high value-added products.

In 2018, 2019 and production capacity on products with high profit margins. We reduced the diesel-gasoline ratio from 1.40 in 2016 to 1.29 in 2017. In each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017,2020, our exploration and production operations supplied approximately 69.9%56.7%, 71.8%55.7% and 67.0%57.6%, respectively, of the crude oil processed in our refineries.

The table below sets forth certain operating statistics regarding our refineries as of December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

   As of December 31, 
   2015   2016   2017 

Primary distillation capacity(1) (thousand barrels per day)

      

Lanzhou Petrochemical

   212.6    212.6    212.6 

Dalian Petrochemical

   415.0    415.0    415.0 

Fushun Petrochemical

   222.7    222.7    222.7 

Dushanzi Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Guangxi Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Jilin Petrochemical

   198.4    198.4    198.4 

Sichuan Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Yunnan Petrochemical(2)

   —      —      263.2 

Other refineries

   1,775.4    1,789.6    1,771.4 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   3,431.3    3,445.5    3,690.5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Refining throughput (thousand barrels per day)

      

Lanzhou Petrochemical

   195.8    166.6    178.3 

Dalian Petrochemical

   280.7    263.5    217.4 

Fushun Petrochemical

   164.0    170.5    158.9 

Dushanzi Petrochemical

   139.8    151.2    149.1 

Guangxi Petrochemical

   130.3    90.9    143.3 

Jilin Petrochemical

   162.0    184.3    181.6 

Sichuan Petrochemical

   152.0    141.0    147.5 

Yunnan Petrochemical(2)

   —      —      81.4 

Other refineries

   1,509.9    1,443.9    1,528.6 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   2,734.5    2,611.8    2,786.1 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Represents the primary distillation capacity of crude oil and condensate.
(2)Yunnan Petrochemical commenced operations in August 2017.

In each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the average utilization rate of the primary distillation capacity at our refineries was 84.2%, 80.3% and 80.3%, respectively, and the average yield for our four principal refined products (gasoline, kerosene, diesel and lubricants) at our refineries was 69.0%,67.6% and 68.6%, respectively. “Yield” represents the number of tons of a refined product expressed as a percentage of the number of tons of crude oil from which that product is processed. In each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, the overall refining yield at our refineries was 93.8%,93.5% and 93.3%, respectively.

In 2017, Dalian Petrochemical, Yunnan2020, Jilin Petrochemical, Fushun Petrochemical, Lanzhou Petrochemical, Dushanzi Petrochemical, Dalian Petrochemical, Dalian West Pacific, Guangxi Petrochemical, Sichuan Petrochemical and JilinYunnan Petrochemical were our leadingprincipal refineries in terms of both primary distillation capacity and refining throughput. The table below sets forth the primary distillation capacity and refining throughput of our principal refineries as of December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

   As of December 31, 
   2018   2019   2020 

Primary distillation capacity(1) (thousand barrels per day)

      

Jilin Petrochemical

   198.4    198.4    198.4 

Fushun Petrochemical

   222.7    222.7    222.7 

Lanzhou Petrochemical

   212.6    212.6    212.6 

Dushanzi Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Dalian Petrochemical

   415.0    415.0    415.0 

Dalian West Pacific

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Guangxi Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Sichuan Petrochemical

   202.4    202.4    202.4 

Yunnan Petrochemical

   263.2    263.2    263.2 

Other refineries

   1,862.5    1886.8    1,967.8 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   3,984.0    4,008.3    4,089.3 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)

Represents the primary distillation capacity of crude oil and condensate.

   As of December 31, 
   2018   2019   2020 

Refining throughput (thousand barrels per day)

      

Jilin Petrochemical

   164.4    186.1    178.8 

Fushun Petrochemical

   175.1    176.4    162.8 

Lanzhou Petrochemical

   187.7    185.2    183.7 

Dushanzi Petrochemical

   147.2    124.9    143.6 

Dalian Petrochemical

   323.0    324.4    269.0 

Dalian West Pacific

   158.0    146.0    166.0 

Guangxi Petrochemical

   186.6    196.5    157.5 

Sichuan Petrochemical

   131.5    177.2    207.3 

Yunnan Petrochemical

   204.4    216.9    154.8 

Other refineries

   1,556.4    1,632.0    1,602.4 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   3,234.3    3,365.6    3,225.9 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In 2020, the production restructuring and upgrading project of Daqing Petrochemical, the ethylene production capacity recovery project at Lanzhou Petrochemical, and a series of aviation kerosene production increasing projects and low-sulfur marine fuel oil projects were completed and launched. The construction of the key projects such as the refining-chemical integrated project at Guangdong Petrochemical and the projects to produce ethylene with ethane at Tarim and Changqing progressed in an orderly manner.

The table below sets forth the major indicators of the realized productivity of our refineries in each of 2018, 2019 and 2020.

   2018   2019   2020 

Average utilization rate of primary distillation capacity (%)

   82.5    85.1    80.0 

Average yield for principal refined products (%)(1)(2)

   70.6    71.8    68.2 

Overall refining yield (%)

   93.7    93.5    93.5 

(1)

Principal refined products include gasoline, kerosene, diesel and lubricant.

(2)

“Yield” represents the number of tons of a refined product expressed as a percentage of the number of tons of crude oil from which that product is processed.

To maintain efficient operations of our facilities and lower production costs, we have endeavored to achieve the mostcost-efficient proportionsmix of various types of crude oil in our refining process. We purchase a portion of our crude oil requirements fromthird-party international suppliers located in different countries and regions. In 2017,2020, we purchased crude oil sourced from Rosneft, a Russian companycompanies Roseneft and Transneft which isare subject to U.S. economic sanctions, and Sudan which was designated as a State Sponser of Terrorism by the U.S. (the U.S. removed Sudan from the list of State Sponsors of Terriorism in December 2020), for use in our refining operations. The revenue generated from our refineryrefineries from the crude oil sourced from the Russian companies Rosneft and Transneft, and Sudan accounted for 2.27%3.16%, and 0.07% of our total revenue in 2017, respectively.2020. See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Outbound Investments and Trading.”

Chemicals

Most of our chemical plants are close to our refineries and are connected to the refineries by pipelines, providing additional production flexibility and opportunities for cost competitiveness. The raw materials required by our chemicals operations have beenare mainly supplied by our own refineries.

Our Chemical Products

The table below sets forth the production volumes of our principal chemical products for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
    2015       2016       2017       2018       2019       2020   
  (In thousand tons)   (In thousand tons) 

Basic petrochemicals

            

Propylene

   4,848    5,120    5,322 

Ethylene

   5,032    5,589    5,764    5,569    5,863    6,345 

Benzene

   1,896    1,918    2,209 

Derivative petrochemicals

            

Synthetic resin

   8,215    9,078    9,284    9,165    9,580    10,287 

Other synthetic fiber raw materials and polymer

   1,348    1,410    1,390 

Synthetic fiber raw materials and polymers

   1,388    1,309    1,278 

Synthetic rubber

   713    760    809    869    910    1,001 

Other chemicals

            

Urea

   2,566    1,900    1,439    828    1,208    2,163 

We are one of the major producers of ethylene in China. We use the bulk of the ethylene we produce as a principal feedstock for the production of many chemical products, such as polyethylene. As of December 31, 2017,2020, our annual ethylene production capacity was 5,9106,010 thousand tons. We produce a number of synthetic resin products, including polyethylene, polypropylene and ABS. As of December 31, 2017,2020, our annual production capacities for polyethylene, polypropylene and ABS were 5,0625,060 thousand tons, 4,1204,220 thousand tons and 705710 thousand tons, respectively. 

Marketing of Chemicals

Our chemical products are distributed to a number of industries including the automotive, construction, electronics, medical manufacturing, printing, electrical appliances, household products, insulation, packaging, paper, textile, paint, footwear, agriculture and furniture industries.

The following table sets forth the sales volumes of our chemical products by principal product category for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

   Year Ended December 31, 

Product

  2015   2016   2017 
   (In thousand tons) 

Derivative petrochemicals

  

Synthetic resin

   8,222.3    8,998.4    9,166.0 

Synthetic fiber

   83.7    83.6    76.9 

Synthetic rubber

   764.5    793.7    813.6 

Intermediates

   8,838.3    9,262.4    10,324.6 

Other chemicals

      

Urea

   2,106.1    2,181.8    1,171.8 

In each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017, our capital expenditures for our refining and chemicals segment amounted to approximately RMB15,725 million, RMB12,847 million and RMB17,705 million, respectively. These capital expenditures were incurred primarily in connection with the construction and expansion of our refining and chemical facilities and the upgrading of our product quality. We believe that our refined products are capable of meeting the product specification and environmental protection requirements as set by the PRC government.

LOGO

   Year Ended December 31, 

Products

  2018   2019   2020 
   (In thousand tons) 

Derivative petrochemicals

  

Synthetic resin

   9,489.1    9,777.8    10,912.8 

Synthetic fiber

   75.8    39.1    25.2 

Synthetic rubber

   899.6    1,011.1    1,098.4 

Intermediates

   10,480.2    11,354.7    12,929.0 

Other chemicals

      

Urea

   732.3    1,561.2    2,596.9 

Marketing

We engage in the marketing of refined products through 3734 regional sales companies including threetwo distribution branch companies one lubricant branch company, one fuel oil company and one convenience store chain company, PetroChina uSmile Company Limited, operated under the trade name “uSmile”. These operations include the transportation and storage of the refined products, and the wholesale, retail and export of gasoline, diesel, kerosene lubricant, asphalt and other refined products.products, and non-oil business. In addition, with respect to our international trading sector, we have optimized the import and export resources, focused on synergies, actively expanded into thehigh-end markets, and maintained growth in trading volume and improved operation results.

The comparative data throughout this section of “Marketing” was presented as if (i) Dalian West Pacific had been consolidated from the earliest year presented (see “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments” and Note 40 to our consolidated financial statements in our Form 20-F filed on April 29, 2020); and (ii) Fuel Oil Company and Lubricant Company were transferred from the marketing segment to the refining and chemicals segment from the earliest year presented. See Note 38 to our financial statements.

The following table sets forth the financial and operating data of our marketing segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017:2020:

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2015 2016   2017   2018   2019   2020 

Revenue (RMB in millions)

   1,383,426  1,301,616    1,660,456    1,891,743    2,075,044    1,497,533 

(Loss)/profit from operations (RMB in millions)

   (500)  11,048    8,279 

Loss from operations (RMB in millions)

   8,628    2,878    2,906 

External sales volume of refined oil products (thousand tons)

   160,097  159,107    169,466    178,648    187,712    161,230 

WeWith respect to our domestic sales business, we market a wide range of refined products, including gasoline, diesel, kerosene and lubricants, through an extensive network of sales personnel and independent distributors and a broad wholesale and retail distribution systemnetwork across China. As of December 31, 2017, ourOur marketing network consistedconsists of:

 

Numerous nationwide

Nationwide wholesale distribution outlets. AllAlmost all of these outlets are located in high demand areas across China, particularly in the coastal areas, along major railways and along the Yangtze River; and

21,399 service stations, consisting of 20,350 service stations owned and operated by us and 1,049 franchised service stations owned and operated by third parties.

In addition, we took active steps to adapt to changes in market condition and customer demand, including enhanced integrated marketing of refined products, fuel cards,non-oil business, lubricants and gas, enhanced internet marketing and carried out various promotion activities. We integrated our WeChat official account and our mobile application, expanded our internet payment services and enhanced our marketing ofnon-oil businesses.

The PRC government and other institutional customers, including railway, transportation and fishery operators, arelong-term purchasers of the gasoline and diesel that we produce. We sell gasoline and diesel to these customers at the supply prices for special customers published by the PRC government. See “— Regulatory Matters — Pricing — Refined Products” for a discussion of refined product pricing.

The following table sets forth our sales volumes of diesel, gasoline, kerosene and lubricants for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

   Year Ended December 31, 

Product

  2015   2016   2017 
   (In thousand tons) 

Diesel

   84,763    80,168    87,324 

Gasoline

   60,651    62,406    65,293 

Kerosene

   14,683    16,533    16,849 

Lubricants

   1,150    1,122    1,283 

Wholesale Marketing

River. We sell refined products both directly and through independent distributors intoto various wholesale markets, as well as to utility, commercial, petrochemical, aviation, agricultural, fishery and transportation companies in China. Our gasoline and diesel sales also include the amount we transferredsold to our retail operations.operations; and

Service stations owned and operated by us and franchised service stations owned and operated by third parties across China including Hong Kong.

In order to adapt to changes in market condition and customer demand, we enhanced integrated marketing for refined products, fuel cards, non-oil business, lubricants and gas, and enhanced marketing through internet. We optimized our supply chain, upgraded the facilities and services at our gas stations, and enhanced the marketing of our non-oil businesses.

Retail MarketingOur international trade business actively played a role in adjusting supply and demand, creating profit through business synergy. We optimized crude oil and natural gas imports, strengthened oil and gas sales, expanded refined oil exports and the high-end market, strengthened terminal network layout and cross-region and cross-city operations, enhanced transactions ability, and effectively managed operational risks.

The weighted average sales volumePRC government and other institutional customers, including railway, transportation and fishery operators, are long-term purchasers of the gasoline and diesel per business day atthat we produce. We sell gasoline and diesel to these customers based on the supply prices for special customers prescribed by the PRC government. See “— Regulatory Matters — Pricing — Refined Products” for a discussion of refined product pricing.

The following table sets forth information relating to our service station network was 10.6 tons, 10.5 tons and 10.5 tons per service station in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Capital expendituressales for the marketing segment foreach of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017 amounted to RMB7,061 million, RMB7,983 million and RMB10,982 million, respectively, which were used mainly for2020 in the construction of sales network facilities including service stations and oil storage tanks.marketing segment:

 

LOGO

   As of December 31, 
   2018   2019   2020 

Sales volume of gasoline, kerosene and diesel (thousand tons)

   178,648    187,712    161,230 

Of which: Gasoline

   71,125    76,366    66,084 

Kerosene

   20,619    21,183    14,350 

Diesel

   86,904    90,163    80,796 

Domestic sales volume of gasoline, kerosene and diesel

(thousand tons)

   116,356    118,995    105,896 

Of which: gasoline

   52,222    53,546    49,188 

Kerosene

   9,260    8,696    8,331 

Diesel

   54,874    56,753    48,377 

Lubricants (thousand tons)

   1,158    977    1,404 

Market share in domestic refined oil market (%）

   36.4    36.7    35.9 

Number of service stations

   21,783    22,365    22,619 

Of which: owned service stations

   20,555    20,955    21,042 

Sales volume per service station (tons/day)

   10.28    10.08    8.48 

Number of convenience stores

   19,709    20,021    20,212 

Natural Gas and Pipeline

We are China’s largest natural gas transporter and seller in terms of sales volume.seller. We sell natural gas primarily to industrial companies, power plants, fertilizer and chemical companies, commercial users and municipal utilities owned by local governments. In addition, we also transmit crudeengage in oil and refined productsgas transmission in the natural gas and pipeline segment.

The following table sets forth the financial and operating data of our natural gas and pipeline segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017:2020:

 

   As of December 31 or Year
Ended December 31,		 
   2015   2016   2017 

Revenue (RMB in millions)

   281,778    247,477    295,786 

Profit from operations (RMB in millions)

   51,231    17,885    15,688 

Total length of natural gas pipelines (km)

   48,629    49,420    51,315 

Total length of crude oil pipeline (km)

   18,892    18,872    19,670 

Total length of refined oil products pipeline (km)

   10,091    10,560    11,389 

Total volume of natural gas sold(1) (Bcf)

   5,583.6    6,469.8    6,588.5 

(1)Represents the natural gas sold to third parties.
   As of December 31, or Year
Ended December 31,		 
   2018   2019   2020 

Revenue (RMB in millions)

   362,626    391,023    370,771 

Profit from operations (RMB in millions)

   25,515    26,108    72,410 

Total length of natural gas pipelines (km)

   51,751    53,291    22,555 

Total length of crude oil pipeline (km)

   20,048    20,091    7,190 

Total length of refined oil products pipeline (km)

   11,728    13,762    1,406 

Total volume of natural gas sold (Bcf)

   7,654.7    9,149.8    8,784.4 

Our Principal Markets for Natural Gas

We sell our natural gas across China. Our natural gas supply covers all provinces, municipalities under direct administration of the central government, and autonomous regions and Hong Kong of China, other thanexcept Macau and Taiwan. We supply natural gas to Tibet by means of LNG tanker trucks.

The Bohai Rim is one of our principal markets for natural gas. The natural gas supplied to Bohai Rim is primarily sourced from the Changqing oil and gas region and transmitted through the Shaanxi to Beijing natural gas pipeline system.pipelines.

The Yangtze River Delta and Southwestern region in China are also our principal markets. We supply natural gas to these regions primarily from our domestic production sites and through long-distance pipelines and by LNG tanker trucks.

In addition, to the above, provinces such as Henan, Hubei,Inner Mongolia, and Anhui and Hunan, consume more and more natural gas and have become another significant natural gas market of us.

We are committed to providing approximately 5,547 Bcf of natural gas in 2018. However, the committed quantity of supply may be adjusted by the buyers in light of the actual situation.

Driven by environmental and efficiency concerns, the PRC government is increasingly encouraging industrial and residential use of natural gas. The PRC government has adopted a number of laws, regulations and regulationspolicy goals to require local governments to increaseencourage the use of clean energy, such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, to replace the use of raw coal. Several local governments have adopted policies to facilitate an increase in natural gas consumption in order to reduce the air pollution level.carbon emissions and environmental pollution. The PRC government has also adoptedgranted preferentialvalue-added tax rate forto natural gas production. Effective from May 1, 2018, theoperations. The current value-added tax rate for natural gas will be 10%is 9%, as compared to 16%while the value-added tax rate for crude oil.oil and refined oil products is 13%. In 2017, the PRC government issued a new policy to accelerate the large-scale and high-efficient utilization of natural gas in urban gas, industrial fuel,gas-fired power generation and transportation, and to significantly increase the proportion of use of natural gas in primary energy consumption. The overall goal of the policy is that the proportion of natural gas in the primary energy consumption to reach around 10% by 2020 and 15% by 2030, and the underground gas storage to form an effective working gas volume of over 14.8 billion cubic meters by 2020 and over 35 billion cubic meters by 2030.

We believe that these policies have had a positive effect on the development and consumption of natural gas in many municipalities that are our existing or potential markets for natural gas. We believe that these favorable policies will continue to benefit our natural gas business.

Natural Gas Transmission Infrastructure

As of December 31, 2017, we owned and operated approximately 51,315 kilometers of natural gas pipelines in China. Our natural gas pipelines represent the vast majority of China’s onshore natural gas pipelines. Our existing natural gas pipelines form a national trunk network for natural gas supply and the regional natural gas supply networks in Northwestern, Southwestern, Northern and central China as well as the Yangtze River Delta.

The FirstWest-East Gas Pipeline

The construction of the FirstWest-East Gas Pipeline commenced officially in July 2002 and was completed and put into operation on October 1, 2004. The main line of ourWest-East Gas Pipeline links our natural gas fields in Xinjiang and Changqing with Henan Province, Anhui Province, Jiangsu Province, Shanghai Municipality and other areas in the Yangtze River Delta. It is designed to mainly transmit the natural gas produced at Tarim oil region to Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. The FirstWest-East Gas Pipeline includes one main line, three main branch lines and numerous accessory branch lines, and two underground storage facilities, with a total length of 5,778 kilometers, of which the main line has a total length of 3,833 kilometers. The FirstWest-East Gas Pipeline has a designed annual throughput capacity of 600.4 Bcf.

The SecondWest-East Gas Pipeline

In February 2008, we commenced the construction of the SecondWest-East Gas Pipeline. The west section of the SecondWest-East Gas Pipeline was put into operation in December 2009. In June 2011, the east section was put into operation. By the end of 2012, the main line and branch lines as well as the Hong Kong branch line of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline were all completed and put into operation. The SecondWest-East Gas Pipeline includes one main line, eight main branch lines and numerous accessory branch lines and three underground storage facilities, with a total length of 8,601 kilometers. The main line of the SecondWest-East Gas Pipeline has a length of 4,845 kilometers. The western section of the main line extends from Horgos to Zhongwei with a length of 2,325 kilometers and a designed annual throughput capacity of 1,059.5 Bcf. The eastern section of the main line extends from Zhongwei to Guangzhou with a length of 2,520 kilometers and a designed annual throughput capacity of 988.8 Bcf.

The ThirdWest-East Gas Pipeline

The Third West-East Gas Pipeline extends from Horgos to Fuzhou via Zhongwei. It consists of the western section, middle section and the eastern section. The western section extending from Horgos to Zhongwei, with a length of 2,445 kilometers and an annual throughput capacity of 1,059.4 Bcf, was completed in the end of 2014. The eastern section extending from Ji’an to Fuzhou, with a length of 817 kilometers and an annual throughput capacity of 529.7 Bcf, was completed in the end of 2016. The middle section extends from Zhongwei to Ji’an, of which, the Zhongwei-Zaoyang section is 1,218 kilometers long with a designed throughput capacity of 1,059.4 Bcf, which is expected to be completed by 2023, and theZaoyang-Ji’an section is 798 kilometers long with a designed capacity of 882.8 Bcf, which is expected to be completed by 2021. In 2017, the Zhongwei-Jingbian line, as alinking-up line of the middle section, was completed and commenced operations.

In addition, we also operate other natural gas pipelines, such as the Zhong County-Wuhan natural gas pipeline, the four Shaanxi-Beijing natural gas pipelines and Sebei-Lanzhou natural gas pipelines. The construction of the fourth Shaanxi-Beijing Natural Gas Pipeline was completed and commenced operations in 2017.

Crude Oil Transportation Infrastructure

We have an extensive network for transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil, which covers many regions of China. As of December 31, 2017, we had crude oil pipelines of 19,670 kilometers.

Russia-China Crude Oil Pipeline Business

In May 2009,2020, we commenced the constructionsold our interests in certain branch companies, subsidiaries and associated companies, which together held our major pipeline assets to PipeChina in exchange for 29.9% of the Russia-China crudeequity interests in PipeChina and a cash consideration. The assets included our major oil transmissionand gas pipelines, certain gas storage facilities, oil storage facilities, LNG terminals and ancillary facilities, and the initial oil and gas inventory contained therein. In 2021, our subsidiary Kunlun Energy sold its equity interests in two entities holding pipeline (the Mohe-Daqing section) upon the approvalassets to PipeChina for a cash consideration. Upon completion of the National Development and Reform Commission, or NDRC. In September 2010, we completed construction oftransactions, PipeChina has become the entire line and put it into commercial production in January 2011. We were the builder and operator of the section crossingpipeline assets, providing us and other customers with pipeline transmission services. Pursuant to our agreements with PipeChina, PipeChina warranted that after completion of the Heilongjiang Rivertransactions, the target assets shall remain in normal operations, and the section which lies in China. This pipeline extends from the Skovorodinooff-take station of Russia’s Far East Pipeline through Galinda at the Russian border, Heilongjiang Province, Inner Mongolia, to Daqing terminal station. This pipeline is 935 kilometers long and has a designed annual transmission capacity of 15 million tons. In February 2016, the second Russia-China oil pipeline from Mohe to Daqing was approved by the NDRC. We commenced the constructionquality of the lineservices provided to us to be no lower than the previous level. Furthermore, PipeChina undertook that it will not take any action or allow any nonaction that may adversely affect our continuous normal use of any target assets in July 2016our production and put it into operations in January 2018.operation. The pipeline is 941 kilometers longassets retained by us after completion of the transactions mainly consist of the internal pipelines within our oil and has a designed annual transmission capacity of 15 million tons.

In addition, we also operate other crude oil pipelines, including the western crude oil pipeline, the northeastern crude oil pipeline networkgas fields and the Lanzhou-Chengdu crude oil pipeline.pipelines connecting our oilfields to our refineries. As a shareholder of PipeChina, we expect to participate in the corporate governance of PipeChina according to its articles of association and we will coordinate with PipeChina on our requirements and proposals with respect to the pipeline operations according the agreements entered into between PipeChina and us.

Refined Product Transportation Infrastructure

As of December 31, 2017, we had refined product pipelines of 11,389 kilometers.

SeeThe Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha Pipeline

We received approval from“Item 4 — Information on the NDRC forCompany — Acquisitions and commenced construction of the Lanzhou-Zhengzhou-Changsha refined oil pipeline in December 2007. The pipeline starts from Lanzhou of Gansu Province and terminates at Changsha of Hunan Province, with a total length of 3,027 kilometers, including the length of all the main lines and branch lines. We finished construction and commenced the operation of the section from Lanzhou to Zhengzhou in April 2009 and the section from Zhengzhou to Wuhan in August 2009. The construction of all the main lines and branch lines was completed by October 2013.

In addition, we also operate other refined product pipelines, such as the refined product pipelines for western regions and Lanzhou-Chengdu-Chongqing refined product pipeline.Divestments”.

During the past three years, we have not experienced any delays in delivering natural gas, crude oil and refined products due to pipeline capacity constraints.

Competition

As an oil and gas company operating in a competitive industry, we compete in each of our business segments in both China and international markets for desirable business prospects and for customers. OurAt present, our principal competitors in China are China Petroleum and ChemicalPetrochemical Corporation, or Sinopec Group, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC.

Exploration and Production Operations

We are the largest onshore oil and gas company in China in terms of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves as well as crude oil and natural gas production and sales. However, we compete with other domestic oil and gas companies for the acquisition of desirable crude oil and natural gas prospects. Similarly, we face some

competition in the development of offshore oil and gas resources. In 2019, the Chinese government lifted the restrictions on foreign investment in oil and gas exploration and development, which had been limited to joint ventures and cooperation, introduced market competition mechanisms in the oil and gas industry to support private enterprises participating in oil and gas exploration and development. These policy changes mean that the barriers to entering the area of oil and gas exploration have been removed, and our exploration and development business may face heightened competition from foreign capital and private enterprises. In addition, the gradual developmentcompetition of international energy supply has intensified, thelow-cost shale gas crude oil market continues to fluctuate, and shale oil in the United Statesprice volatility has had a material effect on our business.become frequent. We believe that our experience in crude oil and natural gas exploration and production and our advanced exploration and development technologies that are suitable for the diverse geological conditions in China will enable us to maintain our dominant position in discovering and developing crude oil and natural gas reserves in China.

Refining and Chemicals Operations and Marketing Operations

We compete with our primary competitor Sinopec in our refining and chemicals operations and marketing operations on the basis of price, quality and customer service. Most of our refineries and chemical plants are

located in the Northeastern and Northwestern regions of China where we have the dominant market share for refined products and chemical products. We sell the remainder of our refined products and chemical products to the Eastern, Southern, Southwestern andCentral-southern regions of China, where our products have a considerable market share. The Eastern and Southern regions of China, where refined products and chemical products are in higher demand, are important markets for our refined products and chemical products. Sinopec has a strong presence in the Eastern and Southern regions of China in competition with us, and most of Sinopec’s refineries, chemical plants and distribution networks are located in these regions in close proximity to these markets. Moreover, as the newly constructed facilities of CNOOC commenced operation in the same region, large quantity of chemical products have been marketed into that area, which made the competition even intense. We expect that we will continue to face competition in our refined products and chemical products sales in these regions.

As a result of China’s recent policies towards diversification of market participants, we also face competition from new market participants. Over theIn recent years, large state-owned enterprises, such as Sinochem GroupChina has gradually liberalized the restrictions on market access for the refining and China North Industries Group Corporation, have entered the refinery sectorchemical industry. The refining and local independent refineries have been growing rapidly. The refinery sector in China, which had long been dominatedchemical industry led by us and Sinopec has been more competitive.rapidly transformed into diversified market participants. Some large state-owned enterprises and private enterprises have entered the refining and chemical industry. Local refineries have rapidly emerged, and international refining and chemical companies have recently opened large refineries in China. The restrictions on foreign investment in wholesale and retail chains of refined oil have been further liberalized. In 2019, the Chinese government issued policies to further liberalize market access for private enterprises, encouraging private enterprises to enter the industries of refineries and sales, and to construct storage and transportation infrastructure for refined oil, and encourage qualified enterprises to participate in crude oil imports and refined oil exports. We expect to continue to face strong market competition.

We also face competition from imported refined products and chemical products in terms of price and quality. In recent years, competition from foreign producers of refined products and chemical products has increased and the retail and wholesale markets in China for refined products and chemical products have been gradually opened to foreign competition as a result of the changes in China’s tariff policies toward imported refined products and chemical products. For example, sales of chemical products imported from the Middle East increased rapidly in China in recent years. In response, we have sought to reduce our production costs, improve the quality of our products and optimize our product mix.

In addition, we also face competition from alternative energies. For example,energy. Alternative energy is developing rapidly in China, and electric car, as a clean means of transport with “zero pollutionpower, liquefied gas, natural gas and zero emission” has wonbiodiesel have increasingly become effective alternatives to refined oil, continually reducing the favor ofmarket for refined oil. Among them, vehicular natural gas is still the government. The central and local governments have imposed restrictions onoil-powered cars, while encouraged electricity-powered cars. The alternative energy-powered cars, especially electric cars, will continue to grow. Despite the issues such as immature technologies, short range and limited infrastructure with respect to electric cars, with the importance attachedmain substitute for refined oil. Driven by the central governmentsnational policy and breakthroughs in battery and self-driving technologies, China’s electric vehicle industry has developed rapidly, which has led to a rapid growth in the development of electric car batteries and electric car technologies and the focus given by the local government to the construction of electric car charging infrastructure, the advantagesnumber of electric cars in China. Electricity is expected to replace vehicular natural gas as the primary alternative energy source for refined oils and will be fully demonstratedcontinuously reduce the importance of refined oils as a major energy source. In October 2020, the State Council issued the New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (for 2021-2035), according to which China expects that the share of new energy vehicles out of total vehicle sales in China will rise to 20% by 2025 and pure electric vehicles will account for the future. As a result, the impactmajority of the innovation of electric cars on us will become increasingly obvious and the effect of the refined oil being substituted will be even more prominent.vehicle sales by 2035.

Natural Gas and Pipeline Operations

We are the largest natural gas supplier in the PRC in terms of sales volume. Currently, we mainly face competition from Sinopec, CNOOC,coal-based natural gas producers and other companies engaged in importimporters of natural gas and LNG in the supply of natural gas to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei Province, Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province and the Northwestern regions of China, our existing principal

markets for natural gas. Currently, Sinopec has natural gas fields in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality and sells natural gas to users in places such as Sichuan Province, Chongqing, Hunan Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Shanghai. We have also expanded into the coastal regions in Eastern and Southern China where we may face competition from CNOOC and Sinopec. Over the recent years, as the reform of the oil and gas regulatory system has continuously progressed amidst macro-economic changes, the

reshaping of the oil and gas industry has accelerated in China. In addition to us, Sinopec and CNOOC, more and more other companies are exepcted to join the competition in the natural gas resources sector and oil and gas terminal business. In 2020, PipeChina acquired certain major pipeline assets from our company and several other oil and gas companies, making it the largest pipeline operator in China and enabling it to provide market participants with equal access to pipeline resources. This is expected to have a far reaching effect on the competitive landscape of the oil and gas industry in China and is expected to intensify the competition at the upstream resources segment and the downstream sales segment. See “Item 3 — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Government Regulation”, Item 3 — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Pipeline Asset Restructuring”, “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments”, “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Natural Gas and Pipeline” and “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects — Trend Information”. We believe that our dominantadvantages in natural gas resources, base, our relatively advanced automaticproduction, sales and technologies in pipeline transmission and our skills in managing long distance pipelines will enable us to continue to be a dominant player in the natural gas markets in China.

See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Competition”.

Environmental Matters

Like other companies in the industries in which we operate, we are subject to numerous national, regional and local environmental laws and regulations promulgated by the governments in those jurisdictions. These laws and regulations concern our oil and gas exploration and production operations, petroleum and petrochemical products and other activities. In particular, some of these laws and regulations:

 

require an environmental evaluation report to be submitted and approved prior to the commencement of exploration, production, refining and chemical projects;

 

restrict the type, quantities, and concentration of various substances that can be released into the environment in connection with drilling and production activities;

 

limit or prohibit drilling activities within protected areas and certain other areas; and

 

impose penalties for pollution resulting from oil, natural gas and petrochemical operations, including criminal and civil liabilities for serious pollution.

These laws and regulations may also restrict the emissions into the air emissions and discharges tointo surface and subsurface water resulting from the operation of naturalour gas processing plants, chemical plants, refineries, pipeline systems and other facilities that we own.own or operate. In addition, our operations are subject to laws and regulations relating to the generation, handling, storage, transportation, disposal and treatment of solid waste materials.

We anticipate that the environmental laws and regulations to which we are subject will become increasingly strict and are therefore likely to have an increasing impact on our operations. It is difficult, however, to predict accurately the effect of future developments in such laws and regulations on our future earnings and operations. Some risk of environmental costs and liabilities is inherent in our operations and products, as it is with other companies engaged in similar businesses. We cannot assure you that material costs and liabilities will not be incurred. However, we do not currently expect any material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations as a result of compliance with such laws and regulations. WeIn 2018, 2019 and 2020, we paid pollutant discharge feesa total environmental protection tax of approximately RMB347RMB140 million, RMB388RMB139 million and RMB333RMB143 million, in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.

To meet future environmental obligations, we are engaged in a continuous program to develop effective environmental protection measures. This program includes:These measures include:

 

building environment-friendly projects;

 

reducing sulfur levels in gasoline and diesel fuel;

reducing olefins and benzene content in gasoline, and continuously reducing the quantity of emissions and effluents from our refineries and petrochemical plants; and

 

developing and

installing monitoring systems at our pollutant discharge openings and developing environmental impact assessments for construction projects.openings.

Our capital expenditures on environmental programs in 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were approximately RMB4.14RMB2.70 billion, RMB3.10RMB2.30 billion and RMB4.17RMB2.94 billion, respectively.

Because a number of our production facilities are located in populated areas, we have established a series of preventative measures to improve the safety of our employees and surrounding residents and minimize disruptions or other adverse effects on our business. These measures include:

 

providing each household in areasthe residents surrounding our production facilities with printed materials to explain and illustrate safety and protection knowledge and skills; and

 

enhancing the implementation of various effective safety production measures we have adopted previously.

We believe that these preventative measures have helped reduce the possibility of incidents that may result in serious casualties and environmental consequences. In addition, the adoption of these preventative measures has not required significant capital expenditures to date, and therefore, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Environmental Protection and Safety” and “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Climate Change”.

Legal Proceedings

We are involved in several legal proceedings concerning matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. We believe, based on currently available information, that these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Properties, Plants and Equipment

We own substantially all of our properties, plants and equipment relating to our business activities. We hold exploration and production licenses covering all of our interests in developed and undeveloped acreage, oil and natural gas wells and relevant facilities.

See the description of our properties, plants and equipment relating to our business activities included elsewhere in this “Item 4 — Information on the Company” and “Item 7 — Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Related Party Transactions”.

Intellectual Property

Our company logo “LOGOLOGO ” is jointly owned by us and CNPC and has been used since December 26, 2004. Together with CNPC, we have applied for trademark registrations of the logo with the State Trademark Bureau of the PRC. To date, most of our applications for registration ofLOGOboth in China and our other trademarks have been approved and certain others are either in the process of review or public announcement phase. In addition, together with CNPC, we have applied for international trademark registration for our logo in other jurisdictions.abroad. We have received 583506 International Trademark Registration Certificates for our logo covering more than 50 jurisdictions.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, we owned approximately 13,50020,587 patents in China and other jurisdictions. We were granted 2,2922,784 patents in China in 2017.2020.

Regulatory Matters

Overview

China’s oil and gas industry is subject to extensive regulation by the PRC government with respect to exploration, production, transmission and marketing of crude oil and natural gas as well as production, transportation and marketing of refined products and chemical products. The following central government authorities exercise control over China’s oil and gas industry:

 

The National Energy Administration, or the NEA, is primarily responsible for the formulation of energy development plans and annual directive plans, approving major energy-related projects and facilitating the implementation of sustainable development of energy strategies, coordinating the development and utilization of renewable energies and new energies, and organizing matters relating to energy conservation and comprehensive utilization as well as environmental protection for the energy industries.

The Ministry of Natural Resources, (formerly known as the Ministry of Land and Resources), or the MNR, has the authority to grant, examine and approve oil and gasmineral resources exploration and production licenses, and to oversee the registration and transfer of exploration and production licenses;

 

The Ministry of Commerce, or the MOFCOM,

 

sets and grants import and export volume quotas for crude oil and refined products in accordance with the market supply and demand in China as well as WTO requirements for China; and

 

issues import and export licenses for crude oil and refined products to oil and gas companies that have obtained import and export quotas.quotas;

 

is responsible for the record-filing of Sino-foreign joint venture contracts, and monitoring the foreign investors’ oil and gas exploration projects in the PRC; and

is responsible for approving and filing of overseas investment projects by PRC enterprises.

The National Development and Reform Commission, or the NDRC:

 

is responsible for industry administration, industry policy and policy coordination over China’s oil and gas industry;

 

publishes guidance prices for natural gas and maximum retail prices for certain refined products, including gasoline and diesel;

 

formulates the plan for aggregate import and export volume of crude oil and refined products in accordance with the market supply and demand in China;

 

approves significant petroleum, natural gas, oil refinery and chemical projects set forth under the Catalogs of Investment Projects Approved bySubject to Approval of the Central Government; and

 

approvesSino-foreign equity and cooperative projects of certain types.

Exploration Licenses and Production Licenses

TheMineral Resources Law authorizes the MNR to exercise administrative authority over the exploration and production of mineral resources within the PRC. TheMineral Resources Law and its supplementary regulations provide the basic legal framework under which exploration licenses and production licenses are granted. The MNR has the authority to issue exploration licenses and production licenses. ApplicantsLicense applicants must be companies approved by the State Council to engage in oil and gas exploration and production activities.

Applicants for exploration licenses must first register with the MNR blocks in whichthat they intend to engage in exploration activities.activities with the MNR. The holder of an exploration license is obligated to make a progressively increasing annual minimum exploration investment in each corresponding block. Investments range from RMB2,000 per

square kilometer for the initial year to RMB5,000 per square kilometer for the second year, and to RMB10,000 per square kilometer for the third and subsequent years. Additionally, the holder has to pay an annual exploration license feeroyalty fees that starts at RMB100 per square kilometer per year for each of the first three years and increases by an additional RMB100 per square kilometer per year for subsequent years up to a maximum of RMB500 per square kilometer.kilometer per year. The maximum term of an oil and natural gas exploration license is seven years, subject to renewal upon expiration of the original term, with each renewal being up to two years. At the exploration stage, an applicant can also apply for a progressive exploration and production license that allows the holder to test and develop reserves not yet fully proven. Upon the detection and confirmation of the quantity of reserves in a certain block, the holder must apply for a production license based on economic evaluation, market conditions and

development planning in order to shift into the production phase in a timely fashion. In addition, the holder needs to obtain the right to use that block of land. Generally, the holder of a full production license must obtain a land use rights certificate for industrial land use covering that block of land.

The MNR issues production licenses to applicants on the basis of the reserves reports approved by the relevant authorities. Production license holders are required to pay an annual production right usage feea royalty of RMB1,000 per square kilometer.kilometer per year. Administrative rules issued by the State Council provide that the maximum term of a production license is 30 years, 20 years, or 10 years as applicable to large, medium and small mineral blocks, respectively. In accordance with a special approval from the State Council, the MNR has issued production licenses with terms coextensive with the projected productive life of the assessed proven reserves as discussed above. Each of our production licenses is renewable upon our application 30 days prior to expiration. If oil and gas prices increase, the productive life of our crude oil and natural gas reservoirs may be extended beyond the current terms of the relevant production licenses.

The MNR comprehensively promotes the manner which mining rights are granted through competitive ways, such as bidding, auction or listing, while strictly limites the non-competitive ways.

China has impletemented the regulation of unified licensing of oil and gas exploration and production, pursuant to which, if an oil and gas exploration license holder discovers any oil and gas reservoir available for production, it may commence production immediately after having submitted a report to the local natural resource authorities, and is not required to obtain a separate oil and gas production license. If such oil and gas exploration license holder has since then conducted oil and gas production activities, it is required to enter into a mining rights grant contract and complete the mining rights registration in accordance with applicable laws within five years thereafter.

Among the major PRC oil and gas companies, the exploration licenses and production licenses held by us, Sinopec and CNOOC account for the majority of mining rights in China. Among those companies, we and Sinopec primarily engage in onshore exploration and production, while CNOOC primarily engages in offshore exploration and production. According to the new policies of the Chinese government, private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises are allowed to obtain exploration licenses.

Pricing

In recent years, the pricing of gasoline, diesel, natural gas and pipeline transmission services, depending on the situation, has either been subject to government guiding prices or goverment set prices, while the pricing of crude oil and other refined oil products is not subject to government regulation.

Crude OilGasoline and Diesel

WeAccording to the Measures for Administration of Petroleum Products Pricing issued by the NDRC on January 13, 2016, (i) the retail prices and Sinopec set the crude oil medianwholesale prices each month based on the average international market FOB prices for crude oil of different grades in the previous month. In addition, PetroChina and Sinopec negotiate a premium or discount to reflect transportation costs, the differences in oil quality and the supply and demand.

Refined Products

The prices of our gasoline and diesel, productsand the prices for supply of gasoline and oil to special customers such as social wholesale enterprises, railway and other transportation operators are expected to follow government guiding prices, and (ii) the supply prices for supply of gasoline and

diesel to the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps are expected to follow government set by the government.

On December 18, 2008, the NDRC issued theNotice on Implementing Price and Tax Reform of Refined Oil,which improved the pricing mechanism for refined oil products. Under the improved mechanism, the domesticex-factoryprices. The ceiling retail prices of refined oil productsgasoline and diesel are determined on the basis of the relevant international crude oil prices, by taking into consideration the average domestic processing cost, tax, reasonable circulation costs and apre-determinedappropriate profit margin. The prices of diesel and gasoline continue to follow the government guiding prices. The highest retail price set for gasoline and diesel is calculated by using the relevantex-factory price and a determined profit margin for retailing activities.

On March 26, 2013, the NDRC issued theNotice on Further, Improvement of Refined Oil Pricing Mechanismand the amended and restatedMeasures for Oil Prices Management (on trial). Under this new system, (i) the price adjustment period was shortened from 22 working days to 10 and the 4% limit on the price adjustment range was eliminated; (ii) the composition of the basket of crudes to which refined oil products prices are linked was adjusted in light of the composition of the imported crudes and changes in crudes trading on the international market; and (iii) the refined oil products pricing mechanism was further enhanced.

In order to promote the oil product quality upgrading, on September 16, 2013, the NDRC issued theCircular regarding Relevant Opinions on the Pricing Policy for Oil Product Quality Upgrading, pursuant to which the price increase standard for theauto-use gasoline and diesel upgraded to China IV Standard shall be set as RMB290 per ton and RMB370 per ton, respectively, and the price increase standard for theauto-use gasoline and diesel upgraded from China IV to China V Standard shall be set at RMB170 per ton and RMB160 per ton, respectively.

On January 13, 2016, the NDRC issued theNotice on Issues Concerning Further Improving the Pricing Mechanism for Refined Oil, pursuant to which, starting from January 13, 2016, downward adjustment of the refined oil price is subject to a floor of US$40 per barrel. Accordingly, when the international crude oil price dropsprices drop to US$40 per barrel or below, the prices of refined oil priceproducts in China shall notwill be adjusted downwardscalculated as if the crude oil price were still US$40 per barrel and the unadjusted amount shall be allocated to the reserve fund to be used for energy saving, reduction of emission, improving the oil quality and securingby taking into consideration a safe supply of refined oil.normal processing profit margin. When the international crude oil price surgesprices rise to the range between US$40 per barrel (exclusive) and US$80 per barrel (inclusive), the prices of refined oil products in China will be calculated by taking into consideration a normal processing profit margin. When the international crude oil prices surge to more than US$80 per barrel, the processing profit margin used to determine the prices of refined oil products will be reduced until to zero. When the international crude oil prices surge to US$130 per barrel or above, appropriate financial and taxation policies shallwill be adopted to ensure the production and supply of refined oil products but the refined oil price shallprices of gasoline and diesel will in principle remain unadjusted or shallwill only be slightly adjusted upwards. This regulation also liberalizedupwards in principle by adhering to theex-factory price principle of liquefied petroleum gas.

On December 15, 2016,taking into account the Ministryinterests of Finance (“MOF”)both the producers and NDRC issuedCirculation on Collectionthe consumers so as to maintain the smooth operation of Risk Reserves for Oil Price Control (the “Rules”), pursuant to which, effective from January 13, 2016, when the price ofnational economy. The government would adjust the gasoline and diesel prices every 10 working days in line with fluctuations in international crude oil in international market drops belowprices. Refined oil retail enterprises have freedom to set their own specific retail prices as long as their retail prices do not exceed the lower limitceiling prices set by the Chinese government, domestic enterprises which are engaged in production, commissioned processing and import and exportgovernment. The ceiling supply prices of such refined oil products as gasoline and diesel shall make full payment of risk reserves according to sales volumesbe supplied to special customers such as railway, transportation and other business operators by domestic refined oil production and marketing enterprises are determined by reducing the corresponding collection rates. “Sales volumes” referceiling national average retail price by RMB400 per ton. Domestic refined oil production and marketing enterprises may determine the specific supply prices with special customers such as railway, transportation and other business operators through negotiations subject to the actual sales volumesceiling supply prices published by the government. When market retail prices drop, the supply prices set for special customers will be adjusted downward accordingly. The so-called “special customers” means big customers who have for historical reasons established their own independent oil supply system, as identified in a list formulated by the NDRC. The supply prices of suchgasoline and diesel to be supplied to the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps by domestic refined oil production and marketing enterprises between the two adjacent window periods of price adjustment. Collection rates for risk reserves are determined with referenceby deducting circulation markup from the ceiling national average retail price.

On March 13, 2020, the NDRC issued the updated version of the Central Pricing Catalog. According to the unadjustedupdated Catalog, in the interim, prices of refined oil products. The NDRC and the MOF jointly determine the collection rates on a quarterly basis and notify the collection agencies in writing..

On December 22, 2016, MOF issuedNotice on Proper Collection of Risk Reserves for Oil Price Adjustment in 2016, pursuant to which, if the subsidiaries (limited to listed companies) of CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC have already recognized the risk reserves accrued as operation revenue, such subsidiaries may opt to have such risk reservesproducts will continue to be paiddetermined by their parent companies outthe existing pricing mechanism, as adjusted in line with the fluctuations in international oil prices. The updated Catalog indicates that based on the progress of the net profit.

Chemical Products

We determineoil and gas reform, China will fully liberalize the pricespricing of all of our chemicalrefined oil products based on market conditions.and allow it to be entirely market-based in due course.

Natural Gas

On June 28, 2013,According to the updated Central Pricing Catalog issued by the NDRC announcedon March 13, 2020, the initiationprices of a programoffshore gas, shale gas, coal bed methane, coal gas, LNG, gas supplied directly to certain customers, gas supplied to and resold by gas storage facilities, gas publicly traded on trading platforms, gas imported through pipelines put into operation after 2015, and citygate gas prices in those provinces possessing conditions for adjustmentdetermining citygate gas prices through competition should become market based. The prices of other domestically produced onshore pipeline gas and the citygate prices of the gas imported through pipelines put into operation before the end of 2014 should in the interim continue to be determined by the existing pricing mechanism, and will be liberalized and become market-based in due course as the reform to marketize the natural gas sector progresses. Pursuant to the natural gas pricing reform programs issued by the NDRC in recent years, at present, the PRC government regulates natural gas pricing mainly through the citygate benchmark price. Under this regime, gas suppliers and purchasers would determine the specific citygate prices for their transactions through negotiations by using the citygate benchmark prices published by the relevant local governments as the base and then adjusting the base either upwards by no more than 20% or downwards without limit. The NDRC also rolled out seasonal natural gas prices from July 10, 2013. The program consists of (i) changing pricing mechanismto encourage market-oriented pricing. Natural gas production and marketing enterprises and users are encouraged to proactively trade on natural gas trading platforms. Prices of natural gas fromex-factory price to citygate price, and no longer differentiating the prices payable by the users in different provinces; (ii) establishment of the mechanism linking the citygate price of natural gas to the price of alternative energy with a view to gradually shift to a market-driven pricing mechanism for natural gas; (iii) adopting differential pricing approaches towards the existing usage and the incremental usage so as to establish as soon as practicable a new pricing mechanism for natural gas while reducing the impact that the pricing reform will have on existing gas users.

On August 10, 2014, based on the natural gas price reform roadmap, the NDRC issued price adjustment programs for non-residential use stock natural gas, pursuant to which, effective from September 1, 2014, (i) the natural gas citygate price for non-residential uses was increased by RMB400 per thousand cubic meters; (ii) no adjustment will be made to the citygate price for natural gas consumed by residential users; and (iii) further actions will be taken to implement the policy in connection with the liberalization of the sales price of imported liquefied natural gas and theex-factory prices for shale gas, coal-seam gas and coal gas.

On February 26, 2015, the NDRC announced the unification of the prices of domestic natural gas of existing and incremental gas volume starting from April 1, 2015.

On November 18, 2015, the NDRC announced the reduction of the price of natural gas fornon-residential use from November 20, 2015, whereby the citygate price ceiling for non-resident users was decreased by

RMB700/kilostere while the preferential policy and price forpublicly traded on natural gas usedexchanges such as Shanghai Oil and Gas Exchange and Chongqing Oil and Gas Exchange are entirely driven by fertilizer makers remain unchanged. With a view to improve the market-driven pricing mechanism for natural gas, since November 20, 2016, suppliers andnon-residential users can negotiate prices of natural gas up to 20% above the benchmark price fornon-residential uses.

On October 15, 2016, the NDRC issuedClarifying the Price Policy for Gas Storage Facilities, which announced that the prices for natural gas purchase and sale to be conducted by and the prices of gas storage services to be provided by the gas storage facilities shall be formed through the operation of market.

On November 5, 2016, NDRC issuedNotice on Enhancing Price Liberalization for Gas Used as Fertilizer Feedstock, pursuant to which, effective from November 10, 2016, prices for gas used as fertilizer feedstock were fully liberalized and subject to negotiations between the vendors and the purchasers. It encourages the trading of the natural gas used by fertilizer makers in the oil and gas exchange centers in order to achieve open and transparent pricing of gas as fertilizer feedstock.

On November 11, 2016, the NDRC issuedNotice on Relevant Issues concerning the Price Policy for Natural Gas Citygate Price in Fujian Province, which expressly liberated the citygate natural gas price in Fujian Province and made Fujian the first province that would implement fully liberated citygate natural gas price.

On August 29, 2017, the NDRC issuedNotice on Reduction of the Benchmark City Gate Price ofNon-residential Natural Gas, which reduced the benchmark city gate price of non-residential natural gas by RMB100 per thousand cubic meters effective from September 1, 2017.market conditions.

Pipeline Transmission Tariff

Pipeline transmission tariffs for crude oil, refined oil and natural gas are set by the government. Cross province transmission tariffs are set by the NDRC and provincial transmission tariffs are set by the provincial level branches of the NDRC.

For those pipelines constructed prior to 1984, which were funded by the government, the transmission tariff is a uniform flat tariff determined based on the principle of minimum profit margin. For those pipelines constructed with the funds of the enterprises after 1984, the tariffs must be submitted to the NDRC for examination and approval on a case by case basis and based on the capital investment made in the pipeline, the operation period for the pipeline and a reasonable profit margin.

On October 9, 2016, the NDRC issuedRulesRegulation on Administration of the Pipeline Transmission Tariff for Natural Gas (on trial) andRules on Supervision and Review of the Costs Used in Setting the Pipeline Transmission Tariff (on trial), which expressly stipulatedprovides that effective January 1, 2017, the pipeline transmission tariff for natural gas shall be reviewed and setdetermined on the principle of “permissible costs plus reasonable margins”, and the rules intended to regulate the tariff charged by companies engaged in cross-province pipeline transmission operation.

On March 27, 2019, the NDRC issued the Notice on Adjusting the Inter-provincial Pipeline Natural Gas Transmission Tariff, which adjusted the transmission tariff for 13 inter-provincial pipelines companies including PetroChina Beijing Natural Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. and others.

Production and Marketing

Crude Oil

Each year, the NDRC publishes the projected target for the production and process of crude oil in China based on the domestic consumption estimates submitted by domestic producers, including but not limited to us, Sinopec and CNOOC, the production of these companies as well as the forecast of international crude oil prices. The actual production levelsvolumes are determined by the producers themselves and may vary from estimates. The MOFCOM and its local branches were previously responsible for supervising and managing the submitted estimates. Since January 1, 2007, whencrude oil market. Enterprises that meet certain operating conditions may apply for the permit for crude oil sales and warehousing business. On December 3, 2019, the MOFCOM issued the MeasuresNotice on Proper Implementation of the Reform to “Streamline Administration, Delegate Power, Strengthen Regulation and Improve Services” in the Administration of Circulation of Refined Petroleum Products. According to the Refined Products Market promulgated byNotice, MOFCOM offices will no longer accept applications for qualifications for crude oil marketing or warehousing business, or for amendment, renewal or cancelation of the MOFCOM became effective, qualified domestic producers are permitted to engage incertificates of such qualifications, and such certificates shall expire automatically upon expiration and will not be taken back. This means that the sale and storageoperation of crude oil. Foreign companies with the required qualifications are also allowedoil marketing and warehousing business will no longer be subject to establish and invest in enterprises to conduct crude oil business.MOFCOM approval.

Refined Products

Previously, only we, Sinopec and joint ventures established byof the two companies had the right to conduct gasoline and diesel wholesale business. Other companies, including foreign invested companies, were not allowed to engage in wholesale of gasoline and diesel in China’s domestic market. In general, only domestic companies, includingSino-foreign joint venture companies, were permitted to engage in retail of gasoline and diesel. Since December 11, 2004, whollyforeign-owned enterprises are permitted to conduct refined oil retail business. Since January 1, 2007, when theMeasures on the Administration of the Refined Products Market became effective,, all

entities meeting certain requirements are allowed to submit applications to the MOFCOM to conduct refined oil products wholesale, retail and storage businesses. On July 28, 2018, the PRC government removed the restriction that a Chinese partner must hold a majority share in the construction and operation of a retail oil station chain which has more than 30 outlets and sells refined products of different types and brands supplied through multiple channels. On August 27, 2019, the State Council canceled government approval of qualifications for operation of refined oil wholesale warehousing and delegated the approval of refined oil retail qualifications to local municipal governments.

On December 3, 2019, the MOFCOM issued the Notice on Proper Implementation of the Reform to “Streamline Administration, Delegate Power, Strengthen Regulation and Improve Services” in the Administration of Circulation of Refined Petroleum Products. According to the Notice, any market player proposed to engage in the refined petroleum product wholesale and warehousing activities may commence and carry out such activities in accordance with applicable laws and regulations after they meet relevant criteria and obtain relevant qualifications or pass relevant acceptance tests and is not required to obtain operating licenses from MOFCOM. On December 31, 2020, the General Office of the MOFCOM issued the Guidelines for the Administration of the Refined Petroleum Product Circulation Sector. According to the Guidelines, any market player engaged in refined petroleum product wholesale and warehousing business activities shall comply with laws and regualtions and criteria related to enterprise registration, land and resources administration, planning and construction, oil product quality, safety production, environmental protection, firefighting, terrorism-fighting, tax, transportation, meteorology, metering, etc., obtain relevant qualifications or pass relevant acceptance tests, and shall carry out business operation in accordance with laws and regulations. This means that the operation of refined oil marketing and warehousing business will no longer be subject to MOFCOM approval.

Natural Gas

The NDRC determines each year the annual national natural gas production target based on the natural gas production targets submitted by domestic natural gas producers. Domestic natural gas producers determine their annual natural gas production targets on the basis of consumption estimates. The actual production volume of each producer is determined by the producer itself, which may deviate from the production target submitted by it. The NDRC also formulates the annual natural gas guidance supply plan,guideline, which requires natural gas producers to distribute a specified amount of natural gas to the designated key municipalities and key enterprises.

Foreign Investments

Cooperation in Exploration and Production with Foreign Companies

Currently, CNPC is one of the few Chinese companies that have the right to cooperate with foreign companies in onshore crude oil and natural gas exploration and production in China. CNOOC has the right to cooperate with foreign companies in offshore crude oil and natural gas exploration and production in China.

Sino-foreign cooperation projects and foreign parties in onshore oil and gas exploration and production in China are generally selected through open bids and bilateral negotiations. Those projects are generally conducted through production sharing contracts. The MOFCOM must approve those contracts.

As authorized by the Regulations of the PRC on Exploration of Onshore Petroleum Resources in Cooperation with Foreign Enterprises, CNPC has the right to enter into joint cooperation arrangements with foreign oil and gas companies for onshore crude oil and natural gas exploration and production. We do not have the capacity to enter into production sharing contracts directly with foreign oil and gas companies under existing PRC law. Accordingly, CNPC will continue to enter into production sharing contracts. After signing a production sharing contract, CNPC will, subject to approval of the MOFCOM, assign to us most of its commercial and operational rights and obligations under the production sharing contract as required by theNon-competition Agreement between CNPC and us.

In 2019, the Chinese government lifted the restrictions on foreign investment in oil and gas exploration. As a result, foreign companies are allowed to enter the oil and gas exploration and production sector by wholly-owned enterprieses.

Transportation and Refining

Since December 1, 2007, PRC regulations have encouraged foreign investment in the construction and operation of oil and gas pipelines and storage facilities. On March 10, 2015, PRC lifted the restrictions on foreign investment in refineries with a production capacity of below 10 million tons per annum. Furthermore, when appropriate, projects must receive necessary approvals from relevant PRC government agencies. See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Government Regulation.”

The State Further Liberalized Oil And Gas Market Access

On June 30, 2019, the NDRC and the MOFCOM jointly issued Special Management Measures for Foreign Investment Access (Negative List) (2019 Edition), pursuant to which, the restrictions on oil and gas exploration and development that were previously limited to joint ventures and cooperation were lifted.

On December 22, 2019, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Opinions on Creating a Better Development Environment to Support the Reform and Development of Private Enterprises, which further liberalized market access for private enterprises. It states that in key industries and fields such as power, telecommunications, railways, oil and gas, the state liberalizes competitive businesses and further introduces market competition mechanisms. It encourages private enterprises to enter the industries of oil and gas exploration and development, refining and sales, and construction of infrastructures such as storage, transportation and pipeline transportation of crude oil, natural gas and refined oil. It encourages qualified enterprises to participate in crude oil imports and refined oil exports.

Import and Export

Since January 1, 2002,state-owned trading companies have been allowed to import crude oil under an automatic licensing system.Non-state-owned trading companies have been allowed to import crude oil and

refined products subject to quotas. The export of crude oil and refined oil products by bothstate-owned trading companies andnon-state-owned trading companies is subject to quota control. The MOFCOM has granted us the right to conduct crude oil and refined product import and export business.

Capital Investment and Financing

Capital investments in exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas made by Chinese oil and gas companies are subject to approval by or filing with relevant government authorities. The following projects are subject to approval by the NDRC or the competent local authorities:

 

facilities for taking delivery of and storing liquefied petroleum gas (excluding accessory projects of oil or gas fields or refineries);

 

new facilities for taking delivery of or storing imported liquefied natural gas (including expansion on a different site other than the original facilities);

 

oil or gas transmission pipeline networks (excluding gathering and transmission pipeline networks of oil or gas fields);

 

new refineries, expansion of existing primary processing refineries;

 

new ethylene, paraxylene (PX), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) projects; projects；and

 

newcoal-to-olefins projects, new coal to paraxylene (PX) projects, and newcoal-to-methanol projects with a capacity of 1 million tons per annum or more.

Taxes, Fees and Royalties

We are subject to a variety of taxes, fees and royalties. The table below sets forth the major taxes, fees and royalty fees payable by us or by Sino-foreign oil and gas exploration and development cooperative projects. Our subsidiaries which have legal person status should report and pay enterprise income tax to the relevant tax authorities based on the applicable laws and regulations.

 

Tax Item

  

Tax
Base

  

Tax
Rate

Enterprise income tax

  Taxable income  

25%, or 15% for qualified taxpayers; and from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2030, the corporate income tax on enterprises incorporated in

encouraged industries in certainthe western regionsregion of China will be levied at a reduced rate of 15%.

Value-added tax

  Revenue  

Prior to July 1, 2017, value added tax rates were 17%, 13%, 11% and 6%, as applicable. In particular, 13% was for liquefied natural gas, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, agricultural film and fertilizers and 17% for oil products and other products.

 

Effective from July 1, 2017, the rate of 13% was cancelledcanceled and the applicable rate for natural gas has been changed from 13% to 11%.

 

Effective from May 1, 2018, the rate of 17% will bewas changed to 16% and the rate of 11% will bewas changed to 10%.

 

Since MayEffective April 1, 2016, as a result2019, the rate of 16% was changed to 13% and the reformrate of value-added tax in lieu of business tax, certain sectors such as real estate, engineering construction, financial and other sectors, which previously were subject10% was changed to business tax, have been subject to value-added tax instead.9%.

Tax Item

Tax
Base

Tax
Rate

Consumption tax

  Aggregate volume sold orself-consumed  

RMB1.52 per liter for gasoline, naphtha, solvent naphtha and lubricant and RMB1.2 per liter for diesel, aviation kerosene and fuel oil.

Resource taxSales

6%, exemption or reduction may apply if qualified.

 

Collection of taxes on aviation kerosene continuesFrom April 1, 2018 to be suspended.March 31, 2021, shale gas production enjoys a 30% reduction.

Resource tax

Sales6%, exemption or deduction may apply if qualified.

Crude oil special gain levy

  Sales amount above specific threshold  Five-level progressive tax rates from 20% to 40%, taxable if the crude oil price reachreaches the threshold of US$65 per barrel.
Environmental protection taxAir pollution equivalent, water pollution equivalent, solid waste pollution equivalent and noise exceeding the standard decibel

Effective January 1, 2018, the PRC government started to impose environmental protection tax. Different emissions apply their corresponding tax rates.

If a taxpayer’s emission of taxable atmospheric pollutants or water pollutants is less than 30% of the national and local pollutant discharge standards, the environmental protection tax shall be levied at 75%. If the taxpayer’s emission of taxable atmospheric pollutants or water pollutants is less than 50% of the national and local pollutant discharge standards, the environmental protection tax shall be levied at 50%.

Exploration license fee(1)Mining right royalty

  Area  RMB100 to RMB500 per square kilometer per year for exploration; RMB1,000 per square kilometer per year for production.

Production licenseRoyalty fee(1)

AreaRMB1,000 per square kilometer per year

Royalty fee(2)

  Production volume  Progressive rate of0-12.5% for crude oil and0-3% for natural gasgas.

 

(1)Effective from April 13, 2017, the exploration license fee and production license fee were renamed to mining right occupancy fees.
(2)

It shall be paid in cash and is only applicable to Sino-foreign oil and gas exploration and development cooperative projects in China. However, effective from December 1, 2010, the royalty fee payable by new Sino-foreign oil and gas exploration and development cooperative projects in Western regions was replaced by the resource tax, while those cooperative projects under contracts signed before December 1, 2010 continue to be subject to the royalty fee until the contracts expire. Effective from November 1, 2011, the royalty fee payable by new Sino-foreign oil and gas exploration and development cooperative projects in the whole country was replaced by the resource tax, while those cooperative projects under contracts signed before November 1, 2011 continue to be subject to the royalty fee until the contracts expire.

Environmental Regulations

We are subject to various PRC national environmental laws and regulations and also environmental regulations promulgated by the local governments in whose jurisdictions we have operations. ChinaThe PRC government has adopted extensive environmental laws and regulations that affect the operation of the oil and gas industry. There are national and local standards applicable to emissions control, discharges to surface and subsurface water and disposal, and the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of solid waste materials.materials, reduction of carbon emission and upgrade of the standards for refined products.

The environmental regulations require a company, such as us, to register or file an environmental impact report with the relevant environmental authority for approval before it undertakes any construction of a new production facility or any major expansion or renovation of an existing production facility. The new facility or the expanded or renovated facility will not be permitted to operate unless the relevant environmental authority has inspected the environmental equipment installed at the facility and decides it satisfies the environmental protection requirements. A companyCompanies that wishesneed to discharge pollutants, whether it is in the form of emission,gas, water or materials,solid wastes, must submit aapplication for pollutant discharge declaration statement detailingpermits. The application must state in detail the types of discharge, discharge outlet, types of pollutants, concentration and amount type, location and method of treatment.discharge. After reviewing the pollutant discharge declaration,application materials, the relevant environmental authorityadministrative department will determine the amount of discharge allowable under the law and willto issue a pollutant discharge license for that amount of discharge subjectpermit to the paymentcompany, specifying the types of discharge fees.permitted pollutants, the permitted concentration and amount. If a companycompany’s discharges more than isdeviated from what were permitted, in the pollutant discharge license, the relevant environmental authority can fineadministrative department may impose fines on the company upor order the company to suspend or close down its operation for resolving the issues. In addition, companies discharging taxable pollutants should declare and pay corresponding environmental protection taxes in accordance with the PRC Environmental Protection Tax Law and its implementing regulations.

In recent years, the Chinese government has endeavored to promote low-carbon policies. It has set a goal of increasing the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption and announced the aim to hit peak emissions before 2030 and realize carbon neutrality by 2060. In order to reduce environmental pollution, the Chinese government has also raised the standards of oil products several times in recent years. After several years of upgrading and renovating our oil refining facilities, we have satisfied the discharge fees payable by the offending company for its allowable discharge, or require the offending companyrelevant standards on time. In addition, we are also required to close its operation to remedy the problem.comply with relevant laws and regulations regarding management of hazardous chemicals.

Item 4A —4A — UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

We do not have any unresolved staff comment.

Item 5— OPERATINGAND FINANCIAL REVIEWAND PROSPECTS

General

You should read the following discussion together with our consolidated financial statements and their notes included elsewhere in this annual report. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance

with IFRS. The comparative data throughout Item 5 was presented as if (i) Dalian West Pacific had been consolidated from the earliest financial year presented (see “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments” and Note 40 to our consolidated financial statements in our Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 29, 2020); and (ii) Fuel Oil Company and Lubricant Company were transfered from the marketing segment to the refining and chemicals segment from the earliest financial year presented (see Note 38 to our financial statements). In addition, we initially applied IFRS 16 on January 1, 2019. According to the adopted transition plan, the comparative data throughout this Item 5 has not been restated. For a detailed description of the changes and impacts of these accounting standards, please refer to Note 3 (ac) to our financial statements.

Overview

We are engaged in a broad range of petroleum and natural gas related activities, including:

 

the

exploration, development, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas;

 

the

refining of crude oil and petroleum products, and the production and marketing of basicprimary petrochemical products, derivative chemical products and other chemical products;

 

marketing and trading of refined oil productsproducts; and trading; and

 

the

transmission of natural gas, crude oil and refined oil products as well as the sale of natural gas.

We are China’s largest producer of crude oil and natural gas and are one of the largest companies in China in terms of revenue. In 2017,2020, we produced approximately 887.0921.8 million barrels of crude oil and approximately 3,423.44,221.0 Bcf of natural gas for sale. Our refineries processed approximately 1,016.91,177.5 million barrels of crude oil in 2017.2020. In 2017, we had2020, our revenue of RMB2,015,890was RMB1,933,836 million and net profit attributable to owners of the Company of RMB22,798was RMB19,006 million.

Factors Affecting Results of Operations

Our results of operations and theperiod-to-period comparability of our financial results are affected by a number of external factors, including changes in the prices, production and sales volume of our principal products, operating costs and the regulatory environment.

Prices of Principal Products

The fluctuations in the prices of crude oil, refined products, chemical products and natural gas have a significant impact on our revenue. In the first half of 2020, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the oil output policies implemented by certain oil-producing countries and other factors, the international crude oil price displayed in a “V” shape. A rarely seen drastic drop in oil price and an unprecedented negative oil price was reported in the first half of 2020. Although the crude oil price rose steadily after reaching a low point in late April 2020, the crude oil price was generally at a low level throughout the year. The average spot price of North Sea Brent and WTI crude oil in 2020 was US$41.78 per barrel and US$39.28 per barrel, respectively, representing a decrease of 34.9% and 31.1% over 2019, respectively. As a result, 2020 witnessed a drastic decline in the prices of refined oil products and natural gas. See “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulatory Matters — Pricing” for a more detailed discussion of current PRC pricing regulations, “Item 3 — Risk Factors — Risks Related to COVID-19”and “Item 3 — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Pricing and Exchange Rate”.

The table below sets forth the average realized prices of our principal products in 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020.

 

   2015   2016   2017 

Crude oil (US$/barrel)

   48.35    37.99    50.64 

Natural gas (US$/thousand cubic feet)(1)

   7.42    5.68    6.27 

Gasoline (US$/barrel)

   112.80    101.41    111.26 

Kerosene (US$/barrel)

   67.77    54.67    66.60 

Diesel (US$/barrel)

   96.39    82.84    90.84 

(1)Natural gas citygate price

   2018   2019   2020 

Crude oil (US$/barrel)

   68.28    60.96    40.33 

Natural gas (US$/thousand cubic feet)

   5.85    5.39    4.80 

Gasoline (US$/barrel)

   124.88    110.63    94.86 

Kerosene (US$/barrel)

   86.73    78.08    48.67 

Diesel (US$/barrel)

   110.38    102.16    81.59 

Production and Sales Volume for Oil and Gas Products

Our results of operations are also affected by production and sales volumes. Our crude oil and natural gas production volumes depend primarily on the level of the proved developed reserves in the fields in which we have an interest, as well as other factors such as the general economicmacroeconomic environment and market supply and demand conditions.conditions, while the sales of crude oil, natural gas, refined oil and chemical products are subject to marketing capabilities and competitive environment.

Operating costs

The general macroeconomic environment and market supply and demand conditions may also affect our operating costs. For example, labor costs and the price index (CPI) in general in the countries where we operate are affected by the global and local macroeconomic environment. Changes in commodity prices may also affect our operating costs, as it would affect our ability to pass on the change in such commodity prices through a change in the prices of our products.

Regulatory Environment

Our operating activities are subject to extensive regulations and control by the PRC government, including the issuance of exploration and production licenses, the imposition of industry-specific taxes or product-specific taxes and levies and the implementation of environmental policies and safety standards. Our results of operations will be affected by any future changes of such regulatory environment.

Pipeline Assets Restructuring

In 2020, we recognized a pre-tax gain of RMB46,946 million from the pipeline assets restructuring transaction. See “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments”. As a result of the pipeline assets restructuring, we will no longer record revenue and costs (including depreciation and amortization) associated from the disposed target assets. As a shareholder of PipeChina, we apply the equity method to account for the investment in an associate and expect to receive dividends from PipeChina in accordance with their dividend policy. For further details associated with the risks relating to the pipeline asset restructuring, see “Item 3 — Key Information — Risks Related to Pipeline Asset Restructuring”.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires our management to select and apply significant accounting policies, the application of which may require management to make judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of our financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Notwithstanding the presentation of our principal accounting policies in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report, we have identified the accounting policies below as most critical to our business operations and the understanding of our financial condition and results of operations presented in accordance with IFRS. Although these estimates are based on our management’s best knowledge of current events and actions, actual results ultimately may differ from those estimates.

Accounting for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities

We use the successful efforts method of accounting, with specialized accounting rules that are unique to the oil and gas industry, for oil and gas exploration and production activities. Under this method, geological and geophysical costs incurred are expensed when incurred. However, all costs for developmental wells, support equipment and facilities, and proved mineral interests in oil and gas properties are capitalized. Costs of exploratory wells are capitalized as construction in progress pending determination of whether the wells find proved reserves. For exploratory wells located in regions that do not require substantial capital expenditures before the commencement of production, the evaluation of the economic benefits of the reserves in such wells will be completed within one year following the completion of the exploration drilling. Where such evaluation indicates that no economic benefits can be obtained, the relevant costs of exploratory wells will be converted to dry holewell exploration expenses. The relevant costs will be classified as oil and gas assets and go through impairment review if the evaluation indicates that economic benefits can be obtained. For wells with economically viable reserves in areas where a major capital expenditure would be required before production can begin, the related well costs remain capitalized only if additional drilling is under way or firmly planned. Otherwise the well costs are expensed as dry holes.wells. We have no material costs of unproved properties capitalized in oil and gas properties.

Oil and Gas Reserves

The estimation of the quantities of recoverable oil and gas reserves in oil and gas fields is integral to effective management of our exploration and production operations. Because of the subjective judgments involved in developing and assessing such information, engineering estimates of the quantities of recoverable oil and gas reserves in oil and gas fields are inherently imprecise and represent only approximate amounts.

Before estimated oil and gas reserves are designated as “proved”, certain engineering criteria must be met in accordance with industry standards and the regulations of the SEC. Proved oil and gas reserves are the estimated

quantities of crude oil and natural gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulation before the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether the estimate is a deterministic estimate or probabilistic estimate. Therefore, these estimates do not include probable or possible reserves. Our proved reserves estimates are updatedassessed or audited annually by independent, qualified and experienced oil and gas reserves engineering firms in the United States Singapore and Canada. Our oil and gas reserves engineering department has policies and procedures in place to ensure that these estimates are consistent with these authoritative guidelines. Among other factors required by authoritative guidelines, this estimation takes into account recent information about each field, including production and seismic information, estimated recoverable reserves of each well, and oil and gas prices and operating costs as of the date the estimate is made. The price shall be the average price during the12-month period before the ending date of the period covered by this report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of thefirst-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions. The costs shall be that prevailing at the end of the period.

Despite the inherent imprecision in these engineering estimates, estimated proved oil and gas reserves quantity has a direct impact on certain amounts reported in the financial statements. In addition to the capitalization of costs related to oil and gas properties on the balance sheet discussed earlier, estimated proved reserves also impact the calculation of depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses of oil and gas properties. The cost of oil and gas properties is amortized at the field level on the unit of production method. Unit of production rates are based on the total oil and gas reserves estimated to be recoverable from existing facilities based on the current terms of our production licenses. Our reserves estimates include only crude oil and natural gas which the management believes can be reasonably produced within the current terms of the production

licenses that are granted by the Ministry of Natural Resources, ranging from 30 years to 55 years from the effective date of issuance in March 2000, renewable upon application 30 days prior to expiration. Consequently, the impact of changes in estimated proved reserves is reflected prospectively by amortizing the remaining book value of the oil and gas property assets over the expected future production. If proved reserves estimates are revised downward, earnings could be affected by higher depreciation expense or an immediatewrite-down of the property’s book value had the downward revisions been significant See “— Property, Plant and Equipment” below. Given our large number of producing properties in our portfolio, and the estimated proved reserves, it is unlikely that any changes in reserves estimates will have a significant effect on prospective charges for depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses.

In addition, due to the importance of these estimates in understanding the perceived value and future cash flows of a company’s oil and gas operations, we have also provided supplemental disclosures of “proved” oil and gas reserves estimates prepared in accordance with authoritative guidelines elsewhere in this annual report.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Where it is probable that property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties, will generate future economic benefits, their costs are initially recorded in the consolidated statement of financial position as assets. Cost represents the purchase price of the asset and other costs incurred to bring the asset into existingexpected use. Subsequent to their initial recognition, property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization (including any impairment).

Depreciation, to write off the cost of each asset, other than oil and gas properties, to their residual values over their estimated useful lives is calculated using thestraight-line method.

The Company uses the following useful lives for depreciation purposes:

 

Buildings and plantplants

   8-40 years 

Equipment and machinery

   4-30 years 

Motor vehicles

   4-14 years 

Other

   5-12 years 

No depreciation is provided on construction in progress until the assets are completed and ready for use.

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted ifas appropriate, at the end of each reporting period.

Property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties, are reviewed for possible impairments when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Determination as to whether and how much an asset is impaired involves management estimates and judgments such as future crude oil prices, prices of refined products and chemical products, the operation costs, the product mix, production volumes and the oil and gas reserves. Certain estimates and assumptions adopted by the management in the impairment reviews and calculations are formed by the internal professional team (including operations and finance teams) by reference to external institutions’ analysis reports and taking into account current economic conditions. The other estimates and assumptions are consistent with the assumptions used in our business plans.

In forming the relevant estimates and assumptions for impairment tests by our management, our internal professional team (including operations and finance teams) forms a preliminary conclusion by reference to the external institutions’ analysis reports and our historical financial data, and taking into account current economic conditions and our business plans. Then, the preliminary conclusion is reviewed and approved by the management. The approved estimates and assumptions are then utilized by our subsidiaries and branches to perform the impairment tests.

When determining whether there are indications of impairment for oil and gas properties, we consider internal factors, mainly including the decline of production and reserves volumes at the late development stage of certain oil blocks and a significant drop in economic benefits of certain oil blocks resulting from the lower price of crude oil, and external factors, mainly including a significant drop in international prices of crude oil, resulting from the imbalance of supply and demand of global crude oil. When an indication of impairment of certain oil blocks is identified, we will perform the impairment tests on the oil blocks. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the cash generatecash-generating unit exceeds the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Value in use is determined by reference to the discounted expected future cash flows to be derived from the cash generatecash-generating unit.

The expectedmedium-to-long-term future international prices of crude oil utilized by us when estimating the expected future cash flows are determined mainly based upon the forecast of the international prices of crude oil made by principal international investment institutions combined with the judgment and analysis of the future trends of international prices of crude oil made by us. We calculated the expected future cash flows of each oil block according to the estimates of future production volume levels per year stated in the oil and gas reserves reports, the estimates of operation costs of oil and gas made by us, and taking into account its future capital expenditure plan. We refer to the weighted average cost of capital of the oil and gas industry when determining the discount rate and makes relevant adjustments according to specific risks in different countries or regions. In the yearyears ended December 31, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, the after-tax discount rates adopted by most of our oil and gas regions were between 7.1%in the range of 7.3% -11.5%, 6.4%-15.4% and 10.3%5.9%-12.0%, and between 7.6% and 11.0%, respectively.

Given the broad scope of our property, plant and equipment, the impairment test involves numerous assumptions, which are interrelated to each other to a certain extent. For example, the estimates and judgments with respect to the product mix, production costs and oil and gas reserves may vary along with the changes in crude oil prices. The sensitivity analysis performed after taking into account the interrelationship among all of the estimates and judgments would be neither cost efficient nor time efficient. As a result, the management believes that a sensitivity analysis of relevant assumptions on impairment is not practicable. Favorable changes to some assumptions might have avoided the need to impair any assets or make it necessary to reverse an impairment loss recognized in prior periods, whereas unfavorable changes might have caused an additional unknown number of other assets to become impaired, or resulted in larger impacts on impaired assets.

Our operating results in the following fiscal year may deviate from management’s estimates or judgments. This would require an adjustment to the provision for impairment of the property, plant and equipment disclosed in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements.

Gains and losses on disposals of property, plant and equipment are determined by reference to their carrying amounts and are recorded in the consolidated profit or loss.

Interest and other costs on borrowings to finance the purchase and construction of property, plant and equipment are capitalized during the period of time that is required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use. Costs for repairs and maintenance activities are expensed as incurred except for costs of components that result in improvements or betterments which are capitalized as part of property, plant and equipment and depreciated over their useful lives.

Provision for Asset DecommissioningRetirement Obligation

Provision is recognized for the future decommissioning and restoration of oil and gas properties. The amounts of the provision recognized are the present values of the estimated future expenditures. The estimation of the future expenditures is based on current local conditions and requirements, including legal requirements, technology, price level, etc. In addition to these factors, the present values of these estimated future expenditures are also impacted by the estimation of the economic lives of oil and gas properties. Changes in any of these estimates will impact the operating results and the financial position of the Company over the remaining economic lives of the oil and gas properties.

Operating Results

The following discussion is based on our historical results of operations. As a result of the factors discussed above, such results of operations may not be indicative of our future operating performance.

Our statement of comprehensive income for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 is summarized in the table below.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2015 2016 2017   2018 2019 2020 
  (RMB in millions)   (RMB in millions) 

Revenue

   1,725,428  1,616,903  2,015,890    2,374,934  2,516,810  1,933,836 

Operating expenses

   (1,646,176)  (1,556,268)  (1,948,168)    (2,251,992)  (2,395,048)  (1,857,899) 

Profit from operations

   79,252  60,635  67,722    122,942  121,762  75,937 

Exchange (loss)/gain, net

   (632)  1,257  (1,094) 

Exchange gain, net

   1,120  1  108 

Interest expense, net

   (22,309)  (20,857)  (19,507)    (18,939)  (26,778)  (23,505) 

Share of profit of affiliates and joint ventures

   1,504  4,105  5,968    11,647  8,229  3,533 

Profit before income tax expense

   57,815  45,140  53,089    116,770  103,214  56,073 

Income tax expense

   (15,726)  (15,768)  (16,296)    (42,790)  (36,199)  (22,588) 

Profit for the year attributable tonon-controlling interests

   6,572  21,515  13,995    20,944  21,333  14,479 

Profit for the year attributable to owners of the Company

   35,517  7,857  22,798    53,036  45,682  19,006 

The table below sets forth our revenue by business segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 as well as the percentage changes in revenue for the periods shown.

 

  2015 2016 2016
vs.
2015		 2017 2017
vs.
2016		   2018 2019 2019
vs.
2018		 2020 2020
vs.
2019		 
  (RMB in millions, except percentages)   (RMB in millions, except percentages) 

Revenue

            

Exploration and production

   475,412  412,484  (13.2)%  505,430  22.5%    658,712  676,320  2.7%  530,807  (21.5)% 

Refining and chemicals

   642,428  582,510  (9.3)%  707,804  21.5%    1,013,413  1,000,062  (1.3)%  774,775  (22.5)% 

Marketing

   1,383,426  1,301,616  (5.9)%  1,660,456  27.6%    1,891,743  2,075,044  9.7%  1,497,533  (27.8)% 

Natural gas and pipeline

   281,778  247,477  (12.2)%  295,786  19.5%    362,626  391,023  7.8%  370,771  (5.2)% 

Headquarters and others

   2,507  2,197  (12.4)%  2,057  (6.4)%    2,376  3,700  55.7%  3,547  (4.1)% 
  

 

  

 

   

 

    

 

  

 

   

 

  

Total

   2,785,551  2,546,284  (8.6)%  3,171,533  24.6%    3,928,870  4,146,149  5.5%  3,177,433  (23.4)% 

Less intersegment sales

   (1,060,123)  (929,381)  (12.3)%  (1,155,643)  24.3% 

Less: elimination

   (1,553,936)  (1,629,339)  4.9%  (1,243,597)  (23.7)% 
  

 

  

 

   

 

    

 

  

 

   

 

  

Consolidated net sales from operations

   1,725,428  1,616,903  (6.3)%  2,015,890  24.7%    2,374,934  2,516,810  6.0%  1,933,836  (23.2)% 
  

 

  

 

   

 

    

 

  

 

   

 

  

The table below sets forth our operating income by business segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, as well as the percentage changes in operating income for the periods shown. Other profitLoss from operations for headquarters and others shown below consists of expenses for research and development, business services and infrastructure support to our operating business segments.

 

   2015  2016  2016
vs.
2015		  2017  2017
vs.
2016		 
   (RMB in millions, except percentages) 

Profit/(loss) from operations

      

Exploration and production

   33,961   3,148   (90.7)%   15,475   391.6% 

Refining and chemicals

   4,883   39,026   699.2%   39,961   2.4% 

Marketing

   (500)   11,048   —     8,279   (25.1)% 

Natural gas and pipeline

   51,231   17,885   (65.1)%   15,688   (12.3)% 

Headquarters and others

   (10,323)   (10,472)   —     (11,681)   11.5% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

Total

   79,252   60,635   (23.5)%   67,722   11.7% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

   2018  2019  2019
vs.
2018		  2020  2020
vs.
2019		 
   (RMB in millions, except percentages) 

Profit/(loss) from operations

      

Exploration and production

   73,519   96,097   30.7%   23,092   (76.0)% 

Refining and chemicals

   46,879   16,077   (65.7)%   (1,834)   (111.4)% 

Marketing

   (8,628)   (2,878)   (66.6)%   (2,906)   1.0% 

Natural gas and pipeline

   25,515   26,108   2.3%   72,410   177.3% 

Headquarters and others

   (14,343)   (13,642)   (4.9)%   (14,825)   8.7% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

Total

   122,942   121,762   (1.0)%   75,937   (37.6)% 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

Year Ended December 31, 20172020 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20162019

Consolidated Results of Operations

Overview

In 2017,2020, our revenue was RMB2,015,890RMB1,933,836 million, representing an increasea decrease of 24.7%23.2% as compared with 2016.to 2019. Net profit attributable to our owners of the Company was RMB22,798RMB19,006 million, representing an increasea decrease of 190.2%58.4% as compared with 2016.to 2019. Basic earnings per share were RMB0.12,RMB0.10, representing an increasea decrease of RMB0.08RMB0.15 as compared with 2016.to 2019.

RevenueOur revenue increased Revenue decreased by 24.7%23.2% from RMB1,616,903RMB2,516,810 million in 20162019 to RMB2,015,890RMB1,933,836 million in 2017.2020. This increase was primarily due to (i) the increasingdecrease in the sales volume and a sharp decrease in selling prices of the majority of our oil and gas products and (ii) the increase in the sales volume.products.

The table below sets out the external sales volume and average realized prices for our major products in 20162019 and 2017, respectively:2020 and the respective percentage of change:

 

  Sales Volume (‘000 ton) Average Realized Price
(RMB/ton)		   Sales Volume
(‘000 ton)		 Average Realized Price
(RMB/ton)		 
  2016   2017   Percentage
of Change
(%)		 2016   2017   Percentage
of Change
(%)		   2019   2020   Percentage
of Change
(%)		 2019   2020   Percentage
of Change
(%)		 

Crude oil

   100,108    114,930    14.8  1,881    2,392    27.2 

Natural gas (hundred million cubic meters, RMB/’000 cubic meter)

   1,832.05    1,865.65    1.8  1,097    1,236    12.7 

Crude oil*

   150,322    158,266    5.3  3,162    2,070    (34.5) 

Natural gas (hundred million cubic meters, RMB/’000 cubic meter)**

   2,590.91    2,487.45    (4.0)  1,313    1,170    (10.9) 

Gasoline

   62,406    65,293    4.6  5,725    6,386    11.5    76,366    66,084    (13.5)  6,487    5,561    (14.3) 

Diesel

   80,168    87,324    8.9  4,127    4,600    11.5    90,163    80,796    (10.4)  5,286    4,221    (20.1) 

Kerosene

   16,533    16,849    1.9  2,869    3,552    23.8    21,183    14,350    (32.3)  4,255    2,652    (37.7) 

Heavy oil

   22,952    23,395    1.9  1,892    2,380    25.8    18,095    30,253    67.2  3,249    2,313    (28.8) 

Polyethylene

   4,764    4,739    (0.5)  7,981    8,559    7.2    4,985    5,659    13.5  7,443    6,725    (9.6) 

Lubricant

   1,122    1,283    14.3  7,424    7,693    3.6    977    1,404    43.7  8,047    6,426    (20.1) 

 

*

The sales volumes of crude oil listed above represents all our external sales volume of crude oil.

**

The sales volumes of natural gas listed above represents all our external sales volume of natural gas.

Note: The sales volumes listed in the table above represent all of our external sales volumes.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses increaseddecreased by 25.2%22.4% from RMB1,556,268RMB2,395,048 million in 20162019 to RMB1,948,168RMB1,857,899 million in 2017.2020, of which:

Purchases, Services and Other ExpensesPurchases, services and other expenses increaseddecreased by 34.0%25.3% from RMB959,640RMB1,697,834 million in 20162019 to RMB1,285,716RMB1,267,797 million in 2017.2020. This increase was primarily due to the increasedecrease in purchase ofexpenses for purchasing oil and gas products.products and trading.

Employee Compensation CostsEmployee compensation costs (including salaries, and additional costs such as insurance,insurances, housing provident funds and training fees) were RMB125,384fees, etc.) decreased by 4.4% from RMB154,318 million in 2017, representing an increase of 6.6% from RMB117,6622019 to RMB147,604 million in 2016.2020. This increase was primarily due to our performance-compensation linkage mechanism and that the improvement of our performance-based remuneration system and the increaselocal governments reduced or exempted certain social insurance fees in our employee salaries and costs in line with the general increase of employee average salaries in the industry.2020.

Exploration ExpensesExploration expenses increaseddecreased by 28.6%6.9% from RMB18,576RMB20,775 million in 20162019 to RMB23,884RMB19,333 million in 2017.2020. This increase was primarily due to the fact that in order to consolidate the oil and gas resource foundations, we optimized our exploration deployment and increased our investmentplans responding to the changes in oil prices, and gas exploration.controlled exploration expenses.

Depreciation, Depletion and AmortizationDepreciation, depletion and amortization increaseddecreased by 8.8%5.1% from RMB218,147RMB225,262 million in 20162019 to RMB237,375RMB213,875 million in 2017.2020. This increase was primarily due to (i)the combined effect of the decrease in our

provision made for assets impairment, oil and (ii) an increase in depreciation and depletiongas reserves as a result of an increasethe decline in oil prices and the cost of property, plant and equipment.pipeline assets restructuring.

Selling, General and Administrative ExpensesSelling, general and administrative expenses increaseddecreased by 3.8%6.2% from RMB74,255RMB68,596 million in 20162019 to RMB77,042RMB64,345 million in 2017.for 2020. This increase was primarily dueattributable to our efforts to further promote the increases in repair expensesimprovement of quality and lease expenses as a result of the expansion of our business.profitability, and strictly control non-production expenses.

Taxes other than Income TaxesTaxes other than income taxes increaseddecreased by 4.4%14.3% from RMB189,608RMB228,436 million in 20162019 to RMB198,022RMB195,850 million in 2017. In particular,2020, among which the consumption tax increaseddecreased by RMB2,440 million11.8% from RMB140,268RMB164,973 million in 20162019 to RMB142,708RMB145,525 million in 2017; and2020; the resource tax increaseddecreased by RMB3,528 million24.3% from RMB14,472RMB24,388 million in 20162019 to RMB18,000RMB18,468 million in 2017.2020; and crude oil special gain levy decreased by 76.9% from RMB771 million in 2019 to RMB178 million in 2020.

Other Expenses/Income, netNet other expensesin 2017 were RMB745Other income, net increased by RMB50,732 million as compared to net other income of RMB21,620from RMB173 million in 2016. This was2019 to RMB50,905 million in 2020, primarily due to the combined effects ofgain from the following factors: (i) our disposal of certain equity interestspipeline assets restructuring in Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. (the “Trans-Asia Pipeline”) in 2016 for which we recognized a net gain of RMB24,534 million, and (ii) the increase in the VAT refund relating to the importation of natural gas as recognized in 2017.2020.

Profit from OperationsThe profit from operations in 20172020 was RMB67,722RMB75,937 million, representing a decrease of 37.6% from RMB121,762 million in 2019.

Net Exchange GainNet exchange gain in 2020 was RMB108 million, representing an increase of 11.7%RMB107 million from RMB60,635RMB1 million in 2016.

Net Exchange (Loss)/GainNet exchange loss in 2017 was RMB1,094 million, as compared to the net exchange gain of RMB1,257 million in 2016. This was2019, primarily due to the depreciationimpact of changes in exchange rate of US Dollar against Renminbi in 2017.Renminbi.

Net Interest ExpenseNet interest expense decreased by 6.5%12.2% from RMB20,857RMB26,778 million in 20162019 to RMB19,507RMB23,505 million in 2017,2020, primarily due to a decrease in the average balancerepayment of interest-bearing borrowings as compared with 2016 as a resultdebts, optimization of our active measures to control debtsdebt structure, and reduce interest.the reduction of cost of debts.

Profit Before Income Tax ExpenseProfit before income tax expense increaseddecreased by 17.6%45.7% from RMB45,140RMB103,214 million in 20162019 to RMB53,089RMB56,073 million in 2017.2020.

Income Tax ExpenseThe income tax expense increaseddecreased by 3.3%37.6% from RMB15,768RMB36,199 million in 20162019 to RMB16,296RMB22,588 million in 2017,2020, which was primarily due to a sharp decrease in the increase in taxable income.Company’s profit before income tax expense over the same period 2019.

Profit for the YearAs a result of the foregoing, ourNet profit in 2017 increased2020 decreased by 25.3%50.0% to RMB33,485 million from RMB29,372RMB67,015 million in 2016 to RMB36,793 million in 2017.2019.

Profit Attributable toNon-controlling InterestsNet profitProfit attributable tonon-controlling interests decreased by 35.0%32.1% from RMB21,515RMB21,333 million in 20162019 to RMB13,995RMB14,479 million in 2017,2020, which was primarily due to a sharp decrease in profits of our subsidiaries over the fact that the disposal of certain equity interests in Trans-Asia Pipeline in 2016 was attributable tonon-controlling interests.same period 2019.

Profit Attributable to Owners of the CompanyThe net profitProfit attributable to owners of the company increasedCompany decreased by 190.2%58.4% from RMB7,857RMB45,682 million in 20162019 to RMB22,798RMB19,006 million in 2017.2020.

Segment Results

Exploration and Production Segment

RevenueRevenue of the exploration and production segment in 2020 was RMB505,430RMB530,807 million, representing a decrease of 21.5% from RMB676,320 million in 2017, representing an increase of 22.5% from RMB412,484 million in 2016. This increase2019, which was primarily due to the

combined effects of (i) overall impact from the increase in the price of crude oil as partially offset bysales volume and the decrease in the sales volumeprices of oil and gas products including crude oil and (ii)natural gas in this segment. In 2020, the increaseoil imported from Russia, Kazakhstan and others by our company amounted to 39.03 million tons, representing a decrease of 2.3% from 39.95 million tons in 2019. The revenue from the sales volume of natural gasimported oil from Russia, Kazakhstan and shale gas. Ourothers was RMB85,080 million in 2020, representing a decrease of 35.4% from RMB131,723 million in 2019. The average realized crude oil price of our company in 20172020 was US$50.6440.33 per barrel, representing an increasea decrease of 33.3%33.8% from US$37.9960.96 per barrel in 2016.2019.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the exploration and production segment increaseddecreased by 19.7%12.5% from RMB409,336RMB580,223 million in 20162019 to RMB489,955RMB507,715 million in 2017. This increase2020, which was primarily due to the combined effectsdecrease in procurement expenses and taxes other than income tax. In 2020, the cost for importing oil from Russia, Kazakhstan and others amounted to RMB86,388 million, representing a decrease of (i) realized gains derived34.0% from the disposal of certain equity interestsRMB130,941 million in the Trans-Asia Pipeline in 2016, and (ii) the increase in depreciation, depletion and amortization in 2017.2019.

We enhancedIn 2020, our control over costs and expenses continuously. Our unit oil and gas lifting cost was US$11.5311.10 per barrel, in 2017, representing a decrease of 1.2%8.3% from US$11.6712.11 per barrel in 2016.2019.

Profit from OperationsIn 2017,2020, our domestic business of the exploration and production segment continued with profitable development, optimized the development plan of each block based on the calculation of marginal profit, enhanced integrated administration covering matters in response to the increasingly complex development situation, in domestic operations, we adhered to thelow-cost strategyrespect of investment, reserves and the meticulous management, optimized development plans, and took multi-measures to save energy and tap the potential synergies so as to raise the profit per single well. In overseas operations, we devoted major efforts to broadening sources of income and reducing expenditure as well as cutting costs, and enhancing efficiencystrictly controlled the development cost. Our overseas business coordinated the COVID-19 prevention and control with production and operation, took various measures simultaneously to promote the improvement of quality and profitability, and strived to control and reduce investment and costs. In 2020, affected by various means such as optimizing assetsa sharp decrease in oil and decreasing inventory. In 2017, thegas prices, our exploration and production segment realized an operating profit of RMB15,475RMB23,092 million, representing an increasea decrease of RMB12,327 million76.0% from RMB3,148RMB96,097 million in 2016, contributing a substantial increase in the profit level.2019.

Refining and Chemicals Segment

RevenueThe revenueIn 2020, in order to optimize production, operation and management, we transferred Fuel Oil Company and Lubricant Company from the marketing segment to the refining and chemicals segment. Accordingly, the comparative data in respect of the refining and chemicals segment increasedand the marketing segment have been restated, as if the two companies were incorporated in the refining and chemicals segment since the earliest financial year presented. See Note 38 to our financial statements.

RevenueRevenue of the refining and chemicals segment decreased by 21.5%22.5% from RMB582,510RMB1,000,062 million in 20162019 to RMB707,804RMB774,775 million in 2017. This increase was2020, primarily due to the increasecomprehensive impact of various factors, including the decrease in oil prices and the production of high-profitability products as a result of our optimized product structure. Both the sales volume and priceprices of mostrefined oil products and the increase in sales volume, but the decrease in prices, of the refined and chemical products were increased.products.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the refining and chemicals segment increaseddecreased by 22.9%21.1% from RMB543,484RMB983,985 million in 20162019 to RMB667,843RMB776,609 million in 2017. This increase was2020, primarily due to the combined effects of (i) the increasedecrease in the expenses associated with the purchaseprocurement costs of crude oil and feedstock, oil from external suppliers; and (ii) impairment provision for some petrochemical assets with higher costs of productionthe decrease in taxes and operation in accordance with the accounting standards.sales and administrative expenses.

In 2017, we continued to optimize our productions and operations in the refining and chemicals segment. Due to the effects of the increase in the processing volume of crude oil and strengthened control over costs and expenses,2020, the cash processing cost of our refineries was RMB169.04RMB163.90 per ton, representing a decrease of RMB10.89 per tondecreased by 2.8% from RMB179.93RMB168.64 per ton in 2016.2019, primarily due to the decrease in the cost of power.

(Loss)/Profit from OperationsIn 2017, in our refining and chemicals segment, we focused on the principle of market orientation and benefit, energetically pushed forward the structure optimization, reform and innovation, increased the production of high value-added and market-favorable products, and improved internal profit generating capabilities; intensified control over costs and expenses. These efforts resulted in several economic indicators being better than 2016 and maintaining a dominant position in profit contribution. In 2017, we realized operating profits of RMB39,961 million in2020, the refining and chemicals segment representingadhered to market orientation, timely adjusted processing load in response to market changes and optimized product mix to use its best endeavor to ensure the safe operation of the industrial chain and maximization of profitability. We also strengthened technology research, and increased the production of high-end and high value-added chemical products to increase the profitability of our chemical business. In the meantime, we strengthened cost control by continuously reducing processing costs. However, affected by the narrowing margins of the refining business, the refining and chemicals segment in 2020 recorded an increaseoperating loss of 2.4%RMB1,834 million as compared with RMB39,026to an operating profit of RMB16,077 million in 2016. The2019. Among that, the refining operations recorded an operating loss of RMB12,801 million, as compared to an operating profit of RMB32,573 million, representing an increase of 18.2% as compared with RMB27,565RMB12,650 million in 2016 due to2019, while the optimized product structure and the increase in gross profit. Taking advantage of the prosperous cycle of the chemical product market, we increased the sales of high-profitability products. However, as affected by the impairment provision for some petrochemical assets with higher production and operation costs, our chemical operations realized an operating profit of RMB7,388RMB10,967 million, representing a decreasean increase of 35.5%220.0%, as compared with RMB11,461to RMB3,427 million in 2016.2019.

Marketing Segment

In 2020, in order to optimize production, operation and management, we transferred Fuel Oil Company and Lubricant Company from the marketing segment to the refining and chemicals segment. Accordingly, the comparative data in respect of the refining and chemicals segment and the marketing segment have been restated, as if the two companies were incorporated in the refining and chemicals segment since the earliest financial year presented. See Note 38 to our financial statements.

RevenueRevenue of the marketing segment increaseddecreased by 27.6%27.8% from RMB1,301,616RMB2,075,044 million in 20162019 to RMB1,660,456RMB1,497,533 million in 2017. This increase was2020, primarily due to the combined effects of (i) the increasea decrease in both sales volume and pricesdecline in price of such products as gasoline and kerosene, and the rise in the price and the decrease in the sales volume of diesel; and (ii) the increase in revenue derived from trading ofrefined oil products.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the marketing segment increaseddecreased by 28.0%27.8% from RMB1,290,568RMB2,077,922 million in 2016for 2019 to RMB1,652,177RMB1,500,439 million in 2017,for 2020, primarily due to an increasethe decrease in expenditures for the expenses forexternal purchase of refined oil from external suppliers.products.

ProfitLoss from OperationsIn 2017, in active response to the unfavourable condition of fiercer competition in the market,2020, the marketing segment aimed for maximizingstrived to overcome the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on market demand by intensifying efforts in market analysis and flexibly adjusted marketing tactics. We used our best endeavor to increase the sales volume and output in key areas and to increase the retail sale of refined products, and strengthened refined marketing and precision marketing to improve the price realization rate. Based on our internal profitability estimation, we strengthened the interaction between the domestic and international markets and optimized the refined oil export plan, which led to an improvement in the overall resultsprofitability of the company.value chain. In domestic operations, we kept strengthening connection between production, sales and inventory management, optimized allocation of resources, enhanced cost and expense control, improved the integration of marketing and increased the profit from ournon-oil business. In international trading,2020, the marketing segment intensified the coordination and cooperation with domestic industrial chain, and optimized the import and export of oil and gas resources. In 2017, the marketing segment realizedrecorded an operating profitloss of RMB8,279RMB2,906 million, representing a decreasean increase in loss of 25.1%RMB28 million as compared with RMB11,048to the operating loss of RMB2,878 million in 2016.2019.

Natural Gas and Pipeline Segment

RevenueRevenue of the natural gas and pipeline segment amounted to RMB295,786RMB370,771 million in 2017,2020, representing an increasea decrease of 19.5%5.2% as compared with RMB247,477to RMB391,023 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to the comprehensive impact of various factors, including the increase in the sales volume and the decrease in the price of natural gas.gas in this segment.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the natural gas and pipeline segment amounted to RMB280,098RMB298,361 million in 2017,2020, representing an increasea decrease of 22.0%18.2% as compared with RMB229,592to RMB364,915 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to the increasedecrease in the expensesexpenditures for purchasing natural gas.gas purchases.

Profit from OperationsIn 2017, in2020, the natural gas and pipeline segment we overcame the negative effects of decline in citygate price,actively optimized the allocationresource structure, strived for full production and full sales of resources,domestically produced gas, and reduced comprehensive purchase costs, continuedresource procurement costs. By making targeted marketing and service plans based on the customer needs and developing the profitable markets, we intensively enhanced our sales capability in respect of retail sales to enhance cost control,end users. In 2020, benefiting from the gain from the pipeline assets restructuring and quality and profitability enhancement measures, the natural gas and pipeline segment realized an operating profit of RMB15,688RMB72,410 million, representing a decreasean increase of 12.3%177.3% as compared with RMB17,885to RMB26,108 million in 2016. This decrease was primarily due to2019.

In 2020, the effects that (i) the impairment on goodwill related to the acquisitionsale of PetroChina United Pipelines Co., Ltd. amounted to RMB3,709 million; and (ii) the sales of imported natural gas recorded a net loss of RMB23,947RMB14,159 million, representing an increasea reduction of loss of RMB9,063RMB16,551 million as compared with 2016.to 2019, demonstrating a remarkable achievement in loss control, primarily due to the comprehensive impact of various factors, including from quality improvement and profitability enhancement measures adopted by us and the sharp decline in the costs of imported natural gas as a result of a decrease in the price of imported gas. We expect to continue to adopt effective measures to control losses arising from sale of imported natural gas.

In 2017,2020, our international operations (please see the note below)realized a revenue of RMB721,374RMB721,015 million, accounting for 35.8%37.3% of the our total revenue. Profit before income tax expense amounted to RMB4,543 million, accounting for 8.6% of ourpre-tax profit.RMB8,093 million. Our international operations maintained a healthystable development withwhile further improvedimproving our international operating ability.capability.

Note: Our four operating segments are exploration and production, refining and chemicals, marketing as well as natural gas and pipeline. Overseaspipeline. International operations do not constitute a separate operating segment. The financial data of overseasinternational operations are included in the financial data of the respective operating segmentsegments mentioned above.above.

Year Ended December 31, 20162019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 20152018

Consolidated Results of Operations

Overview

In 2016,2019, our revenue was RMB1,616,903RMB2,516,810 million, representing an increase of 6.0% as compared to 2018. Net profit attributable to owners of the Company was RMB45,682 million, representing a decrease of 6.3%13.9% as compared with the preceding year. Profit attributable to our owners was RMB7,857 million,2018. Basic earnings per share were RMB0.25, representing a decrease of 77.9%

RMB0.04 as compared with the preceding year. Basic and diluted earnings per share were RMB0.04, representing a decrease of RMB0.15 compared with the preceding year.to 2018.

RevenueRevenue decreasedincreased by 6.3%6.0% from RMB1,725,428RMB2,374,934 million in 20152018 to RMB1,616,903RMB2,516,810 million in 2016.2019. This decrease was primarily due to the combined effectscomprehensive impact of (i) the decreasingincrease in sales volume, partially offset by a decrease in selling prices of a majority of oil and gas products, and (ii) the changes in the sales volume of crude oil, natural gas, refined oil and other major products.

The table below sets out the external sales volume and average realized prices for our major products in 20152018 and 2016, respectively:2019 and the respective percentage of change:

 

  Sales Volume (‘000 ton) Average Realized Price
(RMB/ton)		   Sales Volume
(‘000 ton)		 Average Realized Price
(RMB/ton)		 
      2015           2016       Percentage
of Change
(%)		 2015   2016   Percentage
of Change
(%)		   2018   2019   Percentage
of Change
(%)		 2018   2019   Percentage
of Change
(%)		 

Crude oil

   101,620    100,108    (1.5)  2,134    1,881    (11.9) 

Natural gas (hundred million cubic meter, RMB/‘000 cubic meter)

   1,581.10    1,832.05    15.9  1,371    1,097    (20.0) 

Crude oil*

   110,457    150,322    36.1  3,213    3,162    (1.6) 

Natural gas (hundred million cubic meters, RMB/’000 cubic meter)**

   2,167.54    2,590.91    19.5  1,367    1,313    (4.0) 

Gasoline

   60,651    62,406    2.9  5,972    5,725    (4.1)    71,125    76,366    7.4  7,024    6,487    (7.6) 

Diesel

   84,763    80,168    (5.4)  4,503    4,127    (8.3)    86,904    90,163    3.8  5,478    5,286    (3.5) 

Kerosene

   14,683    16,533    12.6  3,334    2,869    (13.9)    20,619    21,183    2.7  4,534    4,255    (6.2) 

Heavy oil

   15,635    22,952    46.8  2,439    1,892    (22.4)    19,964    18,095    (9.4)  3,335    3,249    (2.6) 

Polyethylene

   4,270    4,764    11.6  8,202    7,981    (2.7)    4,644    4,985    7.3  8,816    7,443    (15.6) 

Lubricant

   1,150    1,122    (2.4)  8,234    7,424    (9.8)    1,158    977    (15.6)  7,875    8,047    (2.2) 

 

Note:*

The sales volumes of crude oil listed in the table above representrepresents all of our external sales volumes.volume of crude oil.

**

The sales volumes of natural gas listed above represents all our external sales volume of natural gas, and the decrease in average realized price of natural gas in 2019 as compared to 2018 was primarily due to a decrease in the average realized price of natural gas in our international trade business.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses decreasedincreased by 5.5%6.4% from RMB1,646,176RMB2,251,992 million in 20152018 to RMB1,556,268RMB2,395,048 million in 2016.2019, of which:

Purchases, Services and Other ExpensesPurchases, services and other expenses decreasedincreased by 9.2%9.3% from RMB1,056,795RMB1,553,784 million in 20152018 to RMB959,640RMB1,697,834 million in 2016.2019. This decrease was primarily due to the facts that (i)an increase in our expenses for purchasingrelating to purchase of oil and gas products declined as a result of the decrease in oil and gas prices, and (ii) certain purchase costs decreased as a result of optimization of production and operations.other international trading activities.

Employee Compensation CostsEmployee compensation costs (including salaries and additional costs such as insurances,insurance, housing provident funds and training fees) were RMB117,662increased by 6.9% from RMB144,391 million in 2016, representing a decrease of 0.4% from RMB118,0822018 to RMB154,318 million in 2015.2019. This decreasewas primarily due to the increase in employee remuneration and contribution to social security funds.

Exploration ExpensesExploration expenses increased by 10.9% from RMB18,726 million in 2018 to RMB20,775 million in 2019. This was primarily due to increased exploration efforts to enhance reserves and production.

Depreciation, Depletion and AmortizationDepreciation, depletion and amortization decreased by 3.0% from RMB232,276 million in 2018 to RMB225,262 million in 2019. This was primarily due to a combined effect of our provision of asset impairment in order to optimize asset structure and solidify asset quality, and implementation of the new lease standards. As a result of implementation of the new lease standards, we recognized depreciation expenses of RMB14,973 million over the assets that we had right of use in 2019.

Selling, General and Administrative ExpensesSelling, general and administrative expenses decreased by 7.9% from RMB74,477 million in 2018 to RMB68,596 million in 2019. This was primarily due to the fact that we improved our efficiency-based remuneration system and implemented strict control overstrictly controlled non-production expenses in order to continue to implement the total numberplan of employees and labor costs.

Exploration ExpensesExploration expenses amounted to RMB18,576 million and RMB18,380 million in 2016 and 2015, respectively. We continued to optimize our exploration deployment and endeavored to discover quality reserves of large scales.

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization ExpensesDepreciation, depletion and amortization expenses increased by 7.5% from RMB202,875 million in 2015 to RMB218,147 million in 2016. This increase was mainly due to (i) the decrease in proved reserves as a result of low oil and gas prices, and (ii) an increase in the rate of depletion and amortization, which resulted in the increase in depletion and amortization of our oil and gas properties.

Selling, General and Administrative ExpensesSelling, general and administrative expenses increased by 4.2% from RMB71,270 million in 2015 to RMB74,255 million in 2016. This increase was primarily due to

increased lease expenses as a result of the increase in land-use taxes and the increase in trade volume. We proactively implemented measures for broadening sources of income, reducing expenditureexpenditures and costs, and enhancing efficiency. Asprofitability, and a decrease of RMB16,682 million in lease expenditures as compared to 2018 as a result ournon-production costs and expenses continued to decrease.of implementation of new lease standards.

Taxes other than Income TaxesTaxes other than income taxes decreasedincreased by 7.9%3.5% from RMB205,884RMB220,677 million for 2018 to RMB228,436 million in 2015 to RMB189,608 million in 2016. This decrease was primarily due to (i) a decrease in2019, among which the consumption tax increased by RMB9,055

RMB12,479 million from RMB149,323RMB152,494 million in 20152018 to RMB140,268RMB164,973 million in 2016, and (ii) a decrease in2019; the resource tax increased by RMB4,112RMB49 million from RMB18,584RMB24,339 million in 20152018 to RMB14,472RMB24,388 million in 2016.2019; and crude oil special gain levy decreased by RMB3,979 million from RMB4,750 million in 2018 to RMB771 million in 2019.

Other Income,Income/(Expenses), netOther netNet other income in 20162019 was RMB21,620RMB173 million, representing a decrease of RMB5,490while the net other expenses in 2018 was RMB7,661 million, from RMB27,110 million in 2015. This decrease was primarily due to the combined effects of the following factors: (i) an investment gain of RMB22,807 million in 2015 derived from the integration of certain pipeline assets and the gain from the equity disposals of some subsidiaries; (iii) the disposal of certain equity interests in Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd., with gain of RMB24,534 million in 2016; and (iii) the VAT refund relating to the importation of natural gas recognized decreased in 2016 as compared to the preceding year.

Profit from OperationsProfit from operations in 2016 was RMB60,635 million, representing a decrease of 23.5% from RMB79,252 million in 2015.

Net Exchange Gain/(Loss)We had a net exchange gain of RMB1,257 million in 2016, while we incurred a net exchange loss of RMB632 million in 2015. This change was primarily due to the appreciation of the US dollar against Renminbi as compared to the preceding year.

Net Interest ExpensesNet interest expenses decreased by 6.5% from RMB22,309 million in 2015 to RMB20,857 million in 2016, primarily due to a decrease in net losses from disposal of fixed assets and oil and gas assets.

Profit from OperationsThe profit from operations in 2019 was RMB121,762 million, representing a decrease of 1.0% from RMB122,942 million in 2018.

Net Exchange GainNet exchange gain in 2019 was RMB1 million, representing a decrease of 99.9% from RMB1,120 million in 2018. This is primarily due to the average balancechanges in exchange rate of interest-bearing borrowingsthe Renminbi against the US Dollar during the period.

Net Interest ExpenseNet interest expense increased by 41.4% from RMB18,939 million in 2018 to RMB26,778 million in 2019, primarily due to the effects of lease liabilities recognized under the new lease standards and the accrued interest expenses. Excluding the impact of the new lease standards, net interest expenses increased by 1.9% as a result of our active measurescompared to control debts and reduce interest.2018.

Profit Before Income Tax ExpenseProfit before income tax expense decreased by 21.9%11.6% from RMB57,815RMB116,770 million in 20152018 to RMB45,140RMB103,214 million in 2016.2019.

Income Tax ExpenseThe income tax expense in 2016 was RMB15,768 million, compared to RMB15,726decreased by 15.4% from RMB42,790 million in 2015,2018 to RMB36,199 million in 2019, which was primarily due to the combined effects of (i) the decrease in taxable income as a result of the decrease in oil prices, and (ii) the increase inour profit before income tax expense in 2019 as a result of the increase in profits of certain subsidiaries.compared to 2018.

Profit for the YearAs a result of the foregoing, ourNet profit for the yearin 2019 decreased by 30.2%9.4% to RMB67,015 million from RMB42,089RMB73,980 million in 2015 to RMB29,372 in 2016.2018.

Profit Attributable toNon-controlling InterestsNet profitProfit attributable tonon-controlling interests interests increased by RMB14,943 million1.9% from RMB6,572RMB20,944 million in 20152018 to RMB21,515RMB21,333 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to the increasechanges in the profits of certainprofit structure our subsidiaries.

Profit Attributable to Owners of the CompanyThe net profitProfit attributable to owners of the Company decreased by 77.9%13.9% from RMB35,517RMB53,036 million in 20152018 to RMB7,857RMB45,682 million in 2016.2019.

Segment Results

Exploration and Production Segment

RevenueThe realized revenueRevenue of the exploration and production segment in 2019 was RMB412,484RMB676,320 million, representing an increase of 2.7% from RMB658,712 million in 2016, representing a decrease of 13.2% from RMB475,412 million in 2015,2018. This increase was primarily due to the combined

effects of (i) the decrease in the prices of crude oil and gas, and (ii) the decreaseincrease in the sales volume of oil and gas, partially offset by the decline in the price of crude oil. In 2019, the oil imported from Russia, Kazakhstan and certain other countries amounted to 39.95 million tons, representing an increase of 8.9% over the 36.69 million tons in 2018. The revenue from the sales of imported oil from Russia, Kazakhstan and certain other countries was RMB131,723 million in 2019, representing an increase of 2.7% from RMB128,308 million in 2018. The average realized crude oil price of our company in 2019 was US$37.9960.96 per barrel, in 2016, representing a decrease of 21.4%10.7% from US$48.3568.28 per barrel in 2015.2018.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the exploration and production segment decreased by 7.3%0.8% from RMB441,451RMB585,193 million in 20152018 to RMB409,336RMB580,223 million in 2016,2019. This was primarily due to the combined effects of the following factors: (i) realized gain derived from the disposal of certain equity interestsa decrease in the Trans-Asia Pipeline; (ii) a provision made in 2015 for impairment of oil

depreciation, depletion and gas properties;amortization, and (iii)taxes and fees other than income tax, partially offset by an increase in depletion ofexploration costs. In 2019, The cost for importing oil from Russia, Kazakhstan and gas assets as a result of a decrease in proved reserves andcertain other countries amounted to RMB130,941 million, representing an increase of 1.8% from RMB128,637 million in depletion rate due to2018. In 2019, the oil price drop; and (iv) a decrease in purchase expenses for imported crude oil.

We enhanced our control over costs and expenses continuously. Theunit oil and gas lifting cost of our company was US$11.6712.11 per barrel, in 2016, representing a decrease of 10.1%1.6% from US$12.9812.31 per barrel in 2015.2018.

Profit from OperationsIn 2016, in our exploration and production segment, we adhered to thelow-cost strategy in2019, our domestic operations optimized our development plans,adhered to the principle of profit-orientation to promote the increase of reserves and production, realized an increase in crude oil production and a significant increase in natural gas production, strengthened the dynamic adjustmentcontrol of output, focused oninvestment costs at the source, refined the management and control of key elements of production continued to save energy and tap the potential synergies. In ouroperation costs, and promoted quality improvement and profitability. Our overseas operations, we devoted our effortsadhered to broadening sources of income, reducing expenditure, as well as enhancing efficiency by various means such as expandingprofitable development, strictly managed early-stage investment projects, optimized the investment structure, and strived to promote sales increasing prices and optimizing investments.maximize revenue. In an adverse situation where the prices of crude oil and gas dropped,2019, the exploration and production segment realized an operating profit of RMB3,148RMB96,097 million, representing a decreasean increase of 90.7%30.7% from RMB33,961RMB73,519 million in 2015.2018, maintaining its status as a main profit contributor of our company.

Refining and Chemicals Segment

RevenueRevenueThe revenue of the refining and chemicals segment decreased by 9.3%1.3% from RMB642,428RMB1,013,413 million in 20152018 to RMB582,510RMB1,000,062 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to thea combined effectseffect of (i) the drop in refined and chemicals products prices such as diesel, and (ii) the changes in the sales volume as affected byand prices of refined oil products, and the market.marketization of internal settlement prices.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the refining and chemicals segment decreasedincreased by 14.8%1.8% from RMB637,545RMB966,534 million in 20152018 to RMB543,484RMB983,985 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to (i) a decreasean increase in the expenses associated with the purchasecost of crude oil and feedstock, oil from external suppliers, and (ii)an increase in the decrease in consumption tax.production costs of auxiliary materials and power.

In 2016, we optimized2019, the cash processing cost of refineries of our production and operations undercompany was RMB168.64 per ton, remaining basically the cost pressure of the upgrading of oil quality insame as compared to 2018.

Profit from OperationsIn 2019, the refining and chemicals segment continued to deepen benchmarking management to facilitate the transition from cost benchmarking to business benchmarking; tap into internal talent and prudently reduced the processing volume of crude oil based on market condition. The cash processing cost of refineries was RMB179.93 per ton in 2016, representing an increase of RMB2.13 per ton from RMB177.80 per ton in 2015.

Profit from OperationsIn 2016, in our refiningvigorously strengthen management and chemicals segment, we emphasized the principle of market orientation and benefit, optimized the allocation of resources and the structure of products, enhanced new technology development to improve the efficiency of facilities, increased the production of highly valued-added market-favorable products, and took the initiative to increase profit. We also intensified control over costs and expenses, which ledexpenses; adhere to the improvementprinciples of market and profit-orientation, promote the upgrading of refined oil quality and the research and development of high value-added chemical products, optimize product mix and enhance profitability. However, as affected by factors such as excessive domestic refining capacity, narrower margins, a fall in major economic indicatorsprices of chemical products and contributed to our profit under low oil prices. In 2016,the marketization of internal settlement prices which resulted in a fall in prices, the refining and chemicals segment we realized an operating profitsprofit of RMB39,026RMB16,077 million in 2019, representing an increasea decrease of RMB34,143 million,65.7% as compared with RMB4,883to RMB46,879 million in 2015. Among this,2018. Specifically, the refining operations recorded an operating profit of RMB27,565RMB126,50 million, representing an increasea decrease of RMB22,87567.6% as compared to RMB39,056 million in profit as compared with RMB4,690 million in 2015, due to the optimization of operation and increase in gross profit. Taking the opportunity of favorable changes in2018, while the chemical market, we optimized our chemical operations by enhancing the structure of products and increasing the sales of high-profitability products. We recordedrealized an operating profit of RMB11,461RMB3,427 million, representing an increasea decrease of RMB11,268 million,56.2%, as compared with RMB193to RMB7,823 million in 2015.2018.

Marketing Segment

RevenueRevenue The revenue of the marketing segment decreasedincreased by 5.9%9.7% from RMB1,383,426RMB1,891,743 million in 20152018 to RMB1,301,616RMB2,075,044 million in 2016. This decrease was2019, primarily due to the combined effects of (i) the decrease in the sales volume and price of diesel, partially offset by the decrease in the prices and thean increase in the salesinternational trading volume of gasolineoil and kerosene; and (ii) the decrease in revenue derived from trade of oilgas products.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the marketing segment decreasedincreased by 6.7%9.3% from RMB1,383,926RMB1,900,371 million in 20152018 to RMB1,290,568RMB2,077,922 million in 2016,2019, primarily due to the decreasean increase in the expenses inexpenditures for purchase of refined oil from external suppliers.oil.

ProfitLoss from OperationsIn 2016, facing such adverse factors as2019, the slow-down in domestic demand formarketing segment actively responded to the challenges of excessive market resources and intensified competition, deepened the regional precise marketing and integrated marketing

of refined products, fuel cards, non-oil business,and lubricants, accelerated the fierce competition in the market, we aimedestablishment of new retail models, and strived to maximize the whole value of the Company and continuously improved thepursue quality of marketing and trade and profitability. In domestic operations, we strengthened connection between production and sales and inventory management, optimizedinternational trade, it accelerated the development of its global logistics and allocationmarketing network and strengthened the synergy between domestic and international resources to enhance profitability. In 2019, due to the strengthening of resources, intensified costmarketing measures and expense control and increased the profit fromnon-oil businesses. In international trade, we intensifiedmarketization of internal settlement, the coordination and cooperation with domestic upstream, middle-stream and downstream businesses, optimized the importation of oil and gas resources and expanded exports of products processed with importing materials. In 2016, we realized an operating profit of RMB11,048 million in our marketing segment representing an increase of RMB11,548 million, as compared withrecorded an operating loss of RMB500RMB2,878 million, representing a decrease in loss of RMB5,750 million as compared to the operating loss of RMB8,628 million in 2015.2018.

Natural Gas and Pipeline Segment

RevenueRevenueThe revenue of the natural gas and pipeline segment amounted to RMB247,477RMB391,023 million in 2016,2019, representing a decreasean increase of 12.2%7.8% as compared to RMB281,778RMB362,626 million in 2015. This decrease was2018, primarily due to a decrease in the price of nature gas, partially offset by thean increase in the revenue derived from pipeline transportation.sales volume of natural gas.

Operating ExpensesOperating expenses of the natural gas and pipeline segment amounted to RMB229,592RMB364,915 million in 2016,2019, representing an increase of 8.2% as compared with RMB230,547to RMB337,111 million in 2015. This slight decrease was2018, primarily due to the decreaseincrease in the expensesexpenditure of purchasing natural gas.gas purchase.

Profit from OperationsIn 2016, in2019, the natural gas and pipeline segment, we achieved an increase in salesbased on the overall coordinated and stability in profitability by optimizing the allocation of resources, reducing purchase costs, utilizing price leverage to adjust demand and supply and strengthening marketing efforts in high-profitability markets. We realized an operating profit of RMB17,885 million in this segment, which, after excluding the effecteffective operation of the incomeindustrial chain, deepened our resource management through “tagging”, prioritized the full production and sales of RMB22,807 million generated fromdomestic gas, effectively controlled resource costs, continuously optimized resource flows and sales structures, and vigorously promoted online transactions. While consolidating the integration of certain pipeline assets in 2015, represented a decrease of RMB10,539 million in operating profit as compared with RMB51,231 million in 2015.wholesale market, we actively expanded the end market. In 2016, we recorded a net loss of RMB14,884 million in2019, the natural gas and pipeline segment realized an operating profit of RMB26,108 million, representing an increase of 2.3% as compared to RMB25,515 million in 2018.

In 2019, the natural gas and pipeline segment took active measures to control the loss from imported natural gas. However, as the cost of imported natural gas increased due to the changes in exchange rates, while the increases in the domestic natural gas price were restricted under a nationwide policy environment of reducing taxes and fees, the segment recorded a net loss of RMB30,710 million in sales of imported natural gas, representing a decreasean increase of loss of RMB1,415RMB5,803 million as compared with 2015.to last year. We will endeavor to adopt effective measures to control losses.

In 2016, we generated2019, our international operations realized a revenue of RMB515,848RMB1,040,117 million, from our international operations, representing 31.9%accounting for 41.3% of our total revenue. Profit before income tax expenseexpenses amounted to RMB32,265 million, including an income of RMB24,534 million derived from disposal of certain equity interest in the Trans-Asia Pipeline. WeRMB18,885 million. Our international operations maintained a healthystable development withand further improved our operating ability in our international operations.

Our four operating segments are exploration and production, refining and chemicals, marketing as well as natural gas and pipeline. Overseas operations do not constitute a separate operating segment. The financial data of overseas operations are included in the financial data of the respective operating segment mentioned above.internationally.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of funding include cash generated by operating activities andshort-term andlong-term borrowings.borrowings, which are expected to be sufficient for our funding requirements for at least the next twelve months. Our primary uses of funds were for operating activities, capital expenditures, repayment of

short-term andlong-term borrowings and distributions of dividends to shareholders. Our payments to CNPC are limited to dividends and payments for services provided to us by CNPC. For the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, we have distributed asinterim dividends 45% of our reported income for the year attributableRMB16 billion to our shareholders together with additional interimshareholders. Based on an overall consideration of various factors, including our operating performance, financial status, cash flows and income from pipeline assets restructuring, our board of directors recommended the final special dividends for 2020 of RMB16 billion, which once approved at our general meeting to be held in returnJune 2021 would result in the aggregate dividends for 2020 to our shareholders.amount to RMB32 billion. See “Item 8 — Financial Information — Dividend Policy” for a discussion of factors which may affect the determination by our board of directors of the appropriate level of dividends.

Our financing ability may be limited by our financial condition, our results of operations and the international and domestic capital markets. Prior to accessing the international and domestic capital markets, we must

generally need to obtain approval from the relevant PRC government authorities. In general, we mustneed to obtain PRC government approval for any project involving significant capital investment for our refining and chemicals, marketing and natural gas and pipeline segments. For a more detailed discussion of factors which may affect our ability to satisfy our financing requirements, see “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Liquidity”.

We plan to fund the capital and related expenditures described in this annual report principally through cash from operating activities,short-term andlong-term borrowings and cash and cash equivalents. Net cash flows from operating activities in the year ended December 31, 20172020 was RMB366,655RMB318,575 million. As of December 31, 2017,2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of RMB122,777RMB118,631 million. While each of the projects described in this annual report for which significant capital expenditures will be required is important to our future development, we do not believe that failure to implement any one of these projects would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. If the price of crude oil declines sharply in the future, it is likely that we would delay or reduce the scale of the capital expenditures for our exploration and productioneach segment.

We currently do not have any outstanding options, warrants or other rights for any person to require us to issue any common stock at a price below its market value. We do not currently intend to issue any such rights or to otherwise issue any common stock for a price below its market value.

In addition, as of December 31, 2017,2020, we did not have any transactions, arrangements or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that are reasonably likely to materially affect the liquidity or availability of or requirements for our capital resources.

The table below sets forth our net cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 and the balance of our cash and cash equivalents at the end of each year.of such years.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2015 2016 2017   2018 2019 2020 
  (RMB in millions)   (RMB in millions) 

Net cash flows from operating activities

   261,312  265,179  366,655    353,256  359,610  318,575 

Net cash flows used for investing activities

   (215,879)  (175,887)  (243,546)    (267,812)  (332,948)  (181,986) 

Net cash flows used for financing activities

   (45,439)  (67,007)  (94,725)    (125,703)  (27,276)  (99,400) 

Currency translation difference

   (999)  2,873  (3,538)    2,513  1,069  (4,967) 

Cash and cash equivalents at year end

   72,773  97,931  122,777 

Cash and cash equivalents

   85,954  86,409  118,631 

Our cash and cash equivalents increased by 25.4%37.3% from RMB97,931RMB86,409 million as of December 31, 20162019 to RMB122,777RMB118,631 million as of December 31, 2017.2020. The cash and cash equivalents were mainly denominated in US Dollar and Renminbi (approximately 55.1% were denominated in US Dollar, approximately 36.2% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 6.5% were denominated in HK Dollar and approximately 2.2% were denominated in other currencies).

Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our net cash flows from operating activities amounted to RMB366,655RMB318,575 million for the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, representing an increasea decrease of 38.3%11.4% from RMB265,179RMB359,610 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.in 2019. This was mainly due to athe combined effect of an increaseimpact from the decrease in profit and strengthened

management over inventories, payables and otherthe change in working capital during the reporting period. As of December 31, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of RMB122,777 million. Our cash and cash equivalents were denominated in Renminbi, US Dollars, HK Dollars and other currencies (approximately 57.8% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 36.4% were denominated in US Dollars, approximately 4.9% were denominated in HK Dollars and approximately 0.9% were denominated in other currencies).

Our net cash flows from operating activities amounted to RMB265,179RMB359,610 million for the year ended December 31, 2016,2019, representing an increase of 1.5%1.8% from RMB261,312RMB353,256 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.in 2018. This was mainly due to a combined effect of a decreasethe changes in profitinventories, receivables, payables and the decrease in tax expensescontract obligations during the reporting period. As of December 31, 2016, we had cash and cash equivalents of RMB97,931 million. Our cash and cash equivalents were denominated in Renminbi, US Dollars, HK Dollars and other currencies (approximately 52.6% were denominated in US Dollars, approximately 44.3% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 1.7% were denominated in HK Dollars and approximately 1.4% were denominated in other currencies).

Our net cash flows from operating activities amounted to RMB261,312 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, representing a decrease of 26.7% from RMB356,477 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. This was mainly due to a combined effect of a decrease in profit and the change of working capital during the reporting period. As of December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of RMB72,773 million. Our cash and cash equivalents were denominated in Renminbi, US Dollars, HK Dollars and other currencies (approximately 52.9% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 43.3% were denominated in US Dollars, approximately 2.2% were denominated in HK Dollars and approximately 1.6% were denominated in other currencies).

Net Cash Flows Used for Investing Activities

Our net cash flows used for investing activities in 20172020 amounted to RMB243,546RMB181,986 million, representing an increasea decrease of 38.5%45.3% from RMB175,887RMB332,948 million in 2016.2019. The increasedecrease was primarily due to athe combined effecteffects of the adjustmentreduction of capital expenditures arising from our optimization of investment plansscale based on thechanges in oil price trend and market changeprices, and the increase in capital expenditures in 2017.pipeline assets restructuring.

Our net cash flows used for investing activities in 20162019 amounted to RMB175,887RMB332,948 million, representing a decreasean increase of 18.5%24.3% from RMB215,879RMB267,812 million in 2015.2018. The decreaseincrease was primarily due to a combined effect of the adjustment of our investment plans based on the oil price trend and market change, a decreasean increase in capital expenditures during the current reporting period and payment of considerations for integration of certain pipelines assets in 2015.

Our net cash flows used for investing activities in 2015 amounted to RMB215,879 million, representing a decrease of 25.8% from RMB290,838 million in 2014. The decrease was primarily due to a combined effect of the adjustment of our investment plans based on the oil price trend and market change, a decrease in capital expenditures during the reporting period and payment of considerations for integration of certain pipelines assets.2019.

Net Cash Flows Used for Financing Activities

Our net cash flows used for financing activities in 20172020 was RMB94,725RMB99,400 million, representing an increase of 41.4%264.4% from RMB67,007RMB27,276 million in 2016.2019. This was primarily due to a combined effect of (i) our efforts in optimizing financial arrangement and debt structure; (ii) the decrease in amount of debts and financing cost, (iii) the decrease in long-term borrowings in 2017, and (iv) the increase in balancerepayment of short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2017.during the reporting period.

Our net cash flows used for financing activities in 20162019 was RMB67,007RMB27,276 million, representing an increasea decrease of 47.5%78.3% from RMB45,439RMB125,703 million in 2015.2018. This was primarily due to a combined effect of (i) our effortsthe changes in

optimizing financial arrangement long and debt structure, and strengthening the management of our interest-bearing borrowings, (ii) the decrease in financing cost, (iii) the decrease in long-term borrowings in 2016, and (iv) the increase in balance of short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2016.

Our net cash flows used for financing activities in 2015 was RMB45,439 million, representing an increase of 2.5% from RMB44,312 million in 2014. This was primarily due to a combined effect of our efforts in optimizing financial arrangement, strengtheningduring the management of our interest-bearing borrowings, overall arrangement and optimization of our debt structure and the increase of repayments of borrowings in 2015, and the decrease of balance of short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2015.reporting period.

Our net borrowings as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were as follows:

 

  As of December 31,   As of December 31, 
  2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020 
  (RMB in millions)   (RMB in millions) 

Short-term borrowings (including current portion oflong-term borrowings)

   106,226    143,384    175,417    145,150    175,840    117,542 

Long-term borrowings

   434,475    372,887    289,858    269,422    290,882    251,379 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total borrowings

   540,701    516,271    465,275    414,572    466,722    368,921 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Less:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

   72,773    97,931    122,777 

Less: cash and cash equivalents

   85,954    86,409    118,631 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net borrowings

   467,928    418,340    342,498    328,618    380,313    250,290 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The following table sets out the remaining contractual maturity of borrowings as of December 31, 2019 and 2020 according to the earliest contractual maturity dates. The amounts set out below are contractual undiscounted cash flows, including principal and interest:

   As of December 31, 
   2019   2020 
   (RMB in million) 

Within 1 year

   188,771    124,777 

Between 1 and 2 years

   30,090    53,526 

Between 2 and 5 years

   253,918    188,012 

After 5 years

   31,576    27,894 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   504,355    394,209 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Our total borrowings as of December 31, 20172020 consisted of approximately 54.5%52.1% of fixed-rate loans and approximately 45.5%47.9% of floating-rate loans. Of our borrowings as of December 31, 2017,2020, approximately 71.4%71.2% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 26.7% were denominated in US Dollars and approximately 1.9%2.1% were denominated in other currencies.

Our total borrowings as of December 31, 20162019 consisted of approximately 54.8%53.6% of fixed-rate loans and approximately 45.2%46.4% of floating-rate loans. Of our borrowings as of December 31, 2016,2019, approximately 72.1% 76.4%

were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 26.5%21.5% were denominated in US Dollars and approximately 1.4%2.1% were denominated in other currencies.

Our total borrowings as of December 31, 20152018 consisted of approximately 66.3%48.6% of fixed-rate loans and approximately 33.7%51.4% of floating-rate loans. Of our borrowings as of December 31, 2015,2018, approximately 76.4%71.8% were denominated in Renminbi, approximately 22.2%25.9% were denominated in US Dollars and approximately 1.4%2.3% were denominated in other currencies.

Our debt to capital ratio (calculated by dividinginterest-bearing debts by the aggregate ofinterest-bearing debts and shareholder’s equity)equity; interest-bearing debts including various long and short term borrowings) as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 was 28.7%22.7%, 27.3%24.4% and 25.2%21.3%.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, the outstanding amount of our debts secured by CNPC and its subsidiaries and other third parties was RMB45,463RMB13,726 million.

Capital Expenditures and Investments

In 2017,2020, we focused onflexibly adjusted and optimized the principlesscale and structure of qualityour investments in response to changes in oil prices, operating profitability and profitability for capital expenditures, continued to optimizecash flow, and coordinated the promotion of the construction of our investment structure and control our overall capital expenditures, with a focus on the investment in upstream oil and gas projects in order to enhance our sustainable development capability.key projects. In 2017,2020, our capital expenditures were RMB216,227amounted to RMB246,493 million, representing an increasea decrease of 25.4%16.9% from RMB172,386RMB296,776 million in 2016.2019.

The table below sets forth our capital expenditures and investments by business segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017 as well as those anticipated2020, and the estimated amounts for the year ending December 31,

2018. Actual capital expenditures and investments for periods after January 1, 2018 may differ from the amounts indicated below.2021.

 

  2015   2016   2017   2018
Anticipated		   2018   2019   2020   2021 (estimated) 
  (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   %   (RMB in
millions)		   % 

Exploration and production(1)

   157,822    78.04    130,248    75.56    161,997    74.92    167,600    74.22    196,109    76.57    230,117    77.54    186,620    75.71    175,200    73.31 

Refining and chemicals

   15,725    7.78    12,847    7.45    17,705    8.19    19,800    8.77    15,783    6.16    21,823    7.35    21,810    8.85    38,000    15.90 

Marketing

   7,061    3.49    7,983    4.63    10,982    5.08    16,500    7.31    16,646    6.50    17,074    5.76    16,294    6.61    12,200    5.10 

Natural gas and pipeline

   20,360    10.07    20,340    11.80    24,529    11.34    20,000    8.86    26,502    10.35    27,004    9.10    21,143    8.58    13,000    5.44 

Headquarters and others

   1,270    0.62    968    0.56    1,014    0.47    1,900    0.84    1,066    0.42    758    0.25    626    0.25    600    0.25 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   202,238    100.00    172,386    100.00    216,227    100.00    225,800    100.00    256,106    100.00    296,776    100.00    246,493    100.00    239,000    100.00 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)

If investments related to geological and geophysical exploration costs are included, the capital expenditures and investments for the exploration and production segment in 2015, 2016, 2017each of 2018, 2019, 2020, and the estimatesestimated amount for the same in 20182021 would be RMB166,594 million, RMB139,135 million, RMB176,426RMB206,256 million and RMB178,600RMB241,992 million, and RMB1,970,19 million, and RMB186,200 million, respectively.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, the capital commitments contracted but not provided for by us were approximately RMB70,563RMB714 million.

Exploration and Production

A majority of our capital expenditures and investments relate to our exploration and production segment. For each of the three years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, the capital expenditures in relation to the exploration and production segment amounted to RMB157,822RMB196,109 million, RMB130,248 millionRMB230,117 and RMB161,997RMB186,620 million, respectively. In 2017,2020, our capital expenditures were primarily used for the exploration projects in our 16 domestic oil and gas fields, construction of production facilities in our oil and gas fields, and the exploration and development projectsactivities in our five major overseas oil and gas cooperation regions.

We anticipate that the capital expenditures for our exploration and production segment in 2018 would amount to RMB167,600 million. Domestic exploration activities will be focused on the key basins such as Songliao Basin, Erdos Basin, Tarim Basin, Sichuan Basin and Bohai Bay Basin. Domestic development activities will be focused on maintaining a stable production of crude oil and a growth in the output of natural gas by developing oil and gas fields in Daqing, Changqing, Liaohe, Xinjiang, Tarim and the Southwest region andBasin, enhancing the development of unconventional resources such as shale gas. Overseas operations will be aimed at continued cooperation with our current partners in the operation of thegas and profitable development from existing projects and the development of new projectsin joint cooperation areas in the Middle East, Central Asia, the AmericasAmerica and the Asia-Pacific regionsAsia Pacific region.

We estimate that our capital expenditures for the exploration and production segment for 2021 will be RMB175,200 million, which is expected to ensure an effective growthbe used primarily for sizable and profitable exploration and development in key basins such as Songliao, Ordos, Tarim, Sichuan and Bohai Bay, enhancing the development of unconventional resources such as shale gas and shale oil, and promotion of new energy projects including clean energy alternatives. In adherence to the principle of optimized development, our reservesoverseas operations will continue to focus on the operation of existing projects in joint cooperation areas in the Middle East, Central Asia, America and production.the Asia Pacific region while seeking new projects of high quality.

Refining and Chemicals

Our capital expenditures for our refining and chemicals segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were RMB15,725RMB15,783 million, RMB12,847RMB21,823 million and RMB17,705RMB21,810 million, respectively. In 2017,2020, our capital expenditures were mainly spent on the construction of large-scale refining and chemicals facilities, including projects such as the Yunnan petrochemicalrefining-chemical integration project at Guangdong Petrochemical, the project in relation to adjustment of product mix at Daqing Petrochemical, the large-scale refining-chemical projects of producing ethylene out of ethane in Tarim and Changqing, and certain other oil product quality upgrading projects.

We anticipateIt is estimated that the capital expenditures for the refining and chemicals segment in 2018 would amount to RMB19,800for 2021 will be RMB38,000 million, which areis expected to be used primarily for the construction of large-scale refining and chemical projects, refined oil quality upgradingsuch as integration project of refining and chemicals at Guangdong Petrochemical, the projects in relation to the ethane to ethylene projects at Tarim and refining-chemicalChangqing, and certain transformation and upgrading projects such as the Liaoyang Petrochemical’s optimization and efficiency renovation project for processing

crude oil imported from Russia, Huabei Petrochemical’s project for quality upgrading, technical reformation with respect to safety production and environmental protection, the refining-chemical integration project in Guangdong, Daqing Petrochemical’s project in relation to adjustmentreduction of refined products, enhancement of chemical products, new materials and upgrading of product structure and the large-scale refining-chemical project of producing ethylene out of ethane.new technologies.

Marketing

Our capital expenditures for our marketing segment for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were RMB7,061RMB16,646 million, RMB7,983RMB17,074 million and RMB10,982RMB16,294 million, respectively. Our capital expenditures for the marketing segment in 20172020 were mainly used for the expansion of the end-user sales network within the domestic refined oil market, and the construction of service stations,overseas oil and gas centers for storage facilities and other facilities for ourtransmission and sales network.facilities.

We anticipateIt is estimated that the capital expenditures for ourthe marketing segment for the year of 20182021 will amount to RMB16,500be RMB12,200 million, which areis expected to be used primarily for the construction and expansion ofhigh-profitability refined oil sales networks and the construction of the overseas oil and gas operation centers.centers storage and transmission facilities.

Natural Gas and Pipeline

Our capital expenditures for the natural gas and pipeline segment for each of the three years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were RMB20,360RMB26,502 million, RMB20,340RMB27,004 million and RMB24,529RMB21,143 million, respectively. Our capital expenditures for the natural gas and pipeline segment in 20172021 were mainly used for construction of important natural gas trunk line projects includingsuch as the Third West-EastChina-Russia East Natural Gas Pipeline, the Fourth Shaanxi-Beijing Gas Pipeline, the second Sino-Russia Crude Oil PipelineShenzhen LNG storage and the Jinzhou-Zhengzhou Refined Oil Pipeline.transmission facilities for peak regulation, and branch lines and sales terminals.

We anticipateestimate that our capital expenditures for the natural gas and pipeline segment in 2018for 2021 will amount to approximately RMB20,000be RMB13,000 million, which areis expected to be used primarily for the construction of keyLNG receiving stations, natural gas transmissionbranch lines, market developments targeted at urban gas market end-users, and new energy collaboration projects such as the China-Russia East Natural Gas Pipeline Project, Fujian-Guangdong main branch,natural gas storage and LNG equipment for storage and transportation, as well as the construction of gas branches and sales terminals.power generations.

Headquarters and Others

Ournon-segment-specificnon-segment capital expenditures and investments for each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 20172020 were RMB1,270RMB1,066 million, RMB968RMB758 million and RMB1,014RMB626 million, respectively, which were primarily used for setting up the research activitiestest platform and development of theour IT system.

Our anticipated

We estimate that our capital expenditures for the headquartershead office and others in 2018other segments for 2021 will amountbe RMB600 million, which is expected to RMB1,900 million. These planned capital expendituresbe used primarily for the enhancement of research facilities and investments mainly include capital expenditures for scientific research activities and the development of theour IT system.systems.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of December 31, 2017,2020, there were nooff-balance sheet arrangements that had or were reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Long-Term Contractual Obligations and Other

Commercial Commitments and Payment Obligations

All information that is not historical in nature disclosed under “Item 5 — Operating and Financial Review and Prospects —Long-Term Contractual Obligations and Other Commercial Commitments and Payment Obligations” is deemed to be a forward lookingforward-looking statement. See“Forward-Looking Statements” for additional information.

The tables below set forth ourlong-term contractual obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2017.2020.

 

  Payment Due by Period   Payment Due by Period 

Contractual Obligations

  Total   Less Than
1 Year		   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   After 5 Years   Total   Less Than
1 Year		   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   After
5 Years		 
  (RMB in millions)   (RMB in millions) 

Long-term debt

   371,394    81,536    134,829    99,290    55,739    326,567    74,743    118,508    107,649    25,667 

Capital lease obligations

   1,934    235    506    233    960 

Operating leases

   229,384    11,519    18,967    18,066    180,832 

Lease obligations

   205,889    11,824    20,667    19,431    153,967 

Capital commitments

   70,563    12,811    37,057    2,524    18,171    714    530    184    0    0 

Otherlong-term obligations

   —      —      —      —      —   

Debt-related interest

   52,798    11,439    16,657    10,262    14,440    26,292    8,237    11,482    4,021    2,552 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   726,073    117,540    208,016    130,375    270,142    559,462    95,334    150,841    131,101    182,186 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

We are obligated to make annual payment with respect to our exploration and production licenses to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The table below sets forth the estimated amount of the annual payments in the next five years:

 

Year

  Annual Payment   Annual Payment 
  (RMB in millions)   (RMB in millions) 

2018

   800 

2019

   800 

2020

   800 

2021

   800    800 

2022

   800    800 

2023

   800 

2024

   800 

2025

   800 

Assets Retirement Obligation

A numberMost of the provinces and regions in which our oil and gas exploration and production activities are located have promulgated environmental protection regulations, which set forth specific abandonment and disposal processes for oil and gas exploration and production activities. We have established standard abandonment procedures, including plugging all retired wells, dismantling all retired metering stations and other related facilities and performing site restoration, in response to the issuance of these provincial and regional regulations. As of December 31, 2017,2020, the balance of assets retirement obligation was RMB131,546RMB114,819 million.

Research and Development

We have athree research institutions under the supervision of our research and development management department directly under which there are three research institutions.at our headquarters. Except for ourthose branch companies which are engaged in marketing activities, each of our other branch companies has its own research and development management department. Most of our branch companies have their own research institutions. Our research and development management departments are mainly responsible for managing and coordinating the research and development activities conducted by each of the research institutions. As of December 31, 2017,2020, we had 39,37730,083 employees in our research and development departments and institutions.

In each of the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, our total expenditures for research and development (including capitalized expenditures) were approximately RMB19,300RMB21,045 million, RMB17,565RMB21,410 million and RMB18,601RMB22,921 million, respectively.

Exploration and Production

Most of China’s major oil and gas fields are characterized by a broad range of geological conditions, and a majority of China’s oil and gas fields are in continental sedimentary basins with complex structures. Our research and development efforts with respect to our exploration and production business focus on:

 

theories and technologies of crude oil and natural gas exploration;

 

oil and gas development theories and technologies;

 

engineering technologies and equipment;

 

theories and technologies for oil and gas storage and transportation; and

 

technologies for security, energy conservation and environmentenvironmental protection.

Refining and Chemicals

Currently, our research and development efforts in the refining and chemicals segment are focusing on the following areas:

 

technologies for clean refined oil products;

 

technologies for unqualified heavy oil processing;

 

refining-chemical integration technologies;

 

technologies for production of olefin aromatics;

 

technologies for new products of synthetic resin and synthetic rubber;

 

new catalyst and catalytic materials; and

 

technologies for safety, energy saving and environmentenvironmental protection.

Trend Information

In 2018,2021, the global economy is expected to grow strongerrecover, thanks to the COVID-19 control measures and vaccination and economic stimuli measures implemented by major economies, although it still faces challenges. Asunstably and unevenly. The imbalance between strong supply and weak demand in the global oil market gradually tends to be balanced, international oil price is likely to remain volatile at a low or medium level. China’s economy is expected to keep growing in a stable manner with anease and international oil prices are expected GDP growth of approximately 6.5% in 2018. The consumption demand for oilto stabilize and gas in China remains a growth momentum as a whole. With the implementation of system reformrebound, but it is expected to remain in the oillow and gas sectormedium range. China’s overall economic performance is expected to be positive, but it faces risks of resurgence of COVID-19 and uncertainties from the implementation ofexternal macro-environment. We will adhere to the “Beltnew development

concept and Road” initiative, sources ofimplement the requirements for high-quality development by vigorously carrying out the five development strategies regarding innovation, resources, marketization, internationalization, green and the manners of cooperationlow-carbon. We will continue to implement robust corporate governance in the oilaccordance with laws and gas sectorregulations and solidify our foundation for safety and environmental protection. While further implementing reform and innovation and endeavoring to develop our main businesses, we will become more diversified. Meanwhile, with the newly issued regulationalso actively promote a green and low-carbon transformation and focus on oil product consumption tax, a fairer market environment will be nurtured in China which will facilitate our long-termdigital transformation and smart development. We will continue to adhere to our guidelines of steady development and endeavor to implement our four major strategies with respect to resources, markets, globalization and innovation. We will continue to optimize the structure of our industry chain, improve the value of our oilquality and gas business chains, and vigorously broaden our source of income, reduce expenditures, cut costs and improve efficiency in an effort to maintain a steady and positive improvementprofitability of our operations, and continuestrive to improvecreate value for our competitiveness and our company value.shareholders.

WithIn respect toof the exploration and production segment,business, we will focusstrengthen risk exploration, focusing on efficient exploration and development and make great efforts to increase reserves and production as well as improve profitability. With respect to our oil and gas exploration, we will aim to explore large-scale and high quality reserves, strengthen centralized exploration and fine exploration of the major basins and key series andsix areas, namely marine carbonate rocks, foreland thrust belt, lithologic strata, promote comprehensive exploration of resources including tight oil and gas, shale oil and gas, new areas and coalbed methane,offshore areas, striving to achieve strategic discoveries and consolidatebreakthroughs. Emphasizing concentrated exploration in key areas, we will accelerate the resource base. With respectimplementation of large-scale exploration areas such as Chang 7 shale oil in Ordos and the North Slope of the central Sichuan paleo uplift, and actively prepare for strategic replacement areas or major replacement fields such as the Permian volcanic rocks in West Sichuan Basin and the Kuche Qiulitag structural belt in the Tarim Basin. We will intensify our efforts in profitable exploration by strengthening the administration of mining rights, accelerating the process from exploration to production and innovatively selecting and transferring mining rights, strengthening our operations focused on reserves value and continuously improving the replacement rate of reserves. We will focus on stable and profitable production in existing oil and gas production, we will, onfields, so as to control the basis of stable output of oildecline rate and increase of gas, carry out construction of key projectsthe recovery rate. We will attach importance to the profitable development in new areas, organize the implementation of production capacity focus on optimization,

construction projects in strict accordance with the design plan, and reach the standards and production targets set out in the objectives of such plan.

arrangement and adjustmentIn respect of development plans, achieve lean manufacturing driven by innovation and a balance between production and efficiency, advance the unconventional oil and gas businesses such as coalbed methane and shale gas in an orderly manner and endeavor to increase both production and efficiency.

With respect to the refining and chemicals segment, we will, focus on market demand and facility features, make reasonable arrangement for processing workload, continuously optimize resource allocation and product structure, in order to achieve the most efficient utilization of resources and maximum of overall value. With respect to the refining business, we will control the diesel-gasoline ratio, increase production of high-profitability and featured products. With respectadhere to the concept of “molecular refining”, optimize the allocation of crude oil resources based on the conditions and locations of the equipment, and give preferences to enterprises which are more profitable or equipped for refinery and chemical business, weintegrated development. We will consideringadjust our product mix in light of market cycle, broaden sourcesdemands through intensifying our efforts in reducing oil and increasing chemicals production and increasing the output of raw materialshigh value-added oil refinery products such as high-grade gasoline, aviation kerosene, paraffin wax, lubricating oil, asphalt and low-sulfur fuel oil. We will also maintain the operation of fine quality,chemical facilities under high load and long cycle, accelerate the researchdevelopment of new materials and development in new products, and improveincrease the proportion of products ofhigh-end, high value-added and high profitability. Withspecialized chemical products. As part of deepening our benchmark management, we will continue to improve economic and technical indicators and increase the comprehensive commodity rate. Two projects that use ethane to produce ethylene, namely, Changqing and Tarim, are expected to be completed and launched on schedule, and the construction of key projects in Guangdong Petrochemical are expected to be expedited.

In respect of the marketing business, we will strive to increase our market share and use our best endeavors to expand sales in order to ensure unobstructed marketing channels for our own refineries. In order to comprehensively optimize our marketing strategies, we will accurately study and assess the market and subdivide the market to establish a lattice client development and maintenance system, and formulate marketing plans by region, enterprise and variety. In the meantime, we will adhere to the principle of focusing on retail and enlarge the scale of retailing, endeavor to increase the price realization rate, and achieve an organic alignment between sales volume and profitability. We will develop new networks and optimize existing networks in a refined and differentiated way, while expanding the asset-light network in a diversified manner. To highlight the specialized operation of chemical products,our non-oil business, we will pay close attention todeploy cross-sector cooperative retail outlets, accelerate the market trend, promote integrationconstruction of production, marketing, researchour ecosystem of “people, vehicles and application,life”, and enhance market cultivation and development so as to increase sales and boost profit. We will implement the transformation and upgrading plan for oil refining and chemical businesses, accelerate structure adjustment and optimization, and continuously improve sustainable developmentcustomer service capability and profitability.

WithIn respect to the marketing segment, we will pay close attention to the changes of the market, strengthen the interaction between production and marketing, improve marketing network and enhance overall profitability. We will improve our strategy on competitiveness, deepen the integrated marketing of refined oil, fuel cards,non-oil business, lubricants and natural gas, promote reconstruction and upgrading of intelligent gas stations, give full play to advantages of our brand “uSmile”, enhance innovation efforts on “Internet + Marketing”, deepen cross-industry cooperation, create an ecosystem of “people, vehicle and life”, and continuously enhance our profitability and market competitiveness.

With respect to the natural gas and pipeline segment,business, we will devote efforts to coordinating resourcesstrengthen our study and market, creating a strategic and value-orientedresearch along the entire natural gas business chain. We will carry out overall management of the production, import, storage, transportationindustry chain, and marketing links, give play to comprehensive peak arrangement capability, formcoordinate and allocate on a pipeline network system featuring effective operation, flexible dispatch and stability and safety. We will continue to optimize sales flow, implement flexible sales strategy, track new business growth area of natural gas, carry out orderly market development and enhance the scale and strength of the development of end markets including urban gas. We will continue to push forward the construction of key pipelines and reinforce the construction of natural gas branches and terminal facilities.

With respect to the international operations, we will continue to improve the strategic layout of the five major overseas oil and gas cooperation zones, the four major strategic oil and gas channels and the three major oil and gas operation hubs, further integrate resources and adjust structures, and increase operation efficiency as well as profitability. We will enhance comprehensive assessment and business negotiation of new projects, emphasize the exploration and development of existing key projects and high-profitability projects, and endeavor to increase reserve, output and profit. We will leverage the synergy and cooperation between international trading, production and sales, make overall arrangements for import and export structures as well ascentralized basis domestic and foreign resources improveto optimize the trading channelslayout of the natural gas market. For stabilizing the existing markets and exploring new markets, we will strive for all domestically-produced natural gas to be produced and sold as planned. We will also optimize

the scale and pace of natural gas imports, so as to secure a stable market supply and smooth operation of the industry chain. We will expand the terminal market and develop market layouts in advance. We will make efforts in improving the oil and gas synthesis business by accelerating the integrated operation mode of oil and gas terminals. Actively exploring new markets in the field of comprehensive energy utilization, we will strengthen the integration of gas and power, and deepen the cooperation with enterprises operating in power generation, power grid and energy grid sectors. We will use our best endeavors to develop direct sales customers, and focus on and develop new markets such as new urban fuel and power generation projects, with a view to building a multi-energy comprehensive supply and smart gas demonstration area. We will implement differentiated and refined marketing network,strategies by region, market and improvephase, use platforms such as the capabilityexchange center to allocate resourcespromote the sale of shale gas and coalbed gas at market prices, and arrange spot LNG purchases on the principle of profitability, so as to further enhance our ability to enhance profitability.

In respect of the international business, we will optimize the structure of overseas assets, business and regional layout by emphasizing the acquisition of risk exploration projects, operator projects and natural gas projects, putting more effort into joint venture and cooperation and new project development, and striving to increase the contribution of profit creation capability.by international operations so as to lay a solid foundation for sustainable development. We will focus on promoting risk exploration in Doseo Basin of Chad and rolling exploration in Aktobe Middle Block of Kazakhstan, and expect to make great efforts to solve problems to achieve a stable and increased output in existing oil fields, and flexibly adjust the workload in response to the changes in oil prices and contract models.

Other than as disclosed above and elsewhere in this annual report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events for the periods covered in this annual report that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our net revenue, profit, liquidity or capital resources, or that would cause the disclosed financial information to be misleading.

Other Information

Inflation

Inflation or deflation did not have a significant impact on our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017.2020.

Related Party Transactions

For a discussion of related party transactions, see “Item 7 — Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Related Party Transactions” and Note 3637 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.

Recent Developments in IFRS

For a detailed discussion of recent developments in IFRS, see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.

Item 6— DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

Directors, Senior Management and Supervisors

As of the date of this report, our board of directors consistedconsists of 1311 directors, five of whom wereare independentnon-executive directors. Directors are electedappointed at shareholderour general meetings for a three-year term. The directors may

bere-elected andre-appointed upon the expiration of his/her term of office. The functions and duties conferred on the board of directors include:

 

convening shareholders’ meetings and reporting its work to the shareholders’ meeting;

 

implementing the resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting;

 

determining our business plans and investment programs;

 

formulating our annual budget and final accounts;

 

formulating our profit distribution and loss recovery proposals;

 

formulating proposals for the increase or reduction of our registered capital and the issuance of our debentures or other securities and listings;

 

proposing to redeem shares, merge,spin-off, dissolve or otherwise change the form of the Company;company;

 

deciding on our internal management structure;

 

appointing or dismissing the president of the company, and upon the nomination of the president, appointing or dismissing the senior vice president, or vice president, senior vice president, chief financial officer, or CFO, and other senior management, and determining matters relating to their remuneration;

 

formulating our basic management system;

 

preparing amendments to our articles of association;

 

managing the information disclosures of our company; and

 

exercising any other powers and duties conferred by the shareholders at general meetings.

EightSix of theour directors are affiliated with CNPC or its subsidiaries.subsidiaries other than us.

The PRC Company Law requires a joint stock company with limited liability to establish a supervisory board.committee. This requirement is reflected in our articles of association. The supervisory boardcommittee is responsible for monitoring our financial matters and overseeing the corporate actions of our board of directors and our senior management personnel. AtAs of the enddate of this reporting period,report, the supervisory board consistedcommittee consists of nine supervisors, five of whom were elected, and may be removed, by the shareholders in a general meeting, and four of whom are employees representatives who were elected by our staff, and may be removed, by our staff. Five of our supervisors are affiliated with CNPC. The term of office of our supervisors is three years. The supervisors may bere-elected andre-appointed. An electedA supervisor cannot concurrently hold the position of a director, managerpresident, senior vice president, vice president or financial controller.CFO in our company.

The supervisory boardcommittee shall be responsible to the shareholders’ meeting and shall exercise the following functions and powers in accordance with law:

 

to review the periodic reports prepared by the board of directors and issue written opinions in connection with such review;

 

to review our financial condition;

 

to oversee the performance of duties by the directors, the president, senior vice presidents, vice presidents, the chief financial officerCFO and other senior officers of the company and to propose the removal of any of the foregoing persons who acts in contravention of any law, regulation, the company’s articles of association or any resolutions of the shareholders’ meeting;

 

to demand any director, the president, senior vice president, vice president, the chief financial officerCFO or any other senior officer who acts in a manner which is harmful to the company’s interest to rectify such behavior;

 

to check the financial information such as the financial report, business report and plans for distribution of profits to be submitted by the board of directors at the shareholders’ meetings and to authorize, in the company’s name, publicly certified and practicing auditors to assist in there-examination of such information should any doubt arise in respect thereof;

the company’s name, publicly certified and practicing auditors to assist in the re-examination of such information should any doubt arise in respect thereof;

 

to propose the convening of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, and convene and preside over a shareholders’ meeting when the board fails to perform its duties to do so as set forth in the PRC Company Law;

 

to submit proposals at the shareholders’ meetings;

 

to confer with any director, or initiate legal proceedings on behalf of the company against any director, the president, senior vice president, vice president, the chief financial officerCFO or any other senior officer in accordance with Article 152 of the PRC Company Law;

 

to initiate investigations upon being aware of any extraordinary development in the operational conditions of the company;

 

together with the audit committee of the board of directors, to review the performance of the outside auditors on a yearly basis, and to propose the engagement, renewal of engagement and termination of engagement of the outside auditors, as well as the service fees with respect to the audit services;

 

to oversee the compliance of related party transactions; and

 

other functions and powers as set forth in the articles of association of the company.

Supervisors shall attend meetings of the board of directors as observers.

In the event that any action of our directors adversely affects our interests, supervisors shall confer with or initiate legal proceedings against such directors on our behalf. A resolution proposed at any meeting of the supervisory boardcommittee shall be adopted only if it is approved bytwo-thirds or more of our supervisors.

Our senior management is appointed by and serves at the supervision of our board of directors. The board of directors will review, evaluate and supervise the performance of the management and reward or punish the members of the management in accordance with relevant rules and regulations.

The following table sets forth certain information concerning our directors, supervisors and executive officers as of the date of this report:

 

Name(1)

  Age   

Position

  

Time of

Election(2)

Wang YilinDai Houliang

   6157   Chairman of the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors  June 2015March 2020

Zhang JianhuaLi Fanrong

57Vice Chairman and Non-executive DirectorMarch 2020

Duan Liangwei

   53   Vice-Chairman andNon-executive Directordirector  October 2016

Yu Baocai

52Non-executive DirectorMay 2011June 2017

Liu Yuezhen

   5659   Non-executive Directordirector  May 2014

Liu HongbinJiao Fangzheng

58Non-executive directorJune 2019

Huang Yongzhang

   54   Non-executive DirectorExecutive director and president  May 2014

Hou Qijun

51Executive Director and Vice PresidentJune 2017

Duan Liangwei

50Non-executive DirectorJune 2017

Qin Weizhong

46Non-executive DirectorJune 2017

Lin Boqiang

60IndependentNon-executive DirectorMay 2014

Zhang Biyi

64IndependentNon-executive DirectorOctober 2014September 2020

Elsie LeungOi-sie

   7881   IndependentNon-executivenon-executive Directordirector  June 2017

Tokuchi Tatsuhito

   6568   IndependentNon-executivenon-executive Directordirector  June 2017

Simon Henry

   5659   IndependentNon-executivenon-executive Directordirector  June 2017

Xu WenrongCai Jinyong

   5661Independent non-executive directorJune 2020

Jiang, Simon X.

67Independent non-executive directorJune 2020

Lv Bo

58   Chairman of the Board of Supervisorssupervisory committee  

Zhang Fengshan

   5659   Supervisor  

Jiang Lifu

   5457   Supervisor  

Lu Yaozhong

   5255   Supervisor  

Wang Liang

   5558   Supervisor  

Fu Suotang

   5558   Supervisor appointed by employees’ representativesEmployee representative elected supervisor  

Li Jiamin

   5457   Supervisor appointed by employees’ representativesEmployee representative elected supervisor  

Liu Xianhua

   5457   Supervisor appointed by employees’ representativesEmployee representative elected supervisor  

Li Wendong

   5356   Supervisor appointed by employees’ representativesEmployee representative elected supervisor  

Sun Longde

   5558   Vice Presidentpresident  

Lin AiguoLi Luguang

   5958   Chief Engineer

Wu Enlai

57Secretary to the Board of DirectorsVice president  

Tian Jinghui

   5558   Vice Presidentpresident  

Chai Shouping

   5659   Chief Financial Officerfinancial officer and secretary to the board of directors  

Ling Xiao

   5457   Vice Presidentpresident  

Yang Jigang

   5457   Vice President

Wang Zhongcai

58Vice Presidentpresident  

 

(1)

The following changes have taken place to our board of directors, supervisors and senior management since our last annual report:report on Form 20-F:

Directors

On June 8, 2017, at11, 2020, Mr. Lin Boqiang and Mr. Zhang Biyi ceased to hold the annual general meetingposition of independent director of the Company for 2016, Mr. Wang Yilin, Mr. Wang Dongjin, Mr. Yu Baocai,due to regulatory limitation on term of office.

On June 11, 2020, Mr. Liu Yuezhen Mr. Liu Hongbin, Mr. Hou Qijun,and Mr. Duan Liangwei and Mr. Qin Weizhong were electedre-appointed as directors of the Company’s directors; Mr. Lin Boqiang, Mr. Zhang Biyi,Company; Ms. Elsie LeungOi-sie, Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito and Mr. Simon Henry were electedre-appointed as independentnon-executive

directors of the Company. Mr. Xu Wenrong, Mr. Shen Diancheng, Mr. Zhao Zhengzhang, Mr. Richard H. MatzkiCai Jinyong and Mr. Chen Zhiwu no longer servedJiang, Simon X. were newly appointed as independent non-executive directors of the Company. On June 8, 2017, the board of directors elected Wang Yilin as the chairman of the Company, and each of Mr. Zhang Jianhua and Mr. Wang Dongjin as the Company’s vice chairman. On April 2, 2018, Mr. Wang Dongjin resigned from the positions of vice chairman, director and president of the Company due to position adjustment.

Supervisors

On June 8, 2017, at the annual general meeting of the company for 2016, Mr. Xu Wenrong, Mr. Zhang Fengshan, Mr. Jiang Lifu, and Mr. Lu Yaozhong, and Mr. Wang Liang were electedre-appointed as supervisors of the Company. Each of

On June 11, 2020, Mr. Fu Suotang, Mr. Li Jiamin, Mr. Liu Xianhua, and Mr. Li JiaminWendong were re-elected as employee representative elected supervisors by the Company’s employee representatives through election.

On September 25, 2020, Mr. Wu Enlai resigned as the secretary to the Company’s board of directors due to his age.

On September 28, 2020, Mr. Huang Yongzhang was electedappointed as an employee representativea non-executive director of the Company.

On October 20, 2020, Mr. Lv Bo resigned as director of the Company and Mr. Xu Wenrong resigned as supervisor and the chairman of the supervisory committee of the Company.

On October 29, 2020, Mr. Chai Shouping was appointed as the secretary to the board of the directors of the Company.

On November 5, 2020, Mr. Lv Bo was appointed as a supervisor of the Company. Mr. Guo Jinping, Mr. Li Qingyi, Mr. Jia Yimin,Company and Mr. Yang Hua no longer served as supervisors ofon the Company. On June 8, 2017, the supervisory board of the Company elected Mr. Xu Wenrongsame day he was appointed as the chairman of the supervisory board at its third meeting. committee upon being elected by the supervisory committee.

On October 26, 2017,March 25, 2021, Mr. Wang Liang was electedDuan Liangwei resigned as a supervisorthe president of the Company atand his position in the extraordinary general meetingCompany was re-designated as a non-executive director. On the same day, Mr. Huang Yongzhang was appointed as the president and executive director of the Company.

Senior Officers

On June 8, 2017, Mr. Hou Qijun was appointed as a vice president of the Company. Mr. Zhao Zhengzhang and Ms. Wang Lihua no longer served as vice presidents of the Company due to age. On December 28, 2017, Mr. Ling Xiao, Mr. Yang Jigang and Mr. Wang Zhongcai were appointed as vice presidents of the Company. Mr. Huang Weihe, Mr. Xu Fugui and Mr. Lv Gongxun no longer served as vice presidents of the Company due to age.

 

(2)

For directors only.

Directors

Wang, Yilin,Dai Houliang, age 61,57, is the chairman of our company, the chairman of CNPC and the secretary of the Communist Party of China (“CPC”) Leadership Group of CNPC. Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 35 years of work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. Mr. Wang was appointed as the standing member of the CPC Committee, deputy director and chief exploration geologist of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau in June 1996, and the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of our Xinjiang Oilfield Company in September 1999. He served as the assistant general manager of CNPC since July 2003. Mr. Wang was appointed as a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC in December 2003. From July 2004, he worked concurrently as the chief safety officer of CNPC. He was a director of our company from November 2005 to April 2011. From April 2011, Mr. Wang was the chairman of CNOOC, the secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of CNOOC and the chairman of CNOOC Limited.    He was appointed as the chairman of CNPC and the secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC in April 2015, and the chairman of our companyCNPC. Mr. Dai is a professor-level senior engineer with a doctorate degree, an alternate member of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has extensive work experience in June 2015.

Zhang, JianhuaChina’s petroleum and petrochemical industry. In December 1997, he was appointed as vice president of Yangzi Petrochemical Corporation, and appointed as a director and vice president of Yangzi Petrochemical Co., age 53, is Ltd. (“YPC”) in April 1998. In July 2002, he was appointed as the vice chairman, president, and a member of our company,the standing committee of the CPC Committee, of YPC, and a director of Yangzi Petrochemical Corporation. From December 2003, he served as the chairman, president, and a member of the general managerstanding committee of CNPC,the CPC Committee, of YPC and concurrently as the chairman of Yangzi Petrochemical Corporation, and from November 2004 concurrently as the chairman of BASF-YPC Company Limited. From September 2005, he served as the deputy CFO of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (“Sinopec”), and from November 2005 as a vice president and deputy CFO of Sinopec, and from May 2006 as a director, senior vice president and CFO of Sinopec. From June 2008, he served concurrently as a member of the CPC Committee of China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec Group”). From May 2016, he served concurrently as the president, a director, and the deputy secretary of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC.Sinopec Group, and from August 2016 as the vice chairman and president of Sinopec, and from May 2018 as the chairman and the president of Sinopec. From July 2018, he served concurrently as the chairman, and the secretary of the CPC Committee, of Sinopec Group. In January 2020, Mr. Zhang is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 30 years of work experience in China’s petrochemical industry. HeDai was appointed as a deputy manager of Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Company of Sinopec Group in April 1999, a deputy manager of Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Company in February 2000,the chairman, and the general manager of Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Company in September 2000. He was appointed as a vice president of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Corp., in April 2003, and concurrently served as the general director of the Production and Operation Management Department of Sinopec Corp. from November 2003. He was appointed as a membersecretary of the CPC Leadership GroupCommittee, of Sinopec Group in February 2005, and a senior vice president of Sinopec Corp inCNPC. In March 2005. He was appointed as a director of Sinopec Corp in May 2006, and concurrently served as the chairman of Sinopec (Hong Kong) Limited from June 2007, and concurrently served

as the chairman of Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. from October 2014. He2020, Mr. Dai was appointed as a director and the general managerchairman of CNPCour company.

Li Fanrong, age 57, is the vice chairman of our company, and concurrently a director, president, and deputy secretary of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC in July 2016. In October 2016, Mr. Zhang was appointed as a director and vice chairman of our company.

Yu, Baocai, age 52,CNPC. He is a director of our company, a deputy general manager of CNPC and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC. Mr. Yu is aprofessor-level senior engineer holdswith a master’s degree and has over 30 years of work experience in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. He was appointed as a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Daqing Petrochemical Company in September 1999 and was promoted to general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee in December 2001. In September 2003, Mr. Yu was appointed as the secretary of the CPC Committee and the general manager of PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, and in September 2008, he was appointed as the deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC. Mr. Yu was elected as a representative of the 10th National People’s Congress of PRC in February 2003 and a representative of the 11th National People’s Congress of PRC in February 2008. In May 2011, Mr. Yu was elected as a director of our company.

Liu, Yuezhen, age 56, is a director of our company and the chief accountant and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC. Mr. Liu is a researcher-level senior accountant, holds a master’s degree and has over 35 years of financial and accounting experience. He served as deputy general manager and chief accountant of AVIC Jianghan Aviation Life-saving Appliance Corporation since March 1996. In February 2000, he was promoted to general manager of Jianghan Aviation Life-saving Appliance Corporation and concurrently served as the director of the 610 Research Institute. Mr. Liu served as the chairman of the board of directors and general manager of AVIC Beijing Qingyun Aviation Instruments Co., Ltd. from May 2003 and as the chief accountant and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CASIC (Group) Company from November 2006. Mr. Liu has been the chief accountant and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC since December 2013. He was elected as a director of our company in May 2014.

Liu, Hongbin, age 54, is a director of our company and a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC. Mr. Liu is a senior engineer, holds a bachelor’s degree and has nearly 35 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He was appointed as the chief engineera vice president of Tuha Petroleum Exploration & Development Headquarters in June 1995, a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Tuha OilfieldCNOOC China Limited Shenzhen Branch Company in July 1999, the commanderJanuary 2002 and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Tuha Petroleum Exploration & Development Headquarters in July 2000, the general manager of the PlanningDevelopment & Production Department of our companyCNOOC Limited in March 2002, and the director of the Planning Department of CNPC in SeptemberNovember 2005. Mr. Liu was appointed as a vice president of our company in June 2007. He was appointed as the general managerpresident, and secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina MarketingCNOOC China Limited Shenzhen Branch in February 2007. From January 2009, he served as the assistant president, a member of Management Committee, of China National Offshore Oil General Company (now known as “ China National Offshore Oil Corporation”, “CNOOC”) and the president in CNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited, and from January 2010 concurrently as the chairman of CNOOC Infrastructure Management Co., Ltd. He served as a member of the CPC Leadership Group, and a vice president, of CNOOC from April 2010, concurrently as the president of CNOOC Limited and the chairman of CNOOC Southeast Asia Limited from September 2010, concurrently as the chief executive officer and president of CNOOC Limited from November 2007. In July2011, concurrently as the chairman of Nexen Energy ULC from February 2013, he was appointedand concurrently as the chairman of CNOOC International Limited from May 2015. He worked as a deputy general managerdirector, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC.National

Energy Administration from May 2016. Mr. Liu was appointed as an executiveLi has been a director, the president, and general managera deputy secretary of Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd. in August 2013,the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC since February 2020, and he was elected asconcurrently the vice chairman and a director of our company in May 2014.

Hou Qijun, age 51, is a director and vice president of our company, and concurrently the deputy general manager of CNPC. Mr. Hou is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has nearly 30 years of work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He served as a director, deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of Daqing Oilfield Company Limited since October 2002. He served as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Jilin Oilfield Company from October 2004, and concurrently an executive director and the general manager of Jilin Petroleum (Group) Company Limited from July 2007. He served as the secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy general manager of PetroChina Natural Gas and Pipelines Company from September 2011, and concurrently a deputy general manager of PetroChina Natural Gas Marketing Company from November 2011. He served concurrently as the director of PetroChina Oil & Gas Pipeline Control Center from March 2012. He served as the general manager of the Planning Department of the company and concurrently the general manager of the Planning Department of CNPC from November 2013. He was2020 after being so appointed as a deputy general manager of CNPC in March 2017. Mr. Hou has served concurrently as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Exploration and

Production Company from April 2017. In June 2017, he was appointed as a director and vice president of our company.2020.

Duan Liangwei, age 50,53, is a director of our company, and concurrently a director of CNPC, the deputy general managersecretary of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC and the chief safety officersecretary of CNPC.the CPC Committee of CNPC as a unit directly under the CPC Central Committee. Mr. Duan is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has nearly 30 years ofextensive work experience in China’s petrochemical industry. From February 2006, Mr. Duan served as a deputy general manager, the chief safety officer, and a member of the CPC Committee, of Jilin Petrochemical Company. From March 2010, he served concurrently as the secretary of the CPC Committee, and the general manager, of Jilin Fuel Ethanol Company Limited. From September 2011, he served as the general manager, the deputy secretary of the CPC committee, of Dagang Petrochemical Company. From July 2013, he served as the general manager, and the deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina Dalian Petrochemical Company, the manager of Dalian Petrochemical Corporation, and the director of Dalian Regional Companies Coordination Group. He was appointed as a deputy general manager of CNPC in March 2017. Mr. Duan has served concurrently as the chief safety directorofficer of CNPC since April 2017. In June 2017, heMr. Duan was appointed as a director of our company.company in June 2017 and the president of our company in March 2020. From September 2019, Mr. Duan has served concurrently as a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC. From September 2020, Mr. Duan has served concurrently as a director, and the deputy secretary of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC, and from October 2020, the secretary of the CPC Committee of CNPC as a unit directly under the CPC Central Committee.

Qin WeizhongLiu Yuezhen, age 46,59, is a director of our company, and concurrently a member of the CPC Leadership Group of CNPC and the chief accountant of CNPC. Mr. Liu is a professor-level senior accountant, holds a master’s degree and has extensive financial and accounting experience. He served as deputy general manager and chief accountant of AVIC Jianghan Aviation Life-saving Appliance Corporation since March 1996. In February 2000, he was promoted to general manager of Jianghan Aviation Life-saving Appliance Corporation and served concurrently as the director of the 610 Research Institute. Mr. Liu served as the chairman of the board of directors and general manager of AVIC Beijing Qingyun Aviation Instruments Co., Ltd. from May 2003 and as the chief accountant, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group, of CASIC (Group) Company from November 2006. He served as the chief accountant, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group, of CASIC (Group) Company from December 2007. Mr. Liu has been a member of the CPC Leadership Group and the chief accountant of CNPC since December 2013. Mr. Liu was appointed as a director of our company in May 2014.

Jiao Fangzheng, age 58,is a director of our company, and concurrently a vice president, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC. Mr. QinJiao is a professor-level senior engineer, holds a doctorate degree, and has extensive work experience in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industry. Mr. Jiao served as the chief geologist in Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Administration of Sinopec Group from January 1999, as the deputy manager and chief geologist of Sinopec Zhongyuan Oilfield Company, a branch of Sinopec from February 2000, as the deputy director general, and a member of the CPC Committee, of Sinopec Petroleum Exploration & Development Research Institute from July 2000, the deputy director general of Exploration & Production Department from March 2001, as the director general, and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, of Northwest Petroleum Administration of Sinopec Group and as the general manager of Sinopec Northwest Oilfield Company from June 2004. He served as a vice president of Sinopec from October 2006, concurrently as the director general of Sinopec Petroleum Exploration & Production Department from July 2010, as the deputy general manager, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group, of Sinopec Group from July 2014, concurrently as the chairman of Sinopec Oilfield Service Corporation from September 2014, and concurrently as a director and a senior vice president of Sinopec from May 2015. Mr. Jiao has been a member of the CPC Leadership Group and a vice president of CNPC since June 2018. In June 2019, Mr. Jiao was appointed as a non-executive director of our company.

Huang Yongzhang, age 54, is a director and the president of our company, and concurrently a member of the CPC Leadership Group, and vice president and chief safety officer, of CNPC. Mr. Huang is a professor-level

senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 20 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oilpetroleum and petrochemicalnatural gas industry. From October 2004, he served as a deputy director of the Development & Planning Department of Sinopec Corp. From May 2007, he worked concurrently as a director of New Energy Office of Sinopec Corp. From July 2010, heHe previously served as the directorvice president of CNPC International (Nile) Ltd., vice president and deputy secretaryconcurrently as chief safety officer of China National Oil Exploration and Development Corporation, and the executive vice president of CNPC Middle East Corporation. He served as the leader of the CPC Committeecoordination group of Sinopec Group Jiujiang Petrochemical PlantCNPC Middle East and the general managerpresident of Sinopec Jiujiang Company.CNPC Middle East Corporation from January 2018. He was appointed as a deputy general managermember of the CPC Leadership Group and vice president of CNPC in March 2017. In June 2017, he was appointed as a director of our company.

IndependentNon-executive Directors

Lin, Boqiang, age 60, is an independentnon-executive director of our company. Mr. Lin holds a doctorate degree in economics from the University of California. He was formerly a senior energy economist at the Asian Development Bank, and is currently working at Xiamen University in such capacity as a Distinguished Professor of the Changjiang Scholars Program at the School of Management, the director of Research Institute for China’s Energy Policy, the director of 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center for Energy Economics and Energy Policy,April 2020, and a doctoral advisor. Mr. Lin is a member of the National Energy Consultation Committee under the National Energy Commission, a member of the Energy Price Consultation Committee under the National Development and Reform Commission, a guest economic analyst of Xinhua News Agency, a guest commentator of China National Radio, the vice-chairman of China Energy Society, and a member of the Board of Stewards of Future of Energy of the World Economic Forum based in Davos Switzerland. Mr. Lin was elected as an independentnon-executive director of our company in May 2014.

Zhang, Biyi, age 64, is an independentnon-executive director of our company.September 2020. Mr. Zhang is a senior accountant. He graduated from the department of finance and banking from Xiamen University in February 1982. He served as the head of the Enterprise Division, assistant to the director, and deputy director of the Finance Bureau at China Ship Industry Corporation. In July 1999, Mr. Zhang was appointed as a deputy general manager of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, and he served as deputy general manager and chief accountant of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation from December 2004 to February 2014. From March 2008 to January 2010, he alsoHuang has served concurrently as the general managerchief safety officer of China Shipbuilding Industry Company Ltd. Mr. ZhangCNPC from February 2021. He was electedappointed as an independentnon-executive directorthe president of our company in October 2014.March 2021.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Elsie Leung Oi-sie, age 78,81, is an independentnon-executive director of our company. She is a consultant of Iu, Lai & Li Solicitors & Notaries, and anindependent non-executive director of China Life Insurance Company Limited, United Company RUSAL, Plc. and China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd. Ms. Leung obtained her LLM degree from the University of Hong Kong, and is an academician of College of International Marriage Law. She holds the practicing qualifications for attorney of Hong Kong and Britain. Ms. Leung was the first Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and a member of Executive Council of

HKSAR. HKSAR and the Deputy Director of Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the PRC. Ms. Leung was appointed as the Justice of the Peace, the Notary Public, and the China-Appointed Attesting Officer, and was awarded a Grand Bauhinia Medal. In June 2017, sheMs. Leung was appointed as aan independent non-executive independent director of our company.company in June 2017.

Tokuchi Tatsuhito, age 65,68, is an independentnon-executive director of our company. He is also the executive director & research fellow of the Center for Industrial Development and Environment Governance (CIDEG), Tsinghua University, the senior fellow of Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, and theFoundation. He was a former member & experts adviserexpert advisor to the Foreign Advisory Committee of State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of the PRC. Mr. Tokuchi graduated from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, and received his master’s degree in East Asian Economy from the Center for East Asian Studies of Stanford University. He previously held such positions as the general manager of Investment Banking Division of Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd., the president of Daiwa Securities Singapore Limited, the Executive Vice President of Daiwa Securities (Hong Kong) Inc.in charge of investment banking business, a vice president of Daiwa Securities (America) Inc., the vice chairman of Singapore Investment Banking Association, and a deputy general manager, managing director, general manager, and Investment Banking Committee chairman of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. In 2009, Mr. Tokuchi was awarded the China Friendship Award, China’s highest award for foreigners. In June 2017, heMr. Tokuchi was appointed as aan independent non-executive independent director of our company.company in June 2017.

Simon Henry, age 56,59, is an independentnon-executive director of our company. He isthe Company and also a fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and has rich experience in the areas of finance management, strategic planning, marketing and investor relations. Mr. Simon Henry obtained a first class Bachelor’sbachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cambridge University in 1982 and was awarded a Master’smaster’s degree in 1986 byfrom Cambridge. He joined Royal Dutch Shell in 1982. He worked for 8 years until March 2017 as the Chief Finance OfficerCFO and an executive director of the Boardboard of Royal Dutch Shell. He now serves asa non-executive director director and the chairman of the audit committee of the board of directors of Lloyds Banking Group and asa non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc. In addition, Mr. Henry is currentlyFrom April 2021, he will join the board of Harbour Energy plc. He also serves as a member of the Defense Board for the UK Defense Board. In June 2017, heGovernment. Mr. Simon Henry was appointed as aan independent non-executive director of our company in June 2017.

Cai Jinyong, age 61, is an independentnon-executive director of our company. Mr. Cai is concurrently a partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and a board member of Aon plc. and Global Foundries. Mr. Cai received bachelor’s degree in science from Peking University and doctorate degree in economics from Boston University. Mr. Cai has over 30 years’ work experience in finance service industry, and has work experience in TPG Group, World Bank Group, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Cai worked at Central Europe Bureau of the Head Office of the World Bank in charge of energy sectors from 1990 to 1994. From 1994

to 2000, he served in Morgan Stanley and was a team member which established China International Capital Corporation Limited (the first domestic joint venture investment bank in the PRC). From 2000 to 2012, he worked in Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., where he was in charge of the PRC Investment Banking Business. From 2012 to 2016, he served as CEO of International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group. From 2016 to 2018, he led the infrastructure business in emerging economies at TPG. In June 2020, Mr. Cai was appointed as an independent non-executive director of our company.

Jiang, Simon X., age 67, is an independent non-executive director of our company. Mr. Jiang has been an independent non-executive director of COSCO SHIPPING International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. since April 2007. He is the chairman of Cyber City International Limited. Mr. Jiang is also a director of China Foundation for Disabled Persons, and a senior associate at the Judge Business School of Cambridge University of England. He is currently a member of the United Nations Investments Committee. Mr. Jiang received his bachelor’s degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University, master’s degree from Australian National University and M.Phil and Ph.D degree in Economics from Cambridge University of England. Mr. Jiang has extensive investment management experience. Mr. Jiang was the deputy chief of United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Investment Management, a trustee of the Cambridge China Development Trust, a director of Zi Corporation, advisory board member of Capital International Inc., and an advisor of TPG Capital of the United States and Rothschild Investment Bank of England. He was a member of the 11th and 12th Sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an independent non-executive director of China Oilfield Services Limited, Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Limited, Sinopec Corp., and Nokia Corporation. In June 2020, Mr. Jiang was appointed as an independent non-executive director of our company.

Supervisors

Xu, WenrongLv Bo, age 56,58, is the chairman of the supervisory boardcommittee of our company, and concurrently a deputy secretarymember of the CPC Leadership Group and deputy general managera vice president of CNPC. Mr. XuLv is a professor-level senior engineer and holdseconomist with a doctoratemaster’s degree. Mr. XuHe has nearly 30 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. In January 2002, Mr. Xu servedLv was appointed as a deputy directordirector-general of BureauHuman Resources Department of Geophysical Prospecting of CNPC from November 1997, the director and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of the Bureau of Geophysical Prospecting of CNPC from December 1999, and the vice chairman of the board of directors, general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of BGP Inc. from December 2002.CNOOC. He was appointed as anthe assistant president of CNPCCNOOC in January 2004,November 2006 and from September 2005 Mr. Xu concurrently served as the director general of the Development and Research Department of CNPC, and the chairman of CNPC Services & Engineering Ltd from June 2006. He served as a member of the CPC Leadership Group and chief of the Discipline Inspection Group of China Shipping (Group) Company from May 2011. He was appointed as a director of China Shipping (Group) CompanyCNOOC in October 2011. He servedNovember 2007, and concurrently as the principalsecretary of China Shipping Party Schoolthe CPC Committee of CNOOC as a unit directly under the CPC Central Committee in October 2008. From April 2010, he served as a vice president, and a member of the CPC Committee, of CNOOC, and from December 2011, and2012 concurrently as the chairman of the Labor Union of China Shipping (Group) CompanyCNOOC Energy Technology & Services Limited, from January 2012. He servedMay 2015 concurrently as the president of CNOOC Party School, and from December 2016 concurrently as the chairman of Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. and China Shipping Management Cadre College from May 2013. He was appointed asOilfield Services Limited. Mr. Lv has been a deputy general manager,vice president, and a member of the CPC Leadership Group and chief of Discipline Inspection Group of China Shipping (Group) Company in February 2014. He served as a deputy general manager and member of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC from January 2016.since November 2019. He was appointed as a deputy secretary of the CPC Leadership Group and deputy general manager of CNPC in November 2016. Mr. Xu was appointed as a director of our company in May 2016. In June 2017, heMarch 2020. He was appointed as a membersupervisor of our company in November 2020 and concurrently the chairman of the board of supervisorssupervisory committee of our company.

Zhang Fengshan, age 56,59, is a supervisor and the chief safety officer of our company, and concurrently the general manager of our Quality, Security and Environmental Protection Department. He is concurrently the deputy chief

safety officer of CNPC, the general manager of Quality, Security and Environmental Protection Department of CNPC and the director of the Security, Environmental Protection Supervision Center of CNPC. Mr. Zhang is a professor-level senior engineer, holds a master’s degree and has over 35 years ofextensive experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He was appointed as a deputy director and a standing member of the CPC Committee of Liaohe Oil Exploration Bureau in July 2000, the safety director of Liaohe Oil Exploration Bureau in May 2002, the director and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Liaohe Petroleum Exploration Bureau in August 2004, and in February 2008, the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Great Wall Drilling and Exploration Company Ltd., in February 2008, where he also served as an executive director from July 2008. Mr. Zhang has been the general manager of the Security, Environment, and Energy Conservation Department of our company and of CNPC since June 2012. He was elected to our board of supervisors in May 2014. In July 2014, Mr. Zhang was appointed as the chief safety officer of our company and the deputy chief safety officer of CNPC. In December 2015, Mr. Zhang was appointed as the

director of the Security, Environmental Protection Supervision Center of CNPC. In December 2016, Mr. Zhang was appointed as the general manager of our Quality, Security and Environmental Protection Department and the general manager of the Quality, Security and Environmental Protection Department of CNPC. Mr. Zhang was appointed as a supervisor of our company in May 2014.

Jiang Lifu, age 54,57, is a supervisor of our company, the general manager of ourthe Reform and Enterprise Management Department of our company, and concurrently the general manager of the Reform and Enterprise Management Department of CNPC. Mr. Jiang is a professor-level senior economist, holds a doctorate degree and has over 20 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He was appointed as a deputy general manager of our Capital Operation Department in August 2003, a deputy director of CNPC’s Planning Department in May 2005, a deputy general manager of our Planning Department in June 2007 and a deputy director of CNPC’s Planning Department. Since April 2014, Mr. Jiang has been the general manager of the Enterprise Management Department of our company and the general manager of the Enterprise Management Department of CNPC. He was elected as a supervisor of our company in October 2014. In April 2015, Mr. Jiang was appointed as the general manager of our Reform and Enterprise Management Department and the general manager of the Reform and Enterprise Management Department of CNPC. Mr. Jiang was appointed as a supervisor of our company in October 2014.

Lu Yaozhong, age 52,55, is a supervisor of our company, the general manager of our Capital Operation Department, and concurrently the general manager of the Capital Operation Department of CNPC. Mr. Lu is a professor-level senior accountant and holds a master’s degree. He has over 30 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He served as the chief accountant and a member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Kazakhstan Company from December 2009 and the chief accountant of Overseas Exploration and Development Branch Company of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation from August 2013. Mr. Lu has served as the general manager of the Capital Operation Department of our company and concurrently the general manager of the Capital Operation Department of CNPC since April 2017. In June 2017, heMr. Lu was appointed as a supervisor of our company.company in June 2017.

Wang Liang, age 55,58, is a supervisor of our company, the general manager of our Audit Department, and concurrently the general manager of the Audit Department, and the director and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of the Audit Service Center, of CNPC. Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree. He has over 35 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. He served as a director, chief accountant and member of the CPC Committee of CNPC Offshore Engineering Company Limited from January 2005, a member of the CPC Leadership Group and deputy director of Liaoning Provincial Finance Department from April 2006, the chairman of the board of directors Generali China Insurance Co., Ltd. from April 2007, the chief accountant and a member of the CPC Committee of CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited from February 2008, the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of CNPC Assets Management Co., Ltd. from October 2009, the chairman of the board of directors, general manager, and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Kunlun Trust Co., Ltd. from March 2014, the chairman of the board of directors, secretary of the CPC Committee, secretary of the discipline inspection commission, and chairman of the Labor Union of CNPC Assets Management Co., Ltd. from July 2014, and the secretary of the CPC Committee, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, chairman of the Labor Union and deputy

general manager of China Petroleum Finance Co., Ltd. from July 2016. He has beenIn May 2017, he was appointed as the general manager of our Audit Department, and concurrently the general manager of the Audit Department of CNPC, the director and directorsecretary of the CPC Committee of the Audit Service Center of CNPC since May 2017.CNPC. In OctoberNovember 2017, he was appointed as the general manager of our Audit Department, the general manager of the Audit Department of CNPC, the director and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of the Audit Service Center of CNPC. Mr. Wang was appointed as a supervisor of our company.company in October 2017.

Fu Suotang, age 55,58, is a an employee representative elected supervisor of our company. He is also the general manageran executive director and the secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company, and concurrently an executive director and the directorgeneral manager of Changqing Petroleum Exploration Bureau.Bureau Co., Ltd. Mr. Fu is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 35 years ofextensive work experience

in China’s oil and gas industry. He served as the chief geologist and a member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield Company from April 2007. He served as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Qinghai Oilfield Company and concurrently the director of Qinghai Petroleum Management Bureau from April 2014. He has servedIn April 2017, he was appointed as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company and concurrently the director of Changqing Petroleum Exploration Bureau sinceBureau. In April 2017. In June 2017,2018, he was appointed as an employee representative supervisor of our company.

Li, Jiamin, age 54, is an employee representative supervisor of our company. He is also the general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Lanzhou PetrochemicalChangqing Oilfield Company, and concurrently an executive director and the general manager of Lanzhou Petroleum & Chemical Company.Changqing Oilfield Exploration Bureau Co., Ltd. From October 2020, Mr. Fu has served as an executive director and the secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Changqing Oilfield Company and concurrently as an executive director and the general manager of Changqing Oilfield Exploration Bureau Co., Ltd. Mr. Fu was appointed as an employee representative elected supervisor of our company in June 2017.

Li Jiamin, age 57, is an employee representative elected supervisor and the director of the Party and Masses’ Affairs Department of our company, and concurrently the director of the Party and Masses’ Affairs Department, the deputy secretary of the CPC Committee (of CNPC as a unit directly under the CPC Central Committee), and the deputy director of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC. Mr. Li is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a master’s degree. He has over 30 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. He was appointed as a deputy general manager, the chief securitysafety officer and a member of the CPC Committee of Lanzhou Petroleum & Chemical Company in August 2004. He was promoted toappointed as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company and the general manager Lanzhou Petroleum & Chemical Company in March 2012. In November 2017, he was appointed the general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, and the executive director and general manager of Lanzhou Petroleum & Chemical Company. In August 2020, Mr. Li was appointed as the general manager of the Corporate Culture Department of our company, and concurrently the general manager of the Ideological and Political Work Department (and the chief of the CPC Leadership Group Propaganda Department, the general manager of the Corporate Culture Department and the director of the Press Office) of CNPC. From December 2020, Mr. Li has served as the director of the Party and Masses’ Affairs Department of our company, and concurrently as the director of the Party and Masses’ Affairs Department, the deputy secretary of the CPC Committee (of CNPC as a unit directly under the CPC Central Committee), and the deputy director of the CPC Leadership Group, of CNPC. Mr. Li was appointed as an employee representative elected supervisor of our company in May 2014.

Liu Xianhua,, age 5457, is an employee representative elected supervisor of our company. He is also the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Liaoning Marketing Company and the executive director and general manager of CNPC Liaoning Petroleum Corporation.Marketing Company. Mr. Liu is a professor-level senior economist and holds a master’s degree. He has nearly 35 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. In May 2005, he was appointed as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Shandong Marketing Company. In March 2012, he was appointed as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Northeast Marketing Company. In December 2015, he was appointed as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Liaoning Marketing Company, and the general manager of CNPC Liaoning Petroleum Corporation. From 2017, he has served as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Liaoning Marketing Company, and concurrently as an executive director and the general manager of CNPC Liaoning Petroleum Marketing Company. Mr. Liu was appointed as an employee representative elected supervisor of our company in May 2016.

Li Wendong,, age 53,56, is an employee representative elected supervisor of our company. He is also the general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee, the chairman and general manager of Beijing Natural Gas Pipelines Company. Mr. Li is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a master’s degree. He has over 35 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and gas industry. In January 2006, he was appointed as a deputy director and a member of the CPC Committee of China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau. In August 2011, he was appointed as the secretary of the CPC

Committee, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, the chairman of the Labor Union and deputy general manager of PetroChina West Pipelines Company. In November 2013, he was appointed as the general manager, the secretary of the CPC Committee, the secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and the chairman of the Labor Union of PetroChina West Pipeline Company, and the general manager of PetroChina West-East Natural Gas Sales Company. Since March 2016, he has served as the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina West-East Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines Company, and the general manager of PetroChina West-East Natural Gas Sales Company. In April 2018, he was appointed as the general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee of Beijing Natural Gas Pipelines Company. In October 2018, he was appointed as the chairman, general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee of Beijing Natural Gas Pipelines Company. Mr. Li was appointed as an employee representative elected supervisor of our company in May 2016.

Other Senior Management

Sun Longde, age 55,58, is a vice president of our company. He is also an executive director and the general managersecretary of the CPC Committee of Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd., and concurrently an executive director and the general manager of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau Co., Ltd, and a deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Daqing Oilfield.Ltd. Mr. Sun is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. Mr. Sun is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He has nearly 35 years ofextensive work experience in China’s oil and geological industry. HeMr. Sun was appointed as the manager of Exploration & Development Company of the Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau in September 1997, the chief geologist and a member of the CPC Committee of Tarim Petroleum Exploration & Development Headquarters in November 1997, a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company in September 1999, and the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company in July 2002. He has been a vice president of our company since June 2007 and was elected as an academician toof the Chinese Academy of Engineering in December 2011. In April 2014, Mr. Sun was appointed as the director of the consultancy center of CNPC. In July 2015, Mr. Sun was appointed as the general manager of our Science and Technology Management Company and the general manager of the Science and Technology Department of CNPC. He was appointed as an executive director and the general manager of Daqing Oilfield Company Ltd., the director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau, and a deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of Daqing Oilfield in March 2016.

Lin, Aiguo, age 59, is the chief engineer of our company. Mr. Lin is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a bachelor’s degree. He has over 35 years of work experience in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. Mr. Lin In October 2018, he was appointed as a deputy manageran executive director and standing deputy manager of the Shengli Refinery of Qilu Petrochemical Company in July 1993, a deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in May 1996, the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of Dalian West Pacific PetrochemicalDaqing Oilfield Company Ltd., and concurrently an executive director of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau Co., Ltd. Mr. Sun was appointed as a vice president of our company in August 1998,June 2007.

Li Luguang, age 58, is a vice president of our company, and concurrently an executive director and the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of our Refining & Marketing CompanyPetroChina Exploration and Production Company. Mr. Li is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctor degree. He has extensive work experience in December 2002.China’s oil and gas industry. From September 1999, Mr. Lin hasLi served as the chief engineerdeputy general manager and Party member of our company since June 2007PetroChina Southwest Oil and concurrentlyGas Field Company, and from September 2003, as the directorgeneral manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company. From November 2005, he served as the Petrochemical Research Institute since February 2011.general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, and from April 2014, as the assistant to the general manager of CNPC, and from October 2016, concurrently as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company. From April 2017, Mr. Li served as the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Tarim Oilfield Company, and from April 2018, as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Exploration and Production Company. From October 2020, Mr. Li has served as an executive director and the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Exploration and Production Company. Mr. Li was appointed as a vice president of our company in June 2018.

Tian Jinghui, age 55,58, is a vice president of our company, and an executive director andconcurrently the secretary of the CPC Committee and an executive director of PetroChina International Company Ltd., and the chairman of China National United Oil Corporation. Mr. Tian is a professor-level senior economist and holds a master’s degree. He

has nearly 35 years ofextensive experience in China’s oil and gas industry. In May 1998, he was appointed as the chief of the Preparatory Group of PetroChina Northwest Marketing Company. He was appointed as a deputy general manager and member of the CPC Committee of our Refining & Marketing Company from December 1999, a deputy general manager, chief safety officer and member of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Marketing Company from November 2007. In June 2009, he was appointed as the secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy general manager of PetroChina Marketing Company. In August 2013, he was appointed as the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Marketing Company. In November 2015, Mr. Tian was appointed as a vice president of our company. InFrom April 2017, Mr. Tian was appointedhas served as the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Marketing Company, an executive director of the board of directors and secretary of the CPC Committee and an executive director of PetroChina International Company Ltd., and the chairman of China National United Oil Corporation. Mr. Tian was appointed as a vice president of our company in November 2015.

Chai Shouping, age 56,59, is the chief financial officerCFO of our company, the secretary to the board of directors and manager of the Board of Directors Office of our company. Mr. Chai is a professor-level senior accountant and holds a master’s degree. He has nearly 30 years ofextensive work experience in financial operations and management in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. In April 2002, he was appointed as a deputy general manager of the Finance Department of our company. InFrom September 2012, he was appointedMr. Chai served as the chief accountant, and a member of the CPC Committee, of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (overseas exploration and development branch), the deputy general manager and the chief financial officerCFO of CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited, and the chief financial officerCFO of PetroChina International Investment Company Limited. In March 2013, he was appointed as the general manager of the

Finance Department of our company. In January 2017, he was appointed as our CFO. In August 2020, Mr. Chai was appointed to concurrently serve as the chief financial officersecretary to the board of directors, and in October 2020, concurrently as the manager of Board of Directors Office of our company in January 2017.company.

Ling Xiao, age 54,57, is a vice president of our company, the general manager and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee of our Natural Gas Sales Company (PetroChina Natural Gas Pipelines Company), the chairman of the board of directors and the secretary of the CPC Committee of PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd., and the chairman of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd.company. Mr. Ling is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 35 years ofextensive experience in China’s oil industry. HeIn June 2001, Mr. Ling was appointed as a deputy director, and member of the CPC Committee, of Xinjiang Petroleum Administration Bureau, and in June 2001,August 2004, the chairman of the board of directors and general manager of West Pipeline Co., Ltd. in August 2004,In January 2015, he was appointed as the secretary of the CPC Committee of West Pipeline Co., Ltd., and in January 2015,March 2009, the general manager, and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina West Pipeline Company in March 2009,Company. From November 2013, he served as the general manager, and secretary of the CPC Committee, of West-East Gas Transmission Pipeline Company, and from March 2016, concurrently as the general manager of West-East Gas Transmission Sales Company, in November 2013, the secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy general manager of PetroChina Natural Gas and Pipelines Company and concurrently the deputy general manager of our Natural Gas Sales Company, in March 2016, the secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy general manager of our Natural Gas Sales Company (PetroChina Natural Gas and Pipelines Company), and from September 2016 as the general manager, and secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd. in September 2016.in. From November 2017, Mr. Ling was appointedserved as the general manager, and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, of our Natural Gas Sales Company (PetroChina Natural Gas and Pipelines Company), andas the chairman of the board of directors, and secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd. in November 2017., and as the chairman of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. From October 2018, he served as the secretary of the CPC Committee of the PetroChina Natural Gas Sales Company. He ceased to concurrently serve as the chairman of the board of directors, and secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd and the chairman of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd. from October 2020. Mr. Ling was appointed as a vice president of our company in December 2017.

Yang Jigang, age 54,57, is a vice president and the chief engineer of our company, and the general manager and the secretary of the CPC Committee and the general manager of ourPetroChina Refinery and Chemical Engineering Company. Mr. Yang is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a master’s degree. He has over 30 years ofextensive experience in China’s petroleum and petrochemical industry. He was appointedFrom August 1997, Mr. Yang served as the deputy manager of Lanzhou Chemical Industry Corporation, in August 1997,and from November 1998, as the chief engineer of the Oil Refinery and Chemical Engineering Department of CNPC in November 1998,CNPC. From September 1999, Mr. Yang served as a member of the

preparatory group for the establishment of our Refining and Chemicals Marketing Company, in Septemberand from December 1999, as the chief engineer, and member of the CPC Committee, of our Refinery and Marketing Branch Company in December 1999,Company. From August 2000, Mr. Yang served as a deputy general manager, chief engineer, and member of the CPC Committee, of our Chemical Engineering and Marketing Company, in August 2000,and from May 2005, as the general manager, and deputy secretary of the CPC Committee, of PetroChina Daqing Petrochemical Company in May 2005,Company. From December 2009, Mr. Yang served as the secretary of the CPC Committee and deputy general manager of our Refinery and Chemical Engineering Company in December 2009, andCompany. From November 2017, Mr. Yang has served as the general manager and secretary of the CPC Committee and the general manager of ourPetroChina Refinery and Chemical Engineering Company in November 2017. HeCompany. Mr. Yang was appointed as a vice president of our company in December 2017.

Wang Zhongcai, age 58, is a vice president of our company, and the chairman of the board of directors, the secretary of the CPC Committee and chairman of the Labor Union of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company Ltd. Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a doctorate degree. He has over 35 years of experience in China’s oil industry. He served as the deputy general manager of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and concurrently the chairman of JSC CNPC International Aktobe Petroleum from March 1999, a senior deputy general manager of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and concurrently the general manager of JSC CNPC International Aktobe Petroleum from April 2000, a deputy general manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation and concurrently the general manager of CNPC International (Russia) Ltd. from May 2003, a deputy general manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation and concurrently the chief of the CNPC Russian Coordination Leading Group from March 2005, a deputy general manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation and concurrently the general manager of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and JSC CNPC International Aktobe Petroleum from November 2005, the general manager, secretary of the CPC Committee and the chief of Kazakhstan Coordination Group of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. from

September 2008, a senior deputy general manager and a member of the CPC Committee of Overseas Exploration and Development Branch (China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation) from December 2009, and the secretary of the CPC Committee, senior deputy general manager and chairman of the Labor Union of Overseas Exploration and Development Branch (China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation) from April 2014. Mr. Wang was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors, secretary of the CPC Committee and the chairman of the Labor Union of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Company Ltd. in November 2017. Mr. Wang was appointed as a vice president of our company in December 2017.

Secretary to the Board of Directors

Wu, Enlai, age 57, is the secretary to the board of directors of our company. He is a professor-level senior engineer and holds a master’s degree. Mr. Wu has over 35 years of work experience in China’s oil and petrochemical industry. Mr. Wu was appointed as a deputy director general of Tarim Petrochemical Engineering Construction Headquarters in August 1997, a deputy director general of the Capital Operation Department of CNPC in August 2002 and a deputy general manager of China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation in January 2004. He was appointed as the chief of the Preparatory Work Group for PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company in May 2005, and the general manager, secretary of the CPC Committee, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and chairman of the Labor Union of PetroChina Guangxi Petrochemical Company in October 2005, and the head of the Enterprise Coordination Groupengineer of our company in Guangxi in September 2012. Mr. Wu was appointed as the secretary to our board of directors in November 2013. He was appointed as an executive director and the general manager of CNPC Hong Kong (Holding) Ltd. and a director and the chairman of Kunlun Energy Company Ltd. in December 2013.April 2021.

Compensation

The senior management members’ compensation has two components, namely,consists of fixed salaries and variable compensation. The variable component,compensation, which accounts for approximately 75% of the total compensation package, is linked to the attainment of specific performance targets, such as our income for the year, return on capital and the individual performance evaluation results. All of our senior management members have entered into performance contracts with us.

Our directors and supervisors, who hold senior management positions or are otherwise employed by us and other senior management of our company receive compensation in the form of salaries, insurance and other benefits in kind, including our contribution to the pension plans for them.

The aggregate amount of salaries insurance and other benefits in kind paid by us to the five highest paid individuals during the year ended December 31, 2017 was RMB4,095,987. We paid RMB572,959 as our contribution to the pension plans with respect to these individuals in the year ended December 31, 2017.

The aggregate amount of salaries or other compensation, insurance and other benefits in kind paid by us to our directors, who hold senior management positions or are otherwise employed by us, during the year ended December 31, 20172020 was RMB1,386,770RMB609 thousand which does not include the fees totaling RMB1,159,223RMB1,768 thousand paid to our independent directors. The aggregate amount of salaries or other compensation, insurance and other benefits in kind paid by us to our supervisors, who hold senior management position or are otherwise employed by us during the year ended December 31, 20172020 was RMB2,930,080.RMB4,186 thousand. The aggregate amount of salaries or other compensation, insurance and other benefits in kind paid by us to other senior management during the year ended December 31, 20172020 was RMB6,303,173.RMB10,035 thousand.

In 2017,2020, we paid RMB1,644,562RMB1,338 thousand as our contribution to the pension plans for our directors and supervisors, who hold senior management positions or are otherwise employed by us and other senior management of our company.

Save as disclosed, no other payments have been paid or are payable, with respect to the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, by us or any of our subsidiaries to our directors. In addition, we have no service contracts with our directors that provide for benefits to our directors upon the termination of their employment with us.

For discussions about the compensations of our individual directors and supervisors, please see Note 11 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.

Board Practices

Our board of directors has five committees: acommittees, namely, the nominating committee, anthe audit committee, anthe investment and development committee, anthe evaluation and remuneration committee and a health, safety and environmentthe sustainabililty committee.

Nominating Committee

The current members of ourOur nominating committee areis composed of Mr. Wang Yilin, theDai Houliang, as chairman of the committee, Mr. Lin Boqiang and Mr. Zhang Biyi.Cai Jinyong and Mr. Jiang, Simon X., as members. The nominating committee’s major responsibilities include:

 

reviewing and discussing the structure, size and composition of the board of directors regularly, and making recommendations on changes to the board to follow the company’s corporate strategy;

 

considering the criteria and procedures for selection of directors, president and other senior management, and making recommendations to the board of directors;

 

considering the board diversity policy and the training systems for directors and management;

 

extensively selecting qualified candidates for directorship and members of senior management, reviewing the qualifications of candidates for directorship and president, and making recommendations;

 

reviewing the proposals on candidates nominated by the nominators who have the nominating rights under the Articles of Association;

 

reviewing and making assessment on the independence of independentnon-executive directors; and

 

attending the shareholders’ meeting and answer the investor’s consultation on the work of the Nomination Committee,nomination committee, as well as the relevant laws, regulations, listing rules and other matters authorized by the board of directors.

Audit Committee

Our audit committee is currently composed of two independent non-executive independent directors, Mr. Lin BoqiangCai Jinyong and Mr. Zhang Biyi,Jiang, Simon X., and onenon-executive director, Mr. Liu Yuezhen. Mr. Lin BoqiangCai Jinyong serves as the chairman of the committee. Under our audit committee charter, the chairman of the committee must be an independent director and all resolutions of the committee must be approved by independent directors. The audit committee’s major responsibilities include:

 

reviewing and supervising the engagement of external auditors and their performance;

 

reviewing and ensuring the completeness of annual reports, interim reports and quarterly reports, if any, and related financial statements and accounts, and reviewing any material opinion contained in the aforesaid statements and reports with respect to financial reporting;

 

reporting to the board of directors in writing on the financial reports of the company and related information, having considered the issues raised by external auditors;

 

reviewing and scrutinizing the work conducted by the internal audit department in according with the applicable PRC and international rules;

monitoring the financial reporting system and internal control procedures of the company, as well as checking and assessing matters relating to, among others, the financial operations, internal control and risk management of the company;

 

receiving, keeping and dealing with complaints or anonymous reports regarding accounting, internal accounting control or audit matters and ensuring the confidentiality of such complaints or reports;

 

reporting regularly to the board of directors with respect to any significant matters which may affect the financial position of the company and its operations and with respect to theself-evaluation of the committee on the performance of their duties; and

 

performing other responsibilities as may be required under relevant laws, regulations and the listing rules of the stock exchanges where theour shares of the company are listed (as amended from time to time).

Investment and Development Committee

The current members of ourOur investment and development committee areis composed of Mr. Liu HongbinLi Fanrong, as chairman of the committee, and Mr. Duan Liangwei and Mr. Simon Henry.Henry, as members. The investment and development committee’s major responsibilities include:

 

studying the long-term development strategies of the company as proposed by our president and making recommendations to the board of directors;

 

studying the annual investment budget and the adjustment proposal regarding the investment plan as proposed by our president and making recommendations to the board of directors; and

 

reviewing feasibility studies and preliminary feasibility studies for material investment or financing proposals, capital operation projects and asset operation projects of great significance to our company subject to the approval of the board of directors and making recommendations to the board of directors;

deliberating on other significant matters that may have an effect on the development of our company and making recommendations to the board of directors; and

addressing issues related to relevant laws, regulations and listing rules and requirements of the stock exchanges on which our shares are listed and handing other matters as delegated by the board of directors.

Evaluation and Remuneration Committee

The current members of ourOur evaluation and remuneration committee areis composed of Ms. Elsie LeungOi-sie, theas chairman of the committee, and Mr. Yu BaocaiLiu Yuezhen and Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito.Tatsuhito, as members. The evaluation and remuneration committee’s major responsibilities include:

 

studying the evaluation criteria for directors and senior officers, conducting the evaluations and proposing suggestions;

 

studying and evaluating the remuneration policies and plans for directors and senior officers (including the compensation in connection with the removal or retirement of the director and senior officers);

 

organizing the evaluation of the performance of our president and reporting the evaluation result to the board of directors, supervising the evaluation of the performance of our senior vice presidents, vice presidents, chief financial officerCFO and other senior management members conducted under the leadership of the president;

 

studying our incentive plan and compensation plan, supervising and evaluating the implementation of these plans and making recommendations for improvements to and perfection of such plans; and

 

studying the relevant laws, regulations and the listing rules of the stock exchanges where the shares of the company are listed (as amended from time to time) and other matters authorized by the board of directors.

Health, Safety and EnvironmentSustainability Committee

The current members ofIn March 2021, our health, safety and environment committee arewas renamed to “sustaintability committee”, and was charged with more responsibilities. Our sustaintability committee is composed of Mr. Zhang Jianhua, theDuan Liangwei, as chairman of the committee, Mr. Hou Qijun, Mr. Duan Liangwei and Mr. Qin Weizhong.Jiao Fangzheng and Mr. Huang Yongzhang, as members. The health, safety and environmentsustainability committee’s major responsibilities include:

 

supervising and managing sustainability related matters (including without limitation, environmental, social and corporate governance) and making recommendations to the board of directors or the president;

supervising the effective implementation of our Health, Safetyhealth, safety and Environmental Protection Plan, or the HSE Plan;environmental protection plan;

making recommendations to the board of directors and our president regarding major decisions with respect to health, safety and environmental protection; and

 

inquiring about the occurrence of and determining the responsibilities for material accidents of the company, and examining and supervising the treatment of such accidents.accidents; and

addressing issues related to relevant laws, regulations and listing rules and requirements of the stock exchanges on which our shares are listed and handing other matters as delegated by the board of directors.

Employees

As of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, we had 521,566, 508,757476,223, 460,724 and 494,297432,003 employees (not including the temporary employees), respectively. During 2017,2020, we employed 319,407266,050 temporary employees on an average. As of December 31, 2017,2020, we had 318,561260,838 temporary employees. The table below sets forth the number of our employees by business segment as of December 31, 2017.2020.

 

  Employees   % of Total   Employees   % of Total 

Exploration and production

   277,553    56.15    249,643    57.78 

Refining and chemicals

   143,253    28.98    132,703    30.72 

Marketing

   51,863    10.49    39,782    9.21 

Natural gas and pipeline

   15,919    3.22    4,356    1.01 

Headquarters and others(1)

   5,709    1.16    5,519    1.28 
  

 

   

 

 

Total

   494,297    100.00    432,003    100.00 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(1)

Including the numbers of employees of the management of our headquarters, specialized companies, PetroChina Exploration & Development Research Institute, PetroChina Planning & Engineering Institute, Petrochemical Research Institute and other units.

Our employees participate in various basic social insurance plans organized by municipal and provincial governments whereby we are required to make monthly contributions to these plans at certain rates of the employees’ salary as stipulated by relevant local regulations. Expenses incurred by us in connection with the retirement benefit plans were approximately RMB16,357 million, RMB16,184RMB19,432 million and RMB16,010RMB20,196 million, and RMB16,833 million respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, respectively.

In 2017,2020, we did not experience any strikes, work stoppages, labor disputes or actions that affected the operation of any of our businesses. Our company maintains good relationship with our employees.

Share Ownership

As of December 31, 20172020 our directors, senior officers and supervisors did not have share ownership in us or any of our affiliates.

Item 7— MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Major Shareholders

We were established on November 5, 1999 with CNPC as its sole promoter. As of March 31, 2018,2021, CNPC beneficially owned 151,380,211,528147,173,857,136 shares, which include 291,518,000 H sharesShares indirectly held by CNPC through Fairy King Investments Limited, an overseas wholly owned subsidiary of CNPC, representing

approximately 82.71%80.41% of the share capital of us, and, accordingly, CNPC is our controlling shareholder.

The following table sets forth the major shareholders of our A sharesShares and H Shares as of March 31, 2018:2021:

 

Name of Shareholders

  Class of
Shares		   Number of Shares
Held		   Percentage of Such
Share in That Class of the
Issued Shares Capital (%)		   Percentage of
the Total Share
Capital(%)		 

CNPC

   A shares    151,088,693,528    93.31    82.55 

The following table sets forth the major shareholders of our H shares as of March 31, 2018:

Name of Shareholders

  

Number of Shares Held

  Percentage of
Such Share in
That Class of the
Issued Shares
Capital (%)		   Percentage of
the Total
Share
Capital (%)		 

CNPC

  291,518,000 (Long Position )(1)   1.38    0.16 

BlackRock, Inc.(2)

  2,133,602,075 (Long Position)   10.11    1.17 
  

45,656,400 (Short Position)

   0.22    0.02 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(3)

  1,166,628,093 (Long Position)   5.52    0.64 
  

157,271,150 (Short Position)

   0.74    0.09 
  

608,978,090 (Lending Pool)

   2.88    0.33 

Citigroup Inc.(4)

  1,106,487,132 (Long Position)   5.24    0.6 
  

37,885,954 (Short Position)

   0.17    0.02 
  

950,545,797 (Lending Pool)

   4.50    0.52 

Name of
Shareholders

  

Class of
Shares

  

Number of Shares
Held

  

Capacity

  Percentage of
Such Share in
That Class of the
Issued Shares
Capital (%)		  Percentage in
the Total
Share
Capital (%)

CNPC

  A Shares  146,882,339,136 (long position)  Beneficial Owner  90.71  80.25
  H Shares  291,518,000 (long position)(1)  

Interest of Corporation

Controlled by the

Substantial Shareholder

  1.38  0.16

BlackRock, Inc.(2)

  H Shares  1,256,444,090 (long position)  

Interest of Corporation

Controlled by the

Substantial Shareholder

  5.96  0.69
  622,000 (short position)  0.003  0.0003

 

(1)

Held by Fairy King Investments Limited, an overseaswholly-owned subsidiary of CNPC.

(2)

Blackrock, Inc., through various subsidiaries, had an interest in the H sharesShares of the Company, of which 2,133,602,075 H shares (long position) and 45,656,400 H shares (short position) were held in its capacity as interest of corporation controlled by the substantial shareholder.

(3)JPMorgan Chase & Co., through various subsidiaries, had an interest in the H shares of the Company, of which 437,607,586 H shares (long position) and 157,271,150 H shares (short position) were held in its capacity as beneficial owner, 120,017,317 H shares (long position) were held in its capacity as investment manager, 25,100 H shares (long position) were held in its capacity as trustee, and 608,978,090 H shares (long position) were held in its capacity as approved lending agent. These 1,166,628,093 H shares (long position) included the interests held in its capacity as beneficial owner, investment manager, trustee and approved lending agent.
(4)Citigroup Inc., through various subsidiaries, had an interest in the H shares of the Company, of which 15,486,776 H shares (long position) were held in its capacity as holder of the guaranteed interest of shares, 140,454,559 H shares (long position) and 37,885,954 H shares (short position) were held in its capacity as interest of corporation controlled by the substantial shareholder, and 950,545,797 H shares (long position) were held in its capacity as approved lending agent. These 1,106,487,132 H shares (long position) included the interests held in its capacity as holder of the guaranteed interest of shares, corporation controlled by the substantial shareholder and approved lending agent.Company.

Related Party Transactions

CNPC is a controlling shareholder of our company. We enter into extensive transactions with CNPC and other members of the CNPC group, all of which constitute related party transactions for us. We also continued to carry out existing continuing transactions with other related parties in the year ended December 31, 2017.2020.

Continuing Related Party Transactions

Since 2000, our company has engaged a variety of continuing related party transactions with CNPC. CNPC provides various services to us and our company also provides specific products and services to CNPC. These

transactions are governed by several agreements between CNPC and us, including the comprehensive products and services agreement, land lease, building lease, intellectual property licensing contracts and contract for the transfer of rights under Sino-foreign cooperative production sharing contracts, as amended.

1. Renewal of theThe comprehensive products and services agreement between CNPC and us

The comprehensive products and services agreement (the “Comprehensive Agreement”) entered into between CNPC and us is updated every three years. Given that the agreementThe latest Comprehensive Agreement (the “New Comprehensive Agreement”) was signed in August 2014 would expire on December 31, 2017, we and CNPC signed the new agreement on August 24, 2017,2020, which covers the period from January 1, 20182021 to December 31, 2020. In2023. The New Comprehensive Agreement revised the new agreement, we added certain categories ofprevious Comprehensive Agreement mainly as follows: (1) updated the pricing basis for refining products, natural gas, power supply, and gas supply services provided by our companyus to CNPC and partially amendedjointly-held entities; (2) updated the pricing basis in accordance with relevant lawsfor project design, project supervision, power supply, and regulations.gas supply services provided by CNPC to us; and (3) added the sharing services to the services provided by CNPC to us. Other terms and conditions of the agreement remain unchanged. The new agreementNew Comprehensive Agreement was approved at the extraordinary general meeting held on October 26, 2017.November 5, 2020.

TheUnder the New Comprehensive Agreement, we and CNPC will provide the following products and services provided by CNPC to us include (a) engineeringeach other:

(A) Products and technical services mainly to be provided before the commercial operation of projects, including but not limited to, exploration technological services, downhole operational services, oilfield construction services, refinery construction services and engineering design services; (b) production services, mainly for our daily operations after the projects commence operations, including but not limited to crude oil, natural gas, refined products, chemical products, supply of water, power and gas, and communication services; (c) materials supply services, which are mainly intermediary services for the procurement of materials provided before and after the official commissioning are granted, including but not limited to purchase of materials, quality inspections, storage and transport of materials; (d) social and life services, including but not limited to security, education, hospitals, property management, staff canteens, training centers and hotels; and (e) financial services, including loans and other financial assistance, deposit services, entrusted loans, settlement services, financial leasing services and others.

The products and services provided by our companyus to CNPC and the companies jointly-held by CNPC and usmainly include: (a) general products and services, including refined oil products, chemical products, crude oil, natural gas, crude oil,water supply, of water, power andelectricity supply, gas supply and heating supply, metering and measuring, and commissioned operations, supply of materials, financial services, and other products and services

that CNPC may request us to provide from time to time for itself to consume, use or sell; and (b)sell. In addition, we will provide financial services provided by the company to jointly held companies, including without limitation, provision of entrusted loans guaranteesand guarantees.

(B) Products and services to be provided by CNPC to us mainly include:

construction and technical services, which will be mainly the products and services provided prior to official commencement of commerical operation of relevant projects, including but not limited to exploration technology service, downhole operation service, oilfield construction service, refinery construction service and engineering and design service;

production services, which will be mainly the products and services provided in light of the requirements for our daily operations after official commencement of commerical operation of relevant projects, including but not limited to crude oil, natural gas, refined oil products, chemical products, water supply, electricity supply, gas supply and communications;

supply of materials services, which will be mainly materials procurement services provided prior to and after official commencement of commericial operation of relevant projects, including but not limited to procurement of materials, quality inspection, storage of materials and delivery of materials;

social and ancillary services, including but not limited to security systems, education, hospitals, property management, staff canteens, training centers and guesthouses; and

financial services, including loans and other financial assistance, deposit services, .entrusted loans, settlement services and other financial services.

The general principle of the comprehensive agreementNew Comprehensive Agreement is that theall products and services provided are in accordance with the needsby each party shall be of the recipients,good quality and the prices are fair and reasonable. The terms and conditions arereasonable price. If a third party provides similar products or services or participates in similar transactions, it shall not be inferior to those of independentthe conditions provided by the third party providers.for such products or services. The pricing of the general agreement follows government pricing,products and serivices to be provided under the New Comprehensive Agreement shall be either following government-prescribed price, market price, cost price, and agreementor contractual price, depending on the circumstances. The comprehensive agreementdeposit and loan interest rates of financial services shall be subject to the interest rates and relevant charging standards for the same period as published by the people’s Bank of China or relevant financial regulatory agencies, and shall not be inferior to the interest rates, charging standards and other conditions for the party to obtain funds and services from an independent third party. The New Comprehensive Agreement is not exclusive, and the parties may provide to and purchase products and services from other third parties. Each party may terminate the performance of on or more products or services by giving at least six months’ written notice. However, if we are unable to easily obtain services that CNPC provides from a third party, CNPC shall not terminate the provision of such services unless it get our written consent.

2. Specific product and service implementation agreements

According to the current arrangements contemplated under the New Comprehensive Agreement, from time to time and when necessary, the parties but all parties are obliged to providemay enter into implementation agreements for specific products and services. The specific product and service implementation agreements shall not violate the principles, terms and conditions of the New Comprehensive Agreement in any material respect.

Since a specific product and service implementation agreements is only a further elaboration of the products and services set forth inas contemplated by the comprehensive agreement and the provisionsNew Comprehensive Agreement, they do not constitute new categories of the annual plan.related party transactions.

2.3. Land Use Rights Lease Agreement

We entered into a land lease agreementLand Use Rights Lease Agreement with CNPC in March 2000, pursuant to which, CNPC leased to us land use right across China totaling approximately 1,145 million square meters, which were related

to our various operations and businesses, for a term of 50 years. years at an annual rent of RMB2 billion. The rent may, as at the expiration of 10-year term of the Land Use Rights Lease Agreement, be adjusted to reflect market conditions prevalent at such time of adjustment, including the then prevailing market prices, inflation or deflation (as applicable) and such other relevant factors.

We may adjustentered into a supplementary agreement to the landLand Use Rights Lease Agreement with CNPC on August 25, 2011, whereby we adjusted the area and the rent to be effective from January 1, 2012. Thereafter, the parties adjusted the area and rent every three years basedyears. The latest adjustment happened on our production and operating requirement and the market prices. In 2014, we and CNPC confirmed that since January 1, 2015, the total area of land leased by us was adjusted to 1,777.21 million square meters and the rent was adjusted to no more than RMB 4,831.21 million. On August 24, 2017,27, 2020, whereby the parties signed a new confirmation letter, pursuantadjusted the area to which, since January 1, 2018, the total area of land was adjusted to 1,772.651,142 million square meters and the annual rent was adjusted to no more than RMB5,783 million. Other termsRMB5,673 million (exclusive of taxes) for the three years since January 1, 2021.

All of the lease remain unchanged.amendments and adjustment were approved by the relevant general meetings. The independent valuer Savills Valuation and Professional Consultancy Co., Ltd.

has reviewed the confirmation letter and confirmed that the rent as adjusted is fair and reasonable, and such rent is not higher than the market level. The new confirmation letter of the land leaselatest adjustment was approved atby the extraordinary general meeting heldof our company on October 26, 2017.November 5, 2020.

3. Real Estate4. Buildings Lease Agreement

We entered into a real estatebuildings lease agreement with CNPC in March 2000, which was amended in September 2002. Pursuantpursuant to the lease, CNPC leased 712,500 square meters of real estatebuildings across China to us for our business operations. Both parties agreed to adjust the numberarea and rent of leased propertiesbuildings every three years based on our needs and the changes in the market price. On August 24, 2017, we entered into a new agreemet with CNPC, pursuant to which, the area of the leased building should be 1,152,968 square meters, and the annual rent should be no more than RMB730 million. The agreement took effect on January 1, 2018, with a term of 20 years.The parties may adjust the area of building leased and the rent fees every three years as appropriate by reference to the status of the production and operations and the prevailing market price, but the adjusted rent fees shall not exceed the comparable fair market price. On August 27, 2020, the parties confirmed that effective from January 1, 2021, the area of the leased buildings should be adjusted to 1,287,486.41 square meters and the annual rent be adjusted to no more than RMB713 million. All of the amendments and adjustments were approved by the relevant general meetings. The latest adjustment was approved by the extraordinary general meeting of our company on November 5, 2020.

5. Intellectual Property Licensing Contracts

We and CNPC continue to implement the three intellectual property licensing contracts entered on March 10, 2000, namely the Trademark Licensing Contract, the Patent and Know-how Licensing Contract and the Computer Software Licensing Contract. CNPC has agreed to extend the term of the Computer Software Licensing Contract to the expiry date of the statutory protection period of the relevant software or when such software enters the public domain. Pursuant to these licensing contracts, CNPC has granted us the exclusive right to use certain trademarks, patents, know-how and computer software of CNPC at no cost.

6. Contract for the Transfer of Rights under Sino-Foreign Cooperative Production Sharing Contracts

We and CNPC continue to implement the Contract for the Transfer of Rights under Sino-Foreign Cooperative Production Sharing Contracts dated December 23, 1999. As part of the restructuring to organize our company, CNPC transferred to us relevant rights and obligations under 28 production sharing contracts executed with international oil and natural gas companies, except the rights and obligations relating to CNPC’s supervisory functions.

As of December 31, 2020, a total of 29 projects were being executed by CNPC under the production sharing contracts. CNPC has assigned to us at nil consideration all of its rights and obligations under the production sharing contracts and all the related interests vested in CNPC pursuant to applicable PRC laws and regulations, except the rights and obligations relating to CNPC’s supervisory functions.

Our directors believe that these continuing related party transactions were made in the normal and ordinary course of business for the benefits of our company, and are in the interests of the shareholders as a whole.

7. Caps for the Continuing Related Party Transactions

We and CNPC update the aggregate annual amount proposed for each category of continuing related party transactions every three years based on the needshistorical transactions and transaction amounts for the provision of productionsuch category of products and operation or changes inservices by us, CNPC and their jointly held companies to each other during the market priceprior periods, and by taking into account the business development of real estate. According toour company, CNPC and the adjustment in 2014, starting from January 1, 2015, we agreed to lease from CNPC a totaljointly held companies, and the possible magnitude of approximately 1,179,585.57 square meters of real estate for a total rent of approximately RMB707.71 million per year. Other termsfluctuation of the lease remain unchanged. On August 24, 2017, weprices of crude oil, petrochemical products, natural gas, and CNPC signed a new real estate lease, effectiveother petroleum products and services on international markets and China market, which amount, after being approved by the shareholders at the relevant general meeting, should be adopted as the proposed annual cap for the corresponding category of continuing related party transactions for each of the next three years. The transaction amounts of all the historical continuing related party transactions as described above were all within the corresponding proposed annual caps.

The total annual revenue or expenditures under any of the continuing related party transactions during the period from January 1, 2018 for a term of 20 years. Pursuant to December 31, 2020 did not exceed the new agreement, starting from January 1, 2018,corresponding proposed annual caps set out in the company agreed to lease a total gross floor area of 1,152,968 square meters from CNPC,following table:

   Proposed Annual Caps 
Category of Products and Services  2018   2019   2020 
   RMB (in millions) 

(i) Products and services provided by us to the CNPC and jointly-held companies

   153,716    153,861    155,390 

(ii) Products and services provided by CNPC to us

      

(a) Construction and technical services

   208,103    203,908    198,537 

(b) Production services

   228,730    220,525    212,833 

(c) Supply of materials services

   35,566    35,344    35,819 

(d) Social and ancillary services

   9,093    9,432    9,731 

(e) Financial Services

      

—Aggregate of the daily highest amount of deposits of our company in CNPC and the total amount of interest received in respect of these deposits

   63,000    63,000    63,000 

—Insurance fees, handling charges for entrusted loans, and fees and charges for settlement services and other intermediary business

   2,417    2,753    3,110 

—Rents and other payments made under financial leasing loans, and fees and charges for settlement services and other intermediary business

   17,804    19,894    21,605 

(iii) Financial services provided by us to the jointly-held companies

   22,291    22,398    22,506 

(iv) Rents for land leases paid by us to CNPC (excluding taxes)

   5,783    5,783    5,783 

(v) Rents for buildings paid by us to CNPC

   730    730    730 

Loans and agreed to pay a total annual rent of RMB730 million. The area and rent are to be adjusted every three years and the rent should not be higher than the fair market price. The independent valuer Savills Valuation & Professional Consultants Limited has reviewed the new real estate lease and confirmed that the adjusted rent is fair and reasonable and not higher than the market level. The new real estate lease was approved at the extraordinary general meeting held on October 26, 2017.Guarantees

As of December 31, 2017, the outstanding amount of our debts secured by CNPC and its subsidiaries was RMB45,182 million.

During the reporting period, we carried out a number of continuing related party transactions with certain companies including CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited. A detailed discussion of our relationships and transactions with these parties is set forth in “Item 7 — Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions — Related Party Transactions” in our annual report on Form20-F filed with the SEC on May 27, 2008, and the 6-K filed with the SEC on August 28, 2014, August 24, 2017 and September 8, 2017, respectively.

Loans from Related Parties

As of December 31, 2017,2020, we had unsecuredshort-term andlong-term loans from CNPC and its affiliates in an aggregate amount of RMB216,721RMB146,579 million and with an average annual interest rate of 4.02%2.93%. The proceeds from the loans were basically used for our working capital. As of December 31, 2020, the total outstanding amount of our debts secured by CNPC and its subsidiaries was RMB12,894 million.

In 2020, we did not provide any guarantee to or for the benefit of CNPC and its subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2020, the total outstanding guarantee we provided to or for the benefit of our subsidiaries, associates and affiliates other than CNPC and its subsidiaries was RMB187,108 million.

For a detailed discussion of continuing related party transactions, please refer to Note 37 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

One-off Related Party Transactions

On September 28, 2017,1. Kunlun Energy Pipeline Assets Transaction

In 2020, we and PipeChina completed the pipeline assets restructuring transaction. As part of the consideration for the transaction, we received 29.9% equity interests in PipeChina. Pursuant to the arrangements contemplated under the transaction, we appointed two directors to the board of directors of PipeChina, both of whom are incumbent directors and senior officers of our company. After completion of this transaction, our subsidiary, Kunlun Energy, entered into a sharean equity transfer agreement with PetroChinaPipeChina for transfer to PipeChina of Kunlun GasEnergy’s equity interests in its pipeline business, the transaction was completed at 24:00 on March 31, 2021. Due to the fact that we holds equity interests and board seats in PipeChina, the transaction between Kunlun Energy and PipeChina as described above constitute a related party transaction. For details, please see “Item 4 — Information on the Company — Acquisitions and Divestments”.

2. Increase of Capital of CNPC Finance Co., Ltd.

On June 13, 2019, our board of directors passed a resolution on the increase of capital contributions to CNPC Finance Co., Ltd. (“Kunlun Gas”CPF”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kunlun Energy Co., Ltd., which is controlled by us. Pursuant to the agreement, we agreed to sell and Kunlun Gas agreed to acquire a 51% stake in CNPC, Jingtang LNGCNPC Capital Co., Ltd. (“Jingtang”CNPC Capital”) held byand us for a considerationin proportion to the parties’ respective shareholding percentages in CPF. CNPC, CNPC Capital and we currently hold 40%, 28% and 32% equity interests in CPF, respectively. After completion of RMB1,547 million, which shall be adjusted based onthis transaction, the profit and loss during the transition period. The consideration was negotiated and determined by the two parties based on the independent appraiser’s appraisal of the net assets value of Jingtang, and considering the industry’s development prospects and business conditions. Jingtang was established on September 28, 2012 by our company and two third party shareholders. The registered capital of Jingtang before acquisition was RMB2.6 billion. PriorCPF will be increased from RMB8,331,250,000 to RMB20,000,000,000, including (i) RMB8,064,023,100 to be converted out of the capital reserves of CPF into its registered capital, (ii) an additional capital of RMB14,000,000,000 to be subscribed for and contributed by the shareholders in cash in proportion to their then shareholding percentages, of which RMB3,604,726,900 will be recognized as registered capital and the rest shall be recognized as capital reserves. After completion of the transaction, the parties’ shareholding percentages in CPF will remain unchanged. According to the acquisition,arrangement, we were the controlling shareholder of Jingtangwill be required to contribute RMB4,480,000,000 in cash, which we held 51%will be funded by our retained earnings. This transaction is subject to approval of the shares. Jingtang’s mainrelevant governmental authorities.

We expect that this transaction will increase the returns on our investment in CPF and it will provide us with a better position to access efficient funds and financial management services provided by CPF. We expect that this transaction will not affect the continuity of our business includes receipt, storage andre-evaporation the stability of LNG. our management.

In addition, during the reporting period, we had a number of other continuing related party transactions with certain companies such as CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited. Also see Note 37 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

The transaction was completed byabove-mentioned related-party transactions were within the endupper limit of 2017.the amount of related party transactions as approved at the shareholders’general meeting.

See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Controlling Shareholder”.

Interests of Experts and Counsel

Not applicable.

Item 8— FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Financial Statements

See pages F-1 to F-62F-79 following Item 19.

Legal Proceedings

We are involved in several legal proceedings concerning matters arising in the ordinary course of our business. We believe, based on currently available information, that these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Dividend Policy

Our Articles of Association provided that if our net profit attributable to owners of the Company and the accumulated undistributed profit for a year are positive, and our cash flow can satisfy our normal operation and sustainable development, the amount of cash dividend to be distributed shall not be less than 30% of the net profit attributable to owners of the Company realized in that year. We distribute dividends twice a year. Distribution of final dividends needs to be passed at the general meeting by ordinary resolution. The general meeting can, by ordinary resolution, authorize the board of directors to determine the distribution of interim dividends. Since the listing of our ADSs and our shares, we have distributed dividends to the shareholders by strictly complying with the Articles of Association and other relevant regulatory requirements, and adhering to the principle of bringing returns to shareholders, and after an overall consideration of various factors, including our operating performance, financial status, and cash flows.

Our board of directors will declare dividends, if any, in Renminbi on a per share basis and will pay such dividends in Renminbi with respect to A Shares and HK dollars with respect to H Shares. Any final dividend for a financial year shall be subject to shareholders’ approval. The Bank of New York will convert the HK dollar dividend paymentsdividends and distribute them to holders of ADSs in U.S. dollars, less expenses of conversion. The holders of the A Shares and H Shares will share proportionately on a per share basis in all dividends and other distributions declared by our board of directors.

The declaration of dividends is subject to the discretion of our board of directors. Our board of directorsWe will take into account factors including the following:following for declaration of dividends:

 

general business conditions;

 

our financial results;

 

capital requirements;

 

contractual restrictions on the payment of dividends by us to our shareholders or by our subsidiaries to us;

 

our shareholders’ interests;

 

the effect on our debt ratings; and

 

other factors our board of directors may deem relevant.

We may only distribute dividends after we have made allowances for:

 

recovery of losses, if any;

 

allocations to the statutory common reserve fund; and

 

allocations to a discretionary common reserve fund if approved by our shareholders.

The allocation to the statutory funds is 10% of our incomeprofit for the year attributable to our shareholdersowners of the company determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules. Under PRC law, our distributable earnings will be equal to our incomeprofit for the year attributable to our shareholdersowners of the company determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules or IFRS, whichever is lower, less allocations to the statutory and discretionary funds.

We believe that our dividend policy strikes a balance between two important goals:

 

providing our shareholders with a competitive return on investment; and

 

assuring sufficient reinvestment of profits to enable us to achieve our strategic objectives.

In 2017,2020, our operating performance was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and persistent low oil prices. Despite all the difficulties faced by us, we continue to attach great importance to rewarding our shareholders. After an overall consideration of factors, including our operating performance, financial status, cash flows and income from pipeline assets restructuring, we paid a dividend of RMB0.06926RMB16,000 million in aggregate, representing RMB0.08742 per share (inclusive of applicable taxes), for the six months ended June 30, 2020 to our A shareholders and H shareholders (including ADS holders). The board of directors recommended a final dividend of RMB16,000 million in aggregate, representing RMB0.08742 per share (inclusive of applicable taxes) for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was paid to our A shareholders and H shareholders. The board of directors recommended that a final dividend of RMB0.02489 per share (which is 45% of the net profit of the Company for the second half of 2017) and an additional special final dividend of RMB0.03585 per share, totaling RMB0.06074 (inclusive of applicable taxes) should be paid.2020. The final dividend for the year ended December 31, 20172020 is subject to the approval by the annual general meeting to be held on June 5, 2018,10, 2021, and shall be paid to our shareholders listed on our shareholder register as of the close of business on June 20, 2018.28, 2021. The register of members of H Shares will be closed from June 23, 2021 to June 28, 2021 (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of H Shares will be registered. The final dividends for A Shares and H Shares (including ADSs) for 2020 will be paid on or about June 29, 2021 and July 30, 2021, respectively.

Significant Changes

None.

Item 9— THE OFFER AND LISTING

Nature of the Trading Market and Market Price Information

Our ADSs, each representing 100 H Shares, par value RMB1.00 per H Share, have been listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange since April 6, 2000 under the symbol “PTR”. Our H Shares have been listed and traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since April 7, 2000.2000 under the symbol “857”. In September 2005, our company issued an additional 3,196,801,818 H Shares. CNPC also sold 319,680,182state-owned shares it held concurrently with our company’s issuance of new H Shares in September 2005. In October 2007, we issued 4 billion A Shares and these shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on November 5, 2007.2007 under the symbol “601857”. Following the issuance of A Shares, all the domestic shares of our company existing prior to the issuance of A Shares, i.e. the shares held by CNPC (our controlling shareholder) in our company, have been registered with China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited as tradable A Shares. The New York Stock Exchange, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange are the principal trading markets for our ADSs, H Shares and A Shares, respectively.

As of December 31, 2017,2020, there were 21,098,900,000 H Shares and 161,922,077,818 A Shares issued and outstanding. As of December 31, 2017,2020, there were 188144 registered holders of American depositary receipts evidencing 38,586 ADSs and the total ADSs outstanding was 7,893,556.6,942,871 ADSs. The depositary of the ADSs is the Bank of New York.

The high and low closing sale prices of our A Shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, of H Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange for each year from 2013 through 2017, for each quarter from 2016 to 2018 (up to the end of the first quarter of 2018), and for each month from October 2017 to April 2018 (through April 23, 2018) are set forth below.

   Price Per H Share   Price Per ADS   Price Per A Share 
   HK$   US$   RMB 
       High           Low           High           Low           High           Low     

Annual Data

            

2013

   11.30    7.86    145.80    101.47    9.40    7.31 

2014

   11.62    7.33    149.48    94.75    10.81    7.47 

2015

   10.64    5.02    136.37    63.90    14.65    8.23 

2016

   6.02    4.18    76.15    54.05    8.35    8.23 

2017

   6.23    4.73    81.36    60.94    8.70    7.39 

Quarterly Data

            

2016

            

First quarter

   5.42    4.18    71.84    54.05    8.35    7.08 

Second quarter

   5.92    4.85    75.86    61.95    7.79    7.12 

Third quarter

   5.50    4.96    70.65    63.87    7.54    7.19 

Fourth quarter

   6.02    5.09    76.15    65.67    8.16    7.22 

2017

            

First quarter

   6.32    5.66    81.36    72.34    8.76    7.85 

Second quarter

   5.70    4.74    73.90    61.28    8.04    7.39 

Third quarter

   5.03    4.73    65.30    60.94    8.19    7.70 

Fourth quarter

   5.58    4.93    71.79    63.33    8.59    7.87 

2018

            

First quarter

   6.48    5.24    82.14    67.10    9.35    7.60 

Monthly Data

            

2017

            

October

   5.09    4.93    65.60    63.33    8.30    7.97 

November

   5.58    5.11    71.79    65.97    8.59    8.08 

December

   5.52    5.13    70.91    65.91    8.22    7.87 

2018

            

January

   6.48    5.50    82.14    71.67    9.33    8.25 

February

   6.33    5.29    78.58    67.94    9.35    7.95 

March

   5.53    5.24    71.25    67.10    8.11    7.60 

April(through April 23 2017)

   5.94    5.31    75.17    67.28    7.75    7.46 

The closing prices per A Share, per H Share and per ADS on April 23, 2018 were RMB7.58, HK$5.82 and US$74.95, respectively.Mellon.

Item 10— ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Memorandum and Articles of Association

Our Articles of Association Currently in Effect

On October 26, 2017, the company approved the amendment to the Articles of Association of the Company was approved at thean extraordinary general meeting. The amendment took effect as of the same day.

The amendment includes, among others, (i) according toin accordance with the PRC Company Law and the Constitution of the Communist Party of China, thean addition of a new Article 5, which reads as follows: “The company shall set up the Party’sCPC organizations and working bodies with adequate staff and funds; the PartyCPC organizations shall play the role of the core of leadership and political center of the company. The boardcompany”, and an addition of a new Article 105, which

reads as follows: “The board of directors of the company shall take the PartyCPC organization’s advices before it determines such material matters as the orientations of the company’s reform and development, key objectives and tasks and major work arrangements. With respect to appointment of management of the company, the PartyCPC organizations shall consider and provide their comments and suggestions on the candidates nominated by the board of directors or the president, or the PartyCPC organizations may recommend candidates to the board of directors and the president;president”; (ii) revisions implementing in the Company a cumulative voting system of the company is implemented for election of directors and supervisors at general meeting; and (iii) revisions providing that the tenure ofre-elected independent directors cannot exceed six years.

On June 11, 2020, the Proposal for the Amendments to the business scope of the Company and the Amendments to the Articles of Association was reviewed and approved at our annual general meeting, and the Articles of Association was amended to reflect the amendments to the business scope. Amendments to the business scope of the Company mainly include:

(i)

amending a description in the business scope reading as “the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas” to read as “the exploration, exploitation and sales of resources including crude oil, natural gas, coalbed methane, shale gas, shale oil and gas hydrate” and expanding the business scope to include “the exploration, exploitation and utilization of geothermal energy”;

(ii)

expanding the business scope to include “manufacture and sale of food additives; and manufacture and sale of non-woven fabrics”; and

(iii)

expanding the business scope to include “value-added telecommunications services, online platform, online information services, online data services, and online wholesale and retail services”.

The following is a summary based on the significant provisions of our Articles of Association. For details, you should read our amended and restated Articles of Association filed with SEC on June 11, 2020.

Objectives and Purposes

We are a joint stock limited company established in accordance with the PRC Company Law and certain other laws and regulations of the PRC. We are registered with the PRC State Administration for Industry and Commerce with a business license number being 1000001003252. Article 10 of our articles of association provides that our objectives are to comply with the rules of the market, to continuously explore business models which are suitable for the development of the Company, to fully utilize every resource of the Company, to place emphasis on personnel training and technological development, to provide the society with competitive products, and to use its best endeavors to maximize its profits. Article 11 of our articles of association provides that our scope of businesses includes, among other things, the exploration, exploitation and sales of resources including crude oil, natural gas, coalbed methane, shale gas, shale oil and gas hydrate; the exploration, exploitation and utilization of geothermal energy; storage and sale of crude oil and refined oil; production, sale and storage of refined oil, petrochemical and chemical products; import and export; construction and operation of oil and natural gas pipelines; technical development, consultation and service for oil exploration and production, petrochemistry and related engineering; sale of materials, equipment and machines necessary for production and construction of oil and gas, petrochemicals and pipelines construction; the sale and warehousing of lubricating oil, fuel oil, bitumen, chemical fertilizers, auto parts, commodities and agricultural materials, etc.

Directors

Our directors shall be elected at our shareholders’ general meeting. Our directors shall be elected for a term of three years and may serve consecutive terms upon re-election, except that independent directors may only serve a maximum of two terms. Our directors are not required to hold any shares in us, and there is no age limit requirement for the retirement or non-retirement of our directors.

Where a director is in any way, directly or indirectly, materially interested in a proposal, arrangement or contract (other than his contract of service with the Company), he shall declare the nature and extent of his

interests to the board of directors at the earliest opportunity, whether or not the proposal, arrangement or contract therefor is subject to the approval of the board of directors. Unless the interested director discloses his interests to the board of directors and the proposal, arrangement or contract is approved by the board of directors at a meeting in which the interested director, is not counted as part of the quorum and abstain from voting, the proposal, arrangement or contract in which that director is materially interested is voidable at the discretion of the Company except as against a bona fide party thereto who does not have knowledge of the breach of duty by the interested director. For this purpose, a director is deemed to be interested in a proposal, arrangement or contract in which his associate is interested. Where a director gives to the board of directors a notice in writing stating that, by reason of the facts specified in the notice, he is interested in a proposal, arrangement or contract which may subsequently be entered into by the Company, that notice shall be deemed to be a sufficient declaration of his interests so far as the content stated in such notice is concerned, provided that such notice shall have been given before the date on which the entering into the relevant contract or arrangement is first taken into consideration by the Company.

Matters relating to the remuneration of our directors shall be determined by the shareholders’ general meeting.

We shall not directly or indirectly make a loan to or provide any security for a director, unless the provision by the Company of a loan or a security or any other funds to a director to meet expenditure incurred or to be incurred by him for the sake of the Company or for the purpose of enabling him to perform his duties properly, in accordance with the terms of a service contract approved by the shareholders in a general meeting. If the ordinary business scope of the Company includes the provision of loans and security, the Company may make a loan to or provide a security to a director on normal commercial terms.

Dividends

Dividend shall be paid twice a year. The final dividends of the Company shall be decided by the shareholders by way of an ordinary resolution. The shareholders may by way of an ordinary resolution authorize the board of directors to decide on the interim dividends. The Company may pay any dividends in cash, shares or otherwise in such other way as permitted by laws and regulations. The Company will tend to pay any such dividends in cash over other methods of payment. The Company shall pay cash dividends for the year in which both the net profit attributable to the parent company and the cumulative undistributed profit are positive and so long as the cash flows of the Company may support its normal course of operation and sustainable development. Any such cash dividends shall not be less than 30% of the net profit attributable to the parent company for that year. If the shareholders’ general meeting passes motions in connection with the distribution of cash dividend, allotment of bonus shares, or conversion of capital common reserve fund into share capital, the Company shall implement detailed plans thereof within two months after the conclusion of such shareholders’ general meeting. If a shareholder has not claimed his dividends six years after such dividends has been declared in accordance with the Articles of Association, such shareholder is deemed to forfeit his right to claim such dividends.

When the Company distributes its after-tax profits for a given year, it shall allocate 10% of profits to its statutory common reserve fund. The Company shall no longer be required to make allocations to its statutory common reserve fund once the aggregate amount of such reserve reaches 50% or more of its registered capital. If the Company’s statutory common reserve fund is insufficient to make up its losses of the previous years, such losses shall be made up from the profit for the current year before the Company makes allocations to the statutory common reserve fund. The Company may, if so resolved by the shareholders’ meeting, make allocations to the discretionary common reserve fund from after-tax profits after making allocations to the statutory common reserve fund from the after-tax profits. The Company’s after-tax profits remaining after it has made up its losses and made allocations to its common reserve fund shall be distributed in proportion to the shareholdings of its shareholders. If the shareholders’ meeting distributes profits before the Company has made up its losses and made allocations to the statutory common reserve fund, the profits distributed must be returned to the Company.

Shareholders’ Rights

A shareholder of the Company is a person who lawfully holds shares of the Company and whose name (title) is entered in the register of shareholders. Shareholders who hold shares of the same class shall enjoy the same rights. Article 49 set forth the rights of shareholders of ordinary shares such as the right to (i) receive dividends and other distributions in proportion to the number of shares held; (ii) propose, convene, preside over, attend or appoint a proxy to attend shareholders’ general meetings and to vote thereat in accordance with laws; (iii) supervise management over business operations and present proposals or to raise queries; (iv) transfer, donate or pledge shares; (v) obtain financial information and other company information; (vi) participate in the distribution of residual assets of the Company in proportion to the number of shares held, in the event of the termination or liquidation of the Company, etc.

If the content of a resolution of a shareholders’ general meeting or the board of directors violates any laws or administrative regulations, a shareholder has the right to file a petition with the court to invalidate the resolution. If the procedure for convening or the method of voting at a shareholders’ general meeting or a meeting of the board of directors violates any laws, administrative regulations or the Company’s Articles of Association, or if the contents of a resolution breaches the Company’s Articles of Association, a shareholder may file a petition with the court to revoke the resolution within 60 days from the date on which the resolution was passed. If a director or any other senior officers violated any laws, administrative regulations or the Company’s Articles of Association in the course of performing his or her duties to the Company, and thereby caused the Company to incur a loss, a shareholder or shareholders who individually or jointly hold one per cent (1%) or more of the Company’s shares for more than one hundred and eighty (180) consecutive days may request in writing the supervisory committee to initiate proceedings in the court. If the supervisory committee has violated the laws, administrative regulations or the Articles of Association in the course of performing its duties to the Company, and thereby caused the Company to incur a loss, shareholder(s) may request in writing the board of directors to initiate proceedings in the court in respect thereof. If the supervisory committee or the board of directors refuses to initiate proceedings after receipt of a written request from the shareholder(s) as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, or fails to initiate proceedings within 30 days of the date of receipt of the request, or under urgent circumstances where failure to promptly initiate proceedings would cause irreparable harm to the Company’s interests, the shareholders mentioned in the preceding paragraph are entitled to directly initiate proceedings in the court in their own name in the interests of the Company.

Shareholders’ General Meetings

Shareholders’ general meetings shall be convened by the board of directors. Annual general meetings are held once every year and within 6 months from the end of the preceding financial year. The board of directors shall convene an extraordinary general meeting within 2 months of the occurrence of any one of the events set forth in Article 63.

A 45-days prior written notice should be given to all of the shareholders whose names appear in the share register. A shareholder who intends to attend the meeting shall deliver to the Company his written reply concerning his attendance at such meeting 20 days before the date of the meeting. Shareholder(s) holding 3% or more of the total voting shares of the Company shall have the right to propose motions in writing to the convener 10 days prior to the date of such meeting. Any shareholder who is entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting shall be entitled to appoint one or more persons as his proxies to attend and vote on his behalf.

A shareholder (including a proxy), when voting at a general meeting, may exercise such voting rights as are attached to the voting shares which he represents, except where the cumulative voting system is adopted for voting on the election of directors and supervisors, each share shall have one vote. The voting on the election of directors and supervisors at the general meeting shall apply the cumulative voting system, which means that each share held by a shareholder shall have the same number of voting rights as the number of directors and supervisors to be elected and the voting rights held by a shareholder can be collectively exercised. At any

shareholders’ general meeting, a resolution shall be decided on a show of hands unless voting by way of a poll is required under the listing rules or demanded by the following persons before or after any vote by a show of hands: (i) the chairman of the meeting; (ii) at least two shareholders present in person or by proxy entitled to vote thereat; (iii) one or more shareholders present in person or by proxy who represent(s), individually or in aggregate, 10% or more of all shares carrying the right to vote at the meeting.

An ordinary resolution must be passed by votes representing one-half or more of the voting rights represented by the shareholders (including proxies) present at the general meeting. The following matters shall be resolved by an ordinary resolution: (i) work reports of the board of directors and the supervisory committee; (ii) annual profit distribution plans and loss recovery plans formulated by the board of directors; (iii) appointment or removal of members of the board of directors and members of the supervisory committee, their remuneration and manner of payment; (iv) annual budgets and final accounts, balance sheets and profit and loss accounts and other financial statements of the Company; (v) matters other than those which are required by the laws, administrative regulations or the Company’s Articles of Association to be adopted by a special resolution.

A special resolution must be passed by votes representing two-thirds or more of the voting rights represented by the shareholders (including proxies) present at the general meeting. The following matters shall be resolved by a special resolution: (i) increase or reduction in the share capital of the Company and the issue of shares of any class, warrants and other similar securities by the Company; (ii) issue of debentures of the Company; (iii) division, merger, dissolution and liquidation of the Company; (iv) amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association; (v) acquisition or disposal of major assets in one year or provision of securities for third parties which exceeds 30% of the latest audited total assets of the Company; (vi) stock incentive plans; (vii) any other matters considered by the shareholders at general meeting, and resolved by way of an ordinary resolution, to be of a nature which may have a material impact on the Company and should be adopted by a special resolution in accordance with the laws, administrative regulations and the Company’s Articles of Association.

Where any shareholders request for the convention of an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting the following procedures shall be followed: (i) shareholders who individually or in aggregate hold not less than 10% of the Company’s shares with voting right shall have the right to request in writing the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting. The board of directors shall, according to the laws, administrative regulations and the Company’s Articles of Association, give written feedback of consenting to or refusing the convening of such extraordinary shareholders’ general meeting within 10 days after it has received the request. If the board of directors consents to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting, it shall give notice for such shareholders’ general meeting within five days after it has so resolved. The consent of the concerned shareholders shall be obtained if any change is to be made to the request in the notice. If the board of directors refuses to convene an extraordinary general meeting or a class meeting, or it fails to give any feedback within 10 days after it has received the request, the shareholders who individually or in aggregate hold not less 10% of the Company’s shares shall have the right to request in writing the supervisory committee to convene the extraordinary general meeting or class meeting; and (ii) If the supervisory committee consents to convene the extraordinary general meeting or the class meeting, it shall give the notice for such shareholders’ general meeting within five days after it has received the request. The consent of the concerned shareholders shall be obtained if any change is to be made to the request in the notice. If the supervisory committee fails to give notice of convening the shareholders’ general meeting within the provided time limit, the supervisory committee shall be deemed to have failed to convene and preside the shareholders’ general meeting, and the shareholders who individually or in aggregate hold not less than 10% of the Company’s shares for more than 90 consecutive days may at their own discretion convene and preside such a meeting.

The general meeting may authorize the board of directors to carry out matters on their behalf, with clear and specific authorization. For authorization of a matter that requiring an ordinary resolution, an ordinary resolution of the shareholders’ general meeting shall be passed by affirmative votes representing at least 50% of the voting rights represented by the shareholders (including shareholders’ proxies) present at the meeting. For authorization of a matter that requiring a special resolution, a special resolution of the shareholders’ general meeting shall be

passed by affirmative votes representing at least two-thirds of the voting rights represented by the shareholders (including shareholders’ proxies) present at the meeting.

Special Procedures for Voting by a Class of Shareholders and Modification of Rights

In addition to holders of other classes of shares, the holders of the domestic-invested shares and holders of overseas-listed foreign-invested shares shall be deemed to be holders of different classes of shares. Rights conferred on any class of shareholders (“class rights”) may not be varied or abrogated save with the approval of a special resolution of shareholders at a general meeting and by the class shareholders affected at a separate meeting. Article 96 set forth the circumstances which shall be deemed to be variation or abrogation of the rights attaching to a particular class of shares, including but not limited to increasing or decreasing the number of shares of that class, reducing or removing preferential rights attached to shares of that class to receive dividends or the distribution of assets in the event that the Company is liquidated, etc. Shareholders of the affected class, whether or not otherwise having the right to vote at shareholders’ general meetings, have the right to vote at class meetings in respect of certain matters listed in Article 96, but interested shareholder(s) shall not be entitled to vote at such class meetings. Resolutions of a class meeting shall be passed by votes representing two-thirds or more of the voting rights of shareholders of that class present at the relevant meeting who are entitled to vote. Written notice of a class meeting shall be given to all shareholders who are registered as holders of that class in the register of shareholders 45 days before the date of the class meeting. A shareholder who intends to attend the class meeting shall deliver his written reply in respect thereof to the Company 20 days before the date of the class meeting. The special procedures for approval by separate class shareholders shall not apply to the circumstances where the Company issues, upon the approval by a special resolution of its shareholders at a general meeting, either separately or concurrently once every 12 months, not more than 20% of each of its existing issued Domestic-Invested Shares and Overseas-Listed Foreign-Invested Shares.

Share Capital

The Company must have ordinary shares at all times. Subject to the applicable government approvals, the Company may create different classes of shares. Each share of the same class shall carry the same rights and the same benefits. The Company may, based on its operating and development needs, authorize the increase in its capital pursuant to the Articles of Association. The Company may increase its capital by public or non-public offering of shares; by allotting bonus shares to its existing shareholders; by converting common reserve fund into share capital; by any other means which is stipulated by law and administrative regulation and approved the relevant government authorities. Unless otherwise stipulated in the relevant laws or administrative regulations, shares of the Company shall be freely transferable and are not subject to any lien. Domestic-invested shares and overseas-listed foreign-invested shares shall be purchased, sold, donated, inherited and charged on in accordance with the PRC laws and the Company’s Articles of Association. The Company may not accept its own shares as the subject matter of a pledge. Subject to certain conditions, the Company has the power to sell the shares of a shareholder who is untraceable and retain the payment. According to the procedures provided in the Company’s Articles of Association, the Company may reduce its registered capital. The Company may, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Company’s Articles of Association and with the approval of the relevant governing authorities, repurchase its issued shares under certain circumstances. The repurchase may be made by a general offer, stock exchange, off-market agreement, etc. The Company must obtain prior approval of the shareholders in a general meeting (in the manner stipulated in the Company’s Articles of Association) before it can repurchase shares outside of the stock exchange by means of an off-market agreement.

Material Contracts

WeIn the two years proceeding the date of this report, we have not entered into any material contracts other than in the ordinary course of business and other than those described under Item“Item 4 — Information on the Company, ItemCompany”, “Item 7 — Major Shareholders and Related Party TransactionsTransactions” or elsewhere in this Form annual report.

Foreign Exchange Controls

The Renminbi currently is not a freely convertible currency. We receive most of our revenues in Renminbi. A portion of our Renminbi revenues must be converted into other currencies to meet our foreign currency obligations, including:

 

debt service on foreigncurrency-denominated debt;

 

external capital expenditures and equity investment;

 

purchases of imported oil, gas, equipment and materials; and

 

payment of any dividends declared with respect to the H Shares.

Under the existing foreign exchange regulations in China, we may undertake current account foreign exchange transactions, including the payment of dividends, without prior approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange by producing commercial documents evidencing such transactions, provided that they are processed through Chinese banks licensed to engage in foreign exchange transactions.

Foreign exchange transactions under the capital account, including principal payments with respect to foreigncurrency-denominated obligations, continue to be subject to limitations and require the prior approval of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. These limitations could affect our ability to obtain foreign exchange through debt financing, or to obtain foreign exchange for capital expenditures.

We have been, and will continue to be, affected by changes in exchange rates in connection with our ability to meet our foreign currency obligations and will be affected by such changes in connection with our ability to pay dividends on the H Shares in Hong Kong dollars and on ADSs in U.S. dollars. We believe that we have or will be able to obtain sufficient foreign exchange to continue to satisfy these obligations. We do not engage in any financial contract or other arrangementhedging transactions with a view to hedge our currencymanaging exchange rate risk exposure.

We are not aware of any other PRC laws, decrees or regulations that restrict the export or import of capital or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments tonon-resident holders.

Taxation

The following discussion addresses the main PRC and United States federal income tax consequences of the ownership of H Shares or ADSs purchased held by the investor as capital assets.

PRC Taxation

Dividends and Individual Investors

Pursuant to the Individual Income Tax Law of the PRC, all foreign individuals are subject to a 20% withholding tax on dividends paid by a PRC company on its shares listed overseas, or Overseas Shares, unless specifically exempt by the financial authority of the State Council of the PRC. However, pursuant to theNotice on the Collection of Individual Income Tax after the Abolishment of Guoshuifa [1993] No. 045, or Circular 348, issued by the State General Administration of Taxation of the PRC on June 28, 2011, foreign individual shareholders holding H shares,Shares, or Individualindividual H Shareholders,shareholders, in a PRC company listed in Hong Kong may be subject to different levels of withholding taxes on dividends based on the tax treaties of their home countries with China. Individual H Shareholders,shareholders, who are residents of Hong Kong or Macau or who enjoy a 10% tax rate on dividends based on the tax treaties of their home countries with China, are subject to a withholding tax rate of 10% with respect to theH-share dividends they receive. For those Individualindividual H Shareholdersshareholders whose home countries have tax treaties with China prescribing a tax rate on dividends lower than 10%, the PRC company, whose shares are held by such Individualindividual H Shareholders, needshareholders, needs to make tax filings on behalf of the Individualindividual H Shareholdersshareholders in order for them to enjoy such tax treatment. For Individualindividual H Shareholdersshareholders whose home countries

have tax treaties with China prescribing a tax rate on dividends between 10% and 20%, the PRC company, whose shares are held by such Individualindividual H Shareholders,shareholders, shall withhold the individual income tax at theagreed-upon tax rate. For Individualindividual H Shareholdersshareholders whose home countries have no tax treaties with China or whose home countries have tax treaties with China prescribing a tax rate on dividends higher than 20%, the PRC company shall withhold the tax at a rate of 20%.

Dividends and Foreign Enterprises

Pursuant to theEnterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC and the implementing rules thereunder, theCircular on Issues Concerning the Withholding of Corporate Income Tax by PRC Resident Enterprises from DividendsPayable to H ShareNon-resident Corporate Shareholders, and theMeasures for the Administration of the Enjoyment byNon-residents of the Treatments under the Tax Treaties, when paying any of its H sharenon-resident corporate shareholders any dividends, we withhold the corporate income tax from such dividends at a rate of 10%. For an H share non-resident corporate shareholder whose home country has a tax treaty with China prescribing a tax rate on dividends lower than 10%, such H sharenon-resident corporate shareholder may, by itself or through an agent or us, make filings with the competent taxation authority for the treatment under the applicable tax treaty and present the documents evidencing that such shareholder is qualified to be a beneficial owner as defined under the applicable tax treaty.

Tax Treaties

If you are a tax resident or citizen of a country that has entered into adouble-taxation treaty with the PRC, you may be entitled to a reduction in the amount of tax withheld, if any, imposed on the payment of dividends. The PRC currently has such treaties with a number of countries, including but not limited to:

the United States;

��Australia;

Canada;

 

France;

Australia;

 

Germany;

Canada;

 

Japan;

France;

 

Malaysia;

Germany;

 

Japan;

Malaysia;

Singapore;

the United Kingdom; and

 

the Netherlands.

Under certain treaties, the rate of withholding tax imposed by China’s taxation authorities may be reduced. Pursuant to theMeasures for the Administration of the Enjoyment by Non-residents of the Treatments under theTaxApplicable Treaties promulgated by the State Administration of Taxation on August 27, 2015,October 14, 2019, a non-PRC residents are entitled toresident may apply the applicable benefit under tax treaties to him/herself when they makehe/she makes tax filings or upon withholding by third parties and no prior approvals of the taxation authorities are required.required, if such non-PRC resident decides based on his/her own judgment that he/she is entitled to such benefits.

Capital Gains

TheIndividual Income Tax Law of the PRC, provides for a capital gaingains tax of 20% on individuals. TheProvisions for Implementing the Individual Income Tax Law of the PRC, provides that the measures to levy individual income tax on the gains realized on the sale of shares will be made in the future by the Ministry of

Finance and subject to the approval of the State Council. However, the Ministry of Finance has not so far promulgated a specific taxation method to levy tax on the capital gains realized by individual holders of H Shares or ADSs from sale of shares. If in the future such specific taxation method is promulgated, an individual holder of H Shares or ADSs may be subject to a 20% tax on capital gains under theIndividual Income Tax Law of the PRC as amended from time to time, unless exempted or reduced by an applicable double taxation treaty or relevant PRC law or regulation.

Under theEnterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC, capital gains realized by foreign enterprises which arenon-resident enterprises in the PRC upon the sale of Overseas Shares by PRC companies are generally subject to a PRC withholding tax levied at a rate of 10%, unless exempted or reduced pursuant to an applicabledouble-taxation treaty or other exemptions.

Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect

In April 2014, China launched the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect Program, which is a cross-boundary investment channel that connects the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Under the program, investors in each market are able to trade shares on the other market using their local brokers and clearing agencies. In accordance with the current PRC tax policies, foreign investors are temporarily exempt from income tax on capital gains derived from the trading ofA-shares A Shares under the program and will be subject to a 10% withholding tax on the dividends received under the program. For a shareholder whose home country has tax treaty with China prescribing a tax rate on dividends lower than 10%, such shareholder may by itself or through an agent or the withholding agent, apply to the competent taxation authority for the treatment under the applicable tax treaty and present the documents evidencing that such shareholder is qualified to be a beneficial owner as defined under the applicable tax treaty.

Additional PRC Tax Considerations

Under the Provisional Regulations of the People’s Republic of China Concerning the Stamp Duty, a stamp duty is not imposed by the PRC on the transfer of shares, such as the H Shares or ADSs, of PRC publicly traded companies that take place outside of China.

United States Federal Income Taxation

The following is a general discussion of the material United States federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of the H Shares or ADSs if you are a U.S. holder, as defined below, and hold the H Shares or ADSs as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. This discussion does not address all of the tax consequences relating to the

purchase, ownership and disposition of the H Shares or ADSs, and does not take into account U.S. holders who may be subject to special rules including:

 

tax-exempt entities;

 

certain insurance companies;

 

broker-dealers;

 

traders in securities that elect to mark to market;

 

U.S. expatriates;

U.S. holders liable for alternative minimum tax;

 

U.S. holders that own (directly, indirectly, or constructively) 10% or more of the voting power or value of our voting stock;equity;

 

U.S. holders that hold the H Shares or ADSs as part of a straddle or a hedging or conversion transaction; or

 

U.S. holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.

This discussion is based on the Code, its legislative history, final, temporary and proposed United States Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, published rulings and court decisions as in effect on the date hereof, all of which are subject to change, or changes in interpretation, possibly with retroactive effect. In addition, this discussion is based in part upon representations of the depositary and the assumption that each obligation in the deposit agreement and any related agreements will be performed according to its terms.

You are a “U.S. holder” if you are:

 

a citizen or resident of the United States for United States federal income tax purposes;

 

a corporation, or other entity treated as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes, created or organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income tax without regard to its source; or

 

a trust:

 

subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and the control of one or more United States persons; or

 

that has elected to be treated as a United States person under applicable United States Treasury regulations.

If a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes) holds the H Shares or ADSs, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership that holds the H Shares or ADSs, we urge you to consult your tax advisors regarding the consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the H Shares or ADSs.

This discussion does not address any aspects of United States taxation other than federal income taxation.

We urge you to consult your tax advisors regarding the United States federal, state, local andnon-United States tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the H Shares or ADSs.

In general, if you hold American depositary receipts evidencing ADSs, you will be treated as owner of the H Shares represented by the ADSs. The following discussion assumes that we are not a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, as discussed under “PFIC Rules” below.

Distributions on the H Shares or ADSs

The gross amount of any distribution (without reduction for any PRC tax withheld) we make on the H Shares or ADSs out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes) will be includible in your gross income as dividend income when the distribution is actually or constructively received by you, in the case of the H Shares, or by the depositary in the case of ADSs. Distributions that exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to you to the extent of your tax basis in the H Shares or ADSs and thereafter as capital gains. Because we do not intend to determine our earnings and profits on the basis of United States federal income tax principles, any distribution paid will generally be treated as a “dividend” for United States federal income tax purposes. Subject to certain limitations, dividends paid tonon-corporate U.S. holders, including individuals, currently are eligible for a reduced rate of taxation if we are deemed to be a “qualified foreign corporation” for United States federal income tax purposes. A qualified foreign corporation includes:

 

a foreign corporation that is eligible for the benefits of a comprehensive income tax treaty with the United States that includes an exchange of information program; or

a foreign corporation if its stock with respect to which a dividend is paid (or ADSs backed by such stock) is readily tradable on an established securities market within the United States (as determined for United States federal income tax purposes),

but does not include an otherwise qualified foreign corporation that is a PFIC in the taxable year that the dividend is paid or in the prior taxable year. We believe that we will be a qualified foreign corporation so long as we are not a PFIC and we are considered eligible for the benefits of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Tax Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, or the Treaty. Our status as a qualified foreign corporation, however, may change.

Distributions that exceed our current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to you to the extent of your tax basis in the H Shares or ADSs and thereafter as capital gain. Any dividend will not be eligible for thedividends-received deduction generally allowed to United States corporations with respect to dividends received from United States corporations. The amount of any distribution of property other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of such distribution.

If we make a distribution paid in HK dollars, you will be considered to receive the U.S. dollar value of the distribution determined at the spot HK dollar/ U.S. dollar rate on the date such distribution is received by you or by the depositary, regardless of whether you or the depositary convert the distribution into U.S. dollars. Any gain or loss resulting from currency exchange fluctuations during the period from the date the dividend payment is includible in your income to the date you or the depositary convert the distribution into U.S. dollars will be treated as United States source ordinary income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

Subject to various limitations, any PRC tax withheld from distributions in accordance with PRC law, as limited by the Treaty, as discussed under “— PRC Taxation,” will be deductible or creditable against your United States federal income tax liability. For foreign tax credit limitation purposes, dividends paid on the H Shares or ADSs will be foreign source income, and will be treated as “passive category income” or, in the case of some U.S. holders, “general category income.” You may not be able to claim a foreign tax credit (and instead may claim a deduction) fornon-United States taxes imposed on dividends paid on the H Shares or ADSs if you (i) have held the H Shares or ADSs for less than a specified minimum period during which you are not protected from risk of loss with respect to such Shares, or (ii) are obligated to make payments related to the dividends (for example, pursuant to a short sale).

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition

Upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of the H Shares or ADSs, you will recognize a capital gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized and your tax basis, determined in U.S. dollars, in such H Shares or ADSs. Any gain or loss will generally be United States source gain or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes. Capital gain of certainnon-corporate U.S. holders, including individuals, is generally taxed at a reduced rate where the

property has been held more than one year. Your ability to deduct capital losses is subject to limitations. If any PRC tax is withheld from your gain on a sale, exchange or other disposition of H Shares or ADSs, as discussed under “— PRC Taxation,” such tax would only be creditable against your United States federal income tax liability to the extent that you have foreign source income. However, in the event that such PRC tax is withheld, a U.S. holder that is eligible for the benefits of the Treaty may be able to treat the gain as foreign source income for foreign tax credit satisfaction purposes. You are urged to consult your tax advisors regarding the United States federal income tax consequences if PRC tax is withheld from your gain on the sale, exchange or other disposition of H Shares or ADSs, including the availability of a foreign tax credit under your particular circumstances.

If you are paid in a currency other than U.S. dollars, any gain or loss resulting from currency exchange fluctuations during the period from the date of the payment resulting from the sale, exchange or other disposition to the date you convert the payment into U.S. dollars will be treated as United States source ordinary income or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.

PFIC Rules

In general, a foreign corporation is a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes for any taxable year in which, after applying relevantlook-through rules with respect to the income and assets of subsidiaries:

 

75% or more of its gross income consists of passive income, such as dividends, interest, rents and royalties; or

 

50% or more of the average quarterly value of its assets consists of assets that produce, or are held for the production of, passive income.

For this purpose, passive income generally includes dividends, interest, certain types of rents and royalties, annuities, net gains from the sale or exchange of property producing such income, net gains from commodity transactions, net foreign currency gains and net income from notional principal contracts. In addition, cash, cash equivalents, securities held for investment purposes, and certain other similar assets are generally categorized as passive assets.

We believe that we did not meet either of the PFIC tests in the taxable year that ended December 31, 20172020 and believe that we will not meet either of the PFIC tests in the current or subsequent taxable years and therefore will not be treated as a PFIC for such periods. However,We must make a separate determination after the close of each taxable year as to whether we were a PFIC for that year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will not be a PFIC in the current or subsequent taxable years.

If we were a PFIC in any taxable year that you held the H Shares or ADSs, you generally would be subject to special rules with respect to “excess distributions” made by us on the H Shares or ADSs and with respect to gain from your disposition of the H Shares or ADSs. An “excess distribution” generally is defined as the excess of the distributions you receive with respect to the H Shares or ADSs in any taxable year over 125% of the average annual distributions you have received from us during the shorter of the three preceding years or your holding period for the H Shares or ADSs. Generally, you would be required to allocate any excess distribution or gain from the disposition of the H Shares or ADSs ratably over your holding period for the H Shares or ADSs. The portion of the excess distribution or gain allocated to a prior taxable year, other than a year prior to the first year in which we became a PFIC, would be taxed at the highest United States federal income tax rate on ordinary income in effect for such taxable year, and you would be subject to an interest charge on the resulting tax liability, determined as if the tax liability had been due with respect to such particular taxable years. The portion of the excess distribution or gain that is not allocated to prior taxable years, together with the portion allocated to the years prior to the first year in which we became a PFIC, would be included in your gross income for the taxable year of the excess distribution or disposition and taxed as ordinary income.

The foregoing rules with respect to excess distributions and dispositions may be avoided or reduced if you are eligible for and timely make a valid“mark-to-market” election. If your H Shares or ADSs were treated as shares regularly traded on a “qualified exchange” for United States federal income tax purposes and a valid and timelymark-to-market election was made, in calculating your taxable income for each taxable year, you generally would be required to take into account as ordinary income or loss the difference, if any, between the fair market value and the adjusted tax basis of your H Shares or ADSs at the end of your taxable year. However, the amount of loss you would be allowed is limited to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of themark-to-marketmark-to–market election. The New York Stock Exchange on which the ADSs are traded is a qualified exchange for United States federal income tax purposes.

Alternatively, a timely election to treat us as a qualified electing fund under Section 1295 of the Code could be made to avoid the foregoing rules with respect to excess distributions and dispositions. You should be aware, however, that if we become a PFIC, we do not intend to satisfy record keeping requirements that would permit you to make a qualified electing fund election.

If you own the H Shares or ADSs during any year that we are a PFIC, you must annually file Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, Form 8621(or any other form subsequently specified by the United States Treasury

Department), subject to certain exceptions based on the value of PFIC stock held. We encourage you to consult your own tax advisor concerning the United States federal income tax consequences of holding the H Shares or ADSs that would arise if we were considered a PFIC.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

In general, information reporting requirements will apply to dividends with respect to the H Shares or ADSs or the proceeds of the sale, exchange or other disposition of the H Shares or ADSs paid within the United States, and in some cases, outside of the United States, other than to various exempt recipients, including corporations. In addition, you may, under some circumstances, be subject to “backup withholding” with respect to dividends paid on the H Shares or ADSs or the proceeds of any sale, exchange or other disposition of the H Shares or ADSs, unless you:

 

are a corporation or fall within various other exempt categories, and, when required, demonstrate this fact; or

 

provide a correct taxpayer identification number on a properly completed IRS FormW-9 or a substitute form, certify that you are exempt from backup withholding and otherwise comply with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld under the backup withholding rules generally will be creditable against your United States federal income tax liability provided that you furnish the required information to the IRS in a timely manner.manner and you may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRS in a timely manner and furnishing any required information. If you do not provide a correct taxpayer identification number you may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS.

CertainIn addition, certain U.S. holders who are individuals that hold certain foreign financial assets (which may include the H Shares or ADSs) may be required to report information relating to such assets, subject to certain exceptions. You should consult your own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this requirement on your ownership and disposition of the H Shares or ADSs.

Documents on Display

You may read and copy documents referred to in this annual report on Form20-F that have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission at the Commission’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Commission at1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms and their copy charges. You may also find our annual reports on Form20-F, the exhibits and other documents filed with the SEC on its websitewww.sec.gov.www.sec.gov and our company’s website www.petrochina.com.cn. Upon request, we will provide hardcopies of our annual report on Form 20-F to you free of charge.

The CommissionSEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with the Commission. This means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the Commission. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this annual report on Form20-F. This annual report contains exhibits and schedules. Any statement in this annual report about any of our contracts or other documents is not necessarily complete. If the contract or document is filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this annual report, the contract or document is deemed to modify the description contained in this annual report. You must review the exhibits themselves for a complete description of the contracts or documents.

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing and content of quarterly reports and proxy statements, and officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

Item 11— QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

In the normal course of business, we hold or issue various financial instruments which expose us to interest rate and foreign exchange rate risks. We hedge part of the exchange rate risk through hedging instruments. Additionally, our operations are affected by certain commodity price movements. We historically have not useduse derivative instruments such as commodity futures, commodity swaps and commodity options for hedging or trading purposes. Such activities are subject to policies approved by our senior management.some price risks efficiently. Substantially all of the financial instruments we hold are for purposes other than trading. We regard an effective market risk management system as an important element of our treasury function and are currently enhancing our systems. A primary objective of our market risk management is to implement certain methodologies to better measure and monitor risk exposures.

The following discussions and tables, which constitute“forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties, summarize ourmarket-sensitive financial instruments including fair value, maturity and contract terms. Such discussions address market risk only and do not present other risks which we face in the normal course of business.

Interest Rate Risk

Our interest risk exposure arises from changing interest rates. The tables below provide information about our financial instruments including various debt obligations that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. The tables present principal cash flows and relatedweighted-average interest rates at expected maturity dates.Weighted-average variable rates are based on effective rates as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017.2020. The information is presented in Renminbi equivalents, our reporting currency.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

We conduct our business primarily in Renminbi. However, a portion of our RMB revenues are converted into other currencies to be used in foreign investment and trading, to meet foreign currency financial instrument obligations and to pay for imported oil, gas, equipment and other materials. Foreign currency payments for imported equipmentoil and gas represented 1.9%24.4%, 1.1%23.6% and 3.2%21.6% of our total purchases, services and other expenses    in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. These are the main foreign exchange payments for equipment in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively. Foreign currency payments for other imported materials represented 0.05%, 0.02% and 0.01% of our total payments for materials in 2015, 2016 and 2017, respectively.the company.

The Renminbi is not a freely convertible currency. Limitation in foreign exchange transactions imposed by the PRC government could cause future exchange rates to vary significantly from current or historical exchange rates.

The tables below provide information about our financial instruments including foreign currency denominated debt instruments that are sensitive to foreign currency exchange rates. The tables below summarize such information by presenting principal cash flows and relatedweighted-average interest rates at expected maturity dates in RMB equivalents, using the exchange rates in effect as of December 31, 2015, 20162018, 2019 and 2017,2020, respectively.

December 31, 2017

  Expected Maturity Date  Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		  Fair
Value		 
    
  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022  Thereafter  Total   
  (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages) 

Long term debt

        

Loans in RMB

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  244   35,999   6,044   13,109   23,083   30,594   109,073   29.37%   92,939 

Average interest rate

  3.28%   4.33%   4.30%   3.51%   3.86%   4.56%   —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  33,142   6,750   2,802   66   232   6,650   49,642   13.37%   49,642 

Average interest rate

  3.80%   4.03%   4.57%   4.55%   4.74%   3.98%   —     —     —   

Loans in Euro

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  13   21   8   —     —     49   91   0.02%   113 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     4.08%   —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

    2,341   —     —     —     2,341   0.63%   2,341 

Average interest rate

  —     —     2.35%   —     —     —     —     —     —   

Loans in United States Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  36   36   36   36   18   106   268   0.07%   240 

Average interest rate

  1.11%   1.11%   1.11%   1.11%   0.68%   0.05%   —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  12,084   13,140   38,577   218   14,522   115   78,656   21.18%   78,656 

Average interest rate

  3.53%   3.68%   3.78%   4.13%   3.62%   4.35%   —     —     —   

Loans in Japanese Yen

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  17   4   3   3   3   7   37   0.01%   41 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Loans in Hong Kong Dollar

         

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     620   —     —     —     —     620   0.17%   620 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Debentures in Canadian Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Debentures in United States Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Debentures in RMB

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  16,000   3,230   2,000   31,000   2,000   15,000   69,230   18.64%   62,631 

Average interest rate

  4.47%   1.61%   4.30%   —     4.90%   4.12%   —     —     —   

Medium term note in RMB

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  20,000   —     20,000   15,000   —     —     55,000   14.81%   50,333 

Average interest rate

  4.03%   —     3.85%   3.45%   —     —     —     —     —   

Medium term note in United State Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     3,218   —     —     3,218   6,436   1.73%   6,151 

Average interest rate

  —     —     2.89%   —     —     3.76%   —     —    

Total

  81,536   59,800   75,029   59,432   39,858   55,739   371,394   100.00%   343,707 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

December 31, 20162020

 

 Expected Maturity Date  Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		  Fair
Value		 
  Expected Maturity Date  Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		 Fair
Value		 
 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Thereafter Total  2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Thereafter Total 
 (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages)      (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages) 

Long term debt

                

Loans in RMB

                

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 9,796  245  36,317  10,112  3,110  40,143  99,723  22.45%  97,691  1,291  16,877  7,657  2,880  13,353  278  42,336  12.96%  40,972 

Average interest rate

 3.83%  3.27%  4.35%  3.96%  2.09%  4.61%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 4.01%  4.10%  3.42%  2.89%  4.04%  3.77%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

 13,193  33,639  6,634  70  218  31,998  85,752  19.30%  85,752  15,844  15,035  29,828  3,200  1,750  8,603  74,260  22.74%  74,260 

Average interest rate

 3.94%  3.81%  4.05%  4.86%  4.89%  3.93%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 3.56%  3.63%  2.60%  3.80%  4.20%  4.03%   —   —   — 

Loans in Euro

                 

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 12  24  24  16  9  6  91  0.02%  106   —   —  4   —   —  124  128  0.04%  243 

Average interest rate

 2.03%  2.67%  2.67%  2.96%  3.72%  3.56%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —  2.00%   —   —  3.88%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —    2,197   —     —    2,197  0.49%  2,197   —   —   —   —  3,812   —  3,812  1.17%  3,812 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —    2.35%   —     —     —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —  1.18%   —   —   —   — 

Loans in United States Dollar

                 

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 38  39  38  38  38  130  321  0.07%  297  11  22   —   —   —  131  164  0.05%  161 

Average interest rate

 1.12%  1.09%  1.12%  1.12%  1.12%  0.14%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 1.55%  1.55%   —   —   —  0.05%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

 13,732  20,494  14,684  41,596  779  368  91,653  20.63%  91,653  11,597  12,646  9,437   ���  29,415  5,513  68,608  21.00%  68,608 

Average interest rate

 2.33%  3.13%  3.27%  3.22%  5.66%  3.99%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 4.37%  1.39%  1.33%   —  1.39%  2.16%   —   —   — 

Loans in Japanese Yen

                 

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 14  22  7  4  3  7  57  0.01%  60   —   —   —   —   —  18  18  0.01%  13 

Average interest rate

 2.52%  2.38%  2.46%  2.00%  2.66%  2.26%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —  1.76%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Loans in Hong Kong Dollar

         

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in CFA Franc

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —  2   —   —   —   —  2   —  2 

Average Interest Rate

  —  2.00%   —   —   —   —  2.00%   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —    666   —     —     —    666  0.15%  666   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

  —     —    2.27%   —     —     —     —     —     —   

Debentures in Canadian Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in United States Dollar

                 

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in RMB

                 

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 16,000  16,000  3,350   —    31,000  17,000  83,350  18.76%  81,637  31,000  2,000  4,000   —   —  11,000  48,000  14.70%  47,333 

Average interest rate

 4.55%  4.47%  1.63%   —    3.09%  4.21%   —     —     —   

Medium term note in RMB

         

Average Interest Rate

 3.09%  4.09%  4.88%   —   —  3.84%   —   —   — 

Medium Term Notes in RMB

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

 18,630  20,000   —    20,000  15,000   —    73,630  16.57%  71,999  15,000   —  21,000   —  50,000   —  86,000  26.34%  85,230 

Average interest rate

 4.21%  4.03%   —    3.85%  3.45%   —     —     —     —   

Medium term note in United State Dollar

         

Average Interest Rate

 3.45%   —  2.42%   —  3.64%   —   —   —   — 

Medium Term Notes in United State Dollar

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —     —     —    3,431   —    3,431  6,862  1.55%  6,747   —   —   —   —  3,239   —  3,239  0.99%  3,175 

Average interest rate

  —     —     —    2.88%   —    3.75%   —     —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —  3.75%   —   —   —   — 

Total

 71,415  90,463  61,720  77,464  50,157  93,083  444,302  100.00%  438,805  74,743  46,582  71,926  6,080  101,569  25,667  326,567  100.00%  323,809 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

December 31, 20152019

 

  Expected Maturity Date   Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		  Fair
Value		 
    Expected Maturity Date  Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		 Fair
Value		 
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Thereafter Total     2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Thereafter Total 
  (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages)        (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages) 

Long term debt

                  

Loans in RMB

                  

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   9,294  38,070  20,527  34,512  30,609  71,212  204,224    43.39%  198,074  10,537  4,645  33,010  2,855  17,716  10,152  78,915  20.97%  76,027 

Average interest rate

   4.03%  3.79%  4.51%  4.31%  3.96%  4.27%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 4.00%  2.79%  4.07%  4.30%  3.17%  4.15%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

   10,471  13,018  33,268  40  45  6,313  63,155    13.42%  63,155  2,854  17,515  51,274  315  768  7,839  80,565  21.41%  80,565 

Average interest rate

   4.40%  3.94%  4.51%  4.90%  4.90%  4.73%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 4.52%  4.37%  4.12%  5.00%  4.32%  4.11%   —   —   — 

Loans in Euro

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   12  22  2,151  23  16  6  2,230    0.47%  2,318  4  1  1  1   —  126  133  0.04%  239 

Average interest rate

   2.12%  2.76%  2.35%  2.64%  2.93%  3.49%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 2.00%  2.00%  2.00%  2.00%   —  3.88%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —    3,595   —   —   —   —   —  3,595  0.96%  3,595 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 2.35%   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in United States Dollar

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   36  488  36  36  36  154  786    0.17%  774  36  36  17  9  9  105  212  0.06%  188 

Average interest rate

   1.10%  2.26%  1.10%  1.10%  1.10%  0.37%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 0.49%  0.49%  0.36%  0.05%  0.05%  0.05%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

   15,841  12,845  21,500  11,048  32,136  1,300  94,670    20.12%  94,670  42,838  12,544  14,769   —   —  13  70,164  18.65%  70,164 

Average interest rate

   2.29%  2.00%  2.77%  3.11%  2.44%  3.41%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 4.34%  4.38%  4.03%   —   —  5.41%   —   —   — 

Loans in Japanese Yen

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   15  16  16  7  3  8  65    0.01%  68  1   —  3  3  3  8  18  0.00%  18 

Average interest rate

   2.47%  2.46%  2.46%  2.40%  2.30%  2.30%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 2.30%   —  2.30%  2.30%  2.30%  1.77%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in Hong Kong Dollar

        

Variable Rate Loan Amount

 6  2  672   —   —   —  680  0.18%  680 

Average Interest Rate

 2%  2%  3.77%   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in Canadian Dollar

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in United States Dollar

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —     —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —     —     —     —      —     —   

Debentures in RMB

                   

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   —    16,000  16,000   —     —    8,000  40,000    8.50%  41,430  2,000   —  31,000   —  10,300  6,700  50,000  13.29%  49,622 

Average interest rate

   —    4.55%  4.47%   —     —    4.93%   —      —     —   

Medium term note in RMB

           

Average Interest Rate

 4.30%   —  3.09%   —  4.10%  3.84%   —   —   — 

Medium Term Note in RMB

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   498  18,630  20,000   —    20,000   —    59,128    12.56%  59,157  20,000   —  15,000   —  50,000   —  85,000  22.59%  83,894 

Average interest rate

   5.63%  4.21%  4.03%   —    3.85%   —     —      —     —   

Medium term note in United State Dollar

           

Average Interest Rate

 3.85%   —  3.45%   —  3.64%   —   —   —   — 

Medium Term Notes in United State Dollar

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

   —     —     —     —    3,192  3,192  6,384    1.36%  6,202  3,472   —   —   —   —  3,471  6,943  1.85%  6,815 

Average interest rate

   —     —     —     —    2.88%  3.75%   —      —     —   

Average Interest Rate

 2.88%   —   —   —   —  3.75%   —   —   — 

Total

   36,167  99,089  113,498  45,666  86,037  90,185  470,642    100.00%  465,848  85,343  34,743  145,746  3,183  78,796  28,414  376,225  100.00%  371,807 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

December 31, 2018

  Expected Maturity Date  Percentage
to Total
Long-Term
Borrowings		  Fair
Value		 
  2019  2020  2021  2022  2023  Thereafter  Total 
  (RMB equivalent in millions, except percentages) 

Long term debt

        

Loans in RMB

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  36,351   10,583   1,310   26,585   2,626   20,114   97,569   28.30%   94,272 

Average Interest Rate

  4.31%   3.99%   4.43%   3.66%   4.30%   4.58%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  32,508   3,091   28,339   165   266   7,624   71,993   20.88%   71,993 

Average Interest Rate

  3.94%   4.53%   4.08%   4.85%   4.89%   4.11%   —   —   — 

Loans in Euro

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  13   —   —   —   —   52   65   0.02%   166 

Average Interest Rate

  2.00%   —   —   —   —   0.95%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —   2,354   —   —   —   —   2,354   0.68%   2,354 

Average Interest Rate

  —   2.35%   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in United States Dollar

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  36   36   36   17   9   110   244   0.07%   206 

Average Interest Rate

  1.17%   1.17%   1.17%   0.75%   0.09%   0.04%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  2,483   48,621   12,752   12,890   —   —   76,746   22.26%   76,746 

Average Interest Rate

  2.58%   4.55%   4.71%   4.04%   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in Japanese Yen

        

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  8   —   3   3   3   6   23   0.01%   27 

Average Interest Rate

  2.40%   —   2.30%   2.30%   2.30%   0.36%   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Loans in Hong Kong Dollar

         

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  664   6   2   1   —   —   673   0.20%   673 

Average Interest Rate

  2.57%   2.00%   2.00%   2.00%   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in Canadian Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Variable Rate Loan Amount

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in United States Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Average Interest Rate

  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Debentures in RMB

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  3,307   2,000   31,000   2,000   8,300   6,700   53,307   15.46%   52,287 

Average interest rate

  1.63%   4.30%   3.09%   4.90%   4.24%   3.96%   —   —   — 

Medium Term Note in RMB

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —   —   35,000   —   —   —   35,000   10.15%   34,458 

Average interest rate

  —   —   2.20%   —   —   —   —   —   — 

Medium Term Notes in United State Dollar

         

Fixed Rate Loan Amount

  —   3,410   —   —   —   3,408   6,818   1.98%   6,696 

Average Interest Rate

  —   2.87%   —   —   —   3.76%   —   —   — 

Total

  75,370   70,101   108,442   41,661   11,204   38,014   344,792   100.00%   339,878 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Pricing and Exchange Rate”.

Commodity Price Risk

We are engaged in a wide range ofpetroleum-related activities and purchase certain quantity of oil from the international market to meet our demands. The prices of crude oil and refined products in the international market are affected by various factors such as changes in global and regional politics and economy, the demand and supply of crude oil and refined products, as well as unexpected events and disputes with international repercussions. The domestic crude oil price is determined with reference to the international price of crude oil whereby the prices of domestic refined products were allowed tooil prices adjust morewith changes in line with thecrude oil prices in the international crude oil market. Other than certain subsidiaries of our company, we generally do not use anyWe

use derivative instruments such as commodity futures, commodity swaps and commodity options to evade suchhedge some commodity price risks. We have strict internal control requirements with respect to the purpose, types, holding volumes of any derivative instruments as against the inventories, and the transaction process of the derivatives. Any derivative instruments we have are entered into solely for non-trading purposes. We do not expect any material market risks to our financial position, results of operations or liquidity exist as a result of entering into such derivatives. See “Item 3 — Key Information — Risk Factors — Risks Related to Pricing and Exchange Rate”.

Item 12— DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

Fees paid by our ADS holders

The Bank of New York Mellon, the depositary of our ADS program, collects its fees for delivery and surrender of ADSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal or from intermediaries acting for them. The depositary collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may refuse to deliver ADSs or the deposited shares or provide any distributions until its fees for those services are paid.

 

Persons Depositing or Withdrawing Shares Must Pay:

  

For:

$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion thereof)

  Issuance of ADSs, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares or rights or other property
  CancellationCancelation of ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal, including if the deposit agreement terminates

$0.020.05 (or less) per ADS (or portion thereof)

  Any cash distribution to ADS holders

$0.05 (or less) per ADS per calendar year

Depositary services
A fee equivalent to the fee that would be payable if securities distributed to you had been shares and the shares had been deposited for issuance of ADSs  Distribution of securities distributed to holders of deposited securities which are distributed by the depositary to ADS holders
Registration or transfer fees  Transfer and registration of shares on our share register to or from the name of the depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw shares
Expenses of the depositary  Cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement)
  Converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars
Taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian have to pay on any ADS or share underlying an ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes  As necessary
Any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities  As necessary

Fees and Payments from the Depositary to Us

In the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, we did not receive anyreceived from the depositary a reimbursement of US$171,635.09, net of withholding tax, for our continuing annual stock exchange listing fees and payments from our depositary.expenses incurred in

connection with investor relationship programs. In addition, the depositary has agreed to reimburse us certain amount per year of the facility, including but not limited to, investor relations expenses or any other American depositary receipts program related expenses. The amount of such reimbursements is subject to certain limits.

PART II

Item 13— DEFAULTS, DIVIDENDS ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

None.

Item 14 — MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

Item 15— CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of the Management on Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our Chairman, who currently performs the function of Chief Executive Officer,chairman, president and our Chief Financial Officer,CFO, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the United States Exchange Act Rules13a-15(e) and 15d(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this annual report, have concluded that, as of such date, our company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file and furnish under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’sSEC’s rules and regulations and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our company’s management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of our company’s management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, our company evaluated the effectiveness of the its internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in the framework inInternal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, our company’s management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2017.2020.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

The effectiveness of our company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20172020 has been audited by KPMG Huazhen LLP, our company’s independent registered public accountants, as stated below.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the StockholdersShareholders and Board of Directors

PetroChina Company Limited:

Opinion on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting

We have audited PetroChina Company Limited and subsidiaries’ (the Company)“Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2020, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017,2020, based on criteria established inInternal Control —– Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20172020 and 2016,2019, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years thenin the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated April 27, 201829, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that

controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/KPMG Huazhen LLP

Beijing, China

April 27, 201829, 2021

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal control over financial reporting. On May 14, 2013, the COSO published an updated Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) and related illustrative documents. We adopted the new framework in 2014.

Item 16A— AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Our audit committee is composed of two independent non-executive independent directors, Mr. Lin BoqiangCai Jinyong and Mr. Zhang Biyi,Jiang, Simon X., and onenon-executive director, Mr. Liu Yuezhen. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practices — Audit Committee”. Mr. Zhang Biyi,Cai Jinyong, our independent non-executive independent director, has been confirmed as a “financial expert” as defined in Item 16A ofForm 20-F.

Item 16B— CODE OF ETHICS

We adopted our code of business conduct and ethics for senior management on March 23, 2004 and our code of business conduct and ethics for employees on March 2, 2005 and have disclosed the content of both codes on our website.

These two Codes of Ethics may be accessed as follows:

1. From our main web page, first click on “Investor Relations”.

2. Next, click on “Corporate Governance Structure”.

3. Finally, click on “Code of Ethics for Senior Management” or “Code of Ethics for Employees of PetroChina Company Limited”.

This 20-F also includes both of the codes as exhibit 11.1 and 11.2.

Item 16C— PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

KPMG Huazhen LLP (“KPMG Huazhen”) served as our independent accountant for the fiscal years of 20162019 and 2017.2020. The office of KPMG Huazhen LLP is located at 8th Floor, KPMG Tower, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang An Avenue, Beijing.Beijing, China.

The following table presents the aggregate fees paid by us (not including our subsidiaries) for professional audit services, tax and other services rendered by KPMG Huazhen LLP to us for each of the years ended December 31, 20162019 and 2017,2020, respectively.

 

  December 31, 
          2016                   2017          December 31, 
  RMB   RMB  2019 2020 
  (In millions)  RMB in millions 

Audit fees

   53    53  53  49 

Audit-related fees

   —      —     —   — 

Tax fees

   —      —     —   — 

All other fees

   —      —     —   — 
  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total

   53    53  53  49 
  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

The auditors’ remuneration above represented the annual fees paid by us for the years indicated. The remuneration did not include fees of RMB52RMB62 million (2016: RMB66(2019: RMB60 million) paid by our subsidiaries to KPMG Huazhen LLP and its network firms which primarily included audit fees of RMB40RMB52 million (2016:(2019: RMB50 million), audit-related fees of RMB8RMB6 million (2016: RMB8(2019: RMB7 million) and tax fees of RMB3 million (2016: RMB7(2019: RMB2 million), and other service fees of RMB1 million (2016:(2019: RMB1 million), respectively. The decrease in our fees paid in 2017 compared to 2016 was primarily due to the decrease in the audit fees of certain subsidiaries, such as Kunlun Gas and its subsidiaries.

Audit CommitteePre-approved Policies and Procedures

Currently, all audit services to be provided by our independent registered public accountant KPMG Huazhen LLP, must be approvedpre-approved by our audit committee.

During the year ended December 31, 2017,2020, services relating to all non-audit related fees provided to us by KPMG Huazhen LLP were approved by our audit committee in accordance with the de minimis exception to the pre-approval requirement provided by paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Item 16D— EXEMPTIONS FROM LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

We rely on an exemption contained in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule10A-3 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, from the New York Stock Exchange listing requirement that each member of

the audit committee of a listed issuer must be independent. Our singlenon-independent audit committee member, who is a representative of CNPC, has only observer status and is not entitled to take any action ata voting member, nor the chairman of the audit committee of our board of directors, which qualifies us for the exemption from the independence requirements available under paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule10A-3. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practice — Audit Committee.” We believe our reliance on this exemption does not have any adverse effect on the ability of our audit committee to act independently.

Item 16E — PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

Item 16F — CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

Not applicable.

Item 16G — CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We are incorporated under the laws of the PRC, with A Shares publicly traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, or the SSE, and H Shares publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, or the HKSE, and American Deposit Shares representing H Shares on the NYSE. As a result, our corporate governance framework is subject to the mandatory provisions of the PRC Company Law and the Corporate Governance Rules as well as the securities laws, regulations and the listing rules of Hong Kong and the United States.

The following discussion summarizes the significant differences between our corporate governance practices and those that would apply to a U.S. domestic issuer under the NYSE corporate governance rules.

Director Independence

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.01, a listed company must have a majority of independent directors on its board of directors. A company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company, or a controlled company, is not required to comply with this requirement. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have a majority of independent directors on our board of directors. As of the date of this report, four of our 13 directors were independentnon-executive directors.

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.03, thenon-management directors of a listed company must meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management. There are no mandatory requirements under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules that a listed company should hold, and we currently do not hold, such executive sessions.

Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.04, a listed company must have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors, with a written charter that covers certain minimum specified duties, but a controlled company is not required to comply with this requirement. The Corporate Governance Code as amended by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong provides that issuers shall establish a nominating committee, and a majority of which should be independentnon-executive directors and the chairman shall be served by an independentnon-executive director or the board chairman. We are not required under the PRC Company Law to have a nominating/corporate governance committee. We set up a nominating committee in August 2015, which consists of the chairman of our board of directors and two independent directors.

Compensation Committee

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.05, a listed company must have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors, with a written charter that covers certain minimum specified duties. A controlled company is not required to comply with this requirement. We are not required under the PRC Company Law to have a compensation committee. Under the Corporate Governance Code of the HKSE Listing Rules, a listed company must have a remuneration committee composed of a majority of independentnon-executive directors, with a written term of references that covers certain minimum specified duties.

We currently do not have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. However, we have an evaluation and remuneration committee including a majority of independentnon-executive directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.09, a listed company must adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines that cover certain minimum specified subjects. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have, and we do not currently have, formal corporate governance guidelines. However, we have the Articles of Association, the Rules and Procedures of Board of Directors and the Trial Implementation Rules for Compensation of Senior Management that address the following subjects:

director qualification standards and responsibilities;

key board committee responsibilities;

director compensation; and

director orientation and continuing education.

In addition, under the HKSE Listing Rules, we are expected to comply with, but may choose to deviate from, certain code provisions in the Corporate Governance Code of the Listing Rules which sets forth the principles and standards of corporate governance for listed companies. Pursuant to the HKSE Listing Rules, if we choose to deviate from any code provisions of the Corporate Governance Code, we must disclose such deviations in our annual report.

In 2009, we formulated the Administrative Measures on Independent Directors, the Administrative Rules on Holding of Company Shares by Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management, the Administrative Measures on Investor’s Relationship and the rules and procedures of the Audit Committee, the Performance Review and Compensation Committee, the Investment and Development Committee, and the Safety and Environmental Protection Committee. All these policies have further enhanced our corporate governance system and can ensure the better performance of duties of directors, supervisors, senior managers and committee members. In 2015, we set up a nominating committee and formulated the Rules of Procedures of the Nominating Committee.

In 2017, we revised our articles of association according to relevant regulatory requirements. We added the cumulative voting provisions, and defined the role of the Party’s core leadership in the articles of association. Ourby-laws with respect to general meeting, board of directors and board of supervisors were also amended in line with the amendment to the articles.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.10, a listed company must adopt and disclose its code of business conduct and ethics for directors, officers and employees, and promptly disclose any waivers of the code for directors or executive officers. See “Item 16B – Code of Ethics”. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have, and we do not currently have, a code of business conduct

and ethics for directors. However, pursuant to the HKSE Listing Rules, all of our directors must comply with the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Companies (the “Model Code”) as set out in the Listing Rules. The Model Code sets forth required standards with which the directors of a listed company must comply in securities transactions of the listed company.

CEO Certification Requirements

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.12(a), each listed company’s CEO must certify to the NYSE each year that he or she is not aware of any violation by the company of NYSE corporate governance listing standards. Our CEO is not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to submit, and our CEO does not currently submit, such certification. Instead, our chairman, who performs the duties of the CEO, does the certification.

Item 16H — MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

PART III

Item 17 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We have elected to provide the financial statements and related information specified in Item 18 in lieu of Item 17.

Item 18— FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See pageF-1 to F-62 following Item 19.

Item 19— EXHIBITS

(a) See Item 18 for a list of the financial statements as part of this annual report.

(b) Exhibits to this annual report.

Exhibit

Number

Description of

Exhibits

  1.1Articles of Association (as amended on October  26, 2017) (English translation)(3)
  4.1Non-competition Agreement between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.2Trademark Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.3Patent andKnow-how Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.4Computer Software Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.5Contract for Transfer of Rights under Production Sharing Contracts between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.6Contract for the Supervision of Certain Sales Enterprises between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.7Form of Agreement for the Transfer of Rights and Interests under the Retainer Contracts relating to Oil Exploration and Exploitation in Lengjiapu Area, Liaohe Oil Region and No. 9.1 — 9.5 Areas, Karamay Oil Field (English translation)(1)

Exhibit

Number

Description of

Exhibits

  4.8*Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement, dated August 24, 2017, between CNPC and PetroChina.
  4.9*Land Lease Agreement, dated August 24, 2017, between CNPC and PetroChina
  4.10*Building Lease Agreement, dated August 24, 2017, between CNPC and PetroChina
  4.11*Annual Crude Oil Mutual Supply Framework Agreement, dated January 1, 2018, between China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation and PetroChina (English translation)
  8.1*List of major subsidiaries
11.1Code of Ethics for Senior Management(2)
11.2Code of Ethics for Employees(2)
12.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.1*Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.2*Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2017 prepared by DeGolyer and MacNaughton
15.2*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2017 prepared by Ryder Scott
15.3*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2017 prepared by GLJ Petroleum Consultants
15.4*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2017 prepared by McDaniel & Associates Consultants, Ltd.
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*To be filed as exhibits to this Form20-F.
(1)Paper filing; incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on FormF-1 (FileNo. 333-11566) filed with the Commission, as declared effective on March 29, 2000.
(2)Incorporated by reference to our annual report on Form20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (FileNo. 1-15006) filed with the Commission.
(3)Incorporated by reference to our report on Form6-K (FileNo. 1-15006) filed with the Commission on October 26, 2017.

SIGNATURE

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
/s/Wu Enlai
Name: Wu Enlai
Title: Secretary to Board of Directors

Date: April 27, 2018

INDEX OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page

PetroChina Company Limited and its Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms

F-2

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

F-4

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December  31, 2017 and 2016

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December  31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

F-6

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

F-8

Notes to the Financial Statements

F-9

Supplementary Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities (Unaudited)

F-55

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the StockholdersShareholders and Board of Directors

PetroChina Company Limited:

Opinion on the ConsolidatedInternal Control Over Financial StatementsReporting

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of PetroChina Company Limited and subsidiariessubsidiaries’ (the Company)“Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017 and 2016,2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the related consolidated statementsCommittee of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flows forSponsoring Organizations of the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements).Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly,Company maintained, in all material respects, theeffective internal control over financial position of the Companyreporting as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended,2020, based on criteria established in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards asInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by International Accounting Standards Board.the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated April 29, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established inInternal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizationsand for its assessment of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated April 27, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements arereporting, included in the responsibility of the Company’s management.accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidatedthe Company’s internal control over financial statementsreporting based on our audits.audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our auditsaudit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the consolidated financial statements are freerisk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.internal control based on the assessed risk. Our auditsaudit also included performing such other procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosuresas we considered necessary in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.circumstances. We believe that our audits provideaudit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that

controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/KPMG Huazhen LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.

Beijing, China

April 27, 201829, 2021

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the year ended December 31, 2020, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 16A— AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Our audit committee is composed of two independent non-executive directors, Cai Jinyong and Mr. Jiang, Simon X., and one non-executive director, Mr. Liu Yuezhen. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practices — Audit Committee”. Mr. Cai Jinyong, our independent non-executive director, has been confirmed as a “financial expert” as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F.

Item 16B — CODE OF ETHICS

We adopted our code of business conduct and ethics for senior management on March 23, 2004 and our code of business conduct and ethics for employees on March 2, 2005 and have disclosed the content of both codes on our website.

These two Codes of Ethics may be accessed as follows:

1. From our main web page, first click on “Investor Relations”.

2. Next, click on “Corporate Governance Structure”.

3. Finally, click on “Code of Ethics for Senior Management” or “Code of Ethics for Employees of PetroChina Company Limited”.

This 20-F also includes both of the codes as exhibit 11.1 and 11.2.

Item 16C — PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

KPMG Huazhen LLP (“KPMG Huazhen”) served as our independent accountant for the fiscal years of 2019 and 2020. The office of KPMG Huazhen is located at 8th Floor, KPMG Tower, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang An Avenue, Beijing, China.

The following table presents the aggregate fees paid by us (not including our subsidiaries) for professional audit services, tax and other services rendered by KPMG Huazhen to us for each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

  December 31, 
  2019  2020 
  RMB in millions 

Audit fees

  53   49 

Audit-related fees

  —   — 

Tax fees

  —   — 

All other fees

  —   — 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

  53   49 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

The auditors’ remuneration above represented the annual fees paid by us for the years indicated. The remuneration did not include fees of RMB62 million (2019: RMB60 million) paid by our subsidiaries to KPMG Huazhen and its network firms which primarily included audit fees of RMB52 million (2019: RMB50 million), audit-related fees of RMB6 million (2019: RMB7 million) and tax fees of RMB3 million (2019: RMB2 million), and other service fees of RMB1 million (2019: RMB1 million), respectively.

Audit Committee Pre-approved Policies and Procedures

Currently, all services to be provided by our independent registered public accountant must be pre-approved by our audit committee.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, services relating to all non-audit related fees provided to us by KPMG Huazhen were approved by our audit committee in accordance with the de minimis exception to the pre-approval requirement provided by paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Item 16D — EXEMPTIONS FROM LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

We rely on an exemption contained in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, from the New York Stock Exchange listing requirement that each member of the audit committee of a listed issuer must be independent. Our single non-independent audit committee member, who is a representative of CNPC, is not a voting member, nor the chairman of the audit committee of our board of directors, which qualifies us for the exemption from the independence requirements available under paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule 10A-3. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practice — Audit Committee.” We believe our reliance on this exemption does not have any adverse effect on the ability of our audit committee to act independently.

Item 16E — PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

Item 16F — CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

PetroChina Company Limited:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited PetroChina Company Limited and subsidiaries’ (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated statements of financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated April 29, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that

controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG Huazhen LLP

Beijing, China

April 29, 2021

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the year ended December 31, 2020, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 16A— AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Our audit committee is composed of two independent non-executive directors, Cai Jinyong and Mr. Jiang, Simon X., and one non-executive director, Mr. Liu Yuezhen. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practices — Audit Committee”. Mr. Cai Jinyong, our independent non-executive director, has been confirmed as a “financial expert” as defined in Item 16A of Form 20-F.

Item 16B — CODE OF ETHICS

We adopted our code of business conduct and ethics for senior management on March 23, 2004 and our code of business conduct and ethics for employees on March 2, 2005 and have disclosed the content of both codes on our website.

These two Codes of Ethics may be accessed as follows:

1. From our main web page, first click on “Investor Relations”.

2. Next, click on “Corporate Governance Structure”.

3. Finally, click on “Code of Ethics for Senior Management” or “Code of Ethics for Employees of PetroChina Company Limited”.

This 20-F also includes both of the codes as exhibit 11.1 and 11.2.

Item 16C — PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

KPMG Huazhen LLP (“KPMG Huazhen”) served as our independent accountant for the fiscal years of 2019 and 2020. The office of KPMG Huazhen is located at 8th Floor, KPMG Tower, Oriental Plaza, 1 East Chang An Avenue, Beijing, China.

The following table presents the aggregate fees paid by us (not including our subsidiaries) for professional audit services, tax and other services rendered by KPMG Huazhen to us for each of the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

  December 31, 
  2019  2020 
  RMB in millions 

Audit fees

  53   49 

Audit-related fees

  —   — 

Tax fees

  —   — 

All other fees

  —   — 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

  53   49 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

The auditors’ remuneration above represented the annual fees paid by us for the years indicated. The remuneration did not include fees of RMB62 million (2019: RMB60 million) paid by our subsidiaries to KPMG Huazhen and its network firms which primarily included audit fees of RMB52 million (2019: RMB50 million), audit-related fees of RMB6 million (2019: RMB7 million) and tax fees of RMB3 million (2019: RMB2 million), and other service fees of RMB1 million (2019: RMB1 million), respectively.

Audit Committee Pre-approved Policies and Procedures

Currently, all services to be provided by our independent registered public accountant must be pre-approved by our audit committee.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, services relating to all non-audit related fees provided to us by KPMG Huazhen were approved by our audit committee in accordance with the de minimis exception to the pre-approval requirement provided by paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Item 16D — EXEMPTIONS FROM LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

We rely on an exemption contained in paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, from the New York Stock Exchange listing requirement that each member of the audit committee of a listed issuer must be independent. Our single non-independent audit committee member, who is a representative of CNPC, is not a voting member, nor the chairman of the audit committee of our board of directors, which qualifies us for the exemption from the independence requirements available under paragraph (b)(1)(iv)(D) of Rule 10A-3. See “Item 6 — Directors, Senior Management and Employees — Board Practice — Audit Committee.” We believe our reliance on this exemption does not have any adverse effect on the ability of our audit committee to act independently.

Item 16E — PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

Item 16F — CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

Pursuant to the applicable regulatory requirement of the PRC government in relation to mandatory auditor rotation, on March 25, 2021, our board of directors approved not to re-appoint KPMG Huazhen as our principal accountant, upon completion of their audits of our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, and the issuance of their reports thereon. Our board of directors, pursuant to an open selection process and as recommended by the audit committee, resolved to propose to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP (“PwC”) as our principal accountant for the year ended December 31, 2021, with effect from being approved at the general meeting to be held on June 10, 2021.

The audit reports of KPMG Huazhen on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles, except as follows: KPMG Huazhen’s report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, contained a separate paragraph stating that “As discussed in Note 3(ac)(ii) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard 16 “Leases”.”

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and through April 29, 2021, there were no: (1) disagreements with KPMG Huazhen on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statements

disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to their satisfaction, would have caused them to make reference in connection with their opinion to the subject matter of the disagreements; or (2) reportable events (as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F).

We have provided KPMG Huazhen with the foregoing disclosure and requested KPMG Huazhen to furnish us with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether they agree with such disclosure, and if not, stating the respects in which they do not agree. A copy of the letter furnished by KPMG Huazhen, dated April 29, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 15.6 to this annual report on Form 20-F.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and through April 29, 2021, neither we nor anyone on our behalf consulted PwC regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or proposed transaction or regarding the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(iv) of Form 20-F) or a reportable event (as defined in Item 16F(a)(1)(v) of Form 20-F) . Also, during the two most recent fiscal years and through April 29, 2021, we have not obtained any written report or oral advice that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue.

Item 16G — CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We are incorporated under the laws of the PRC, with A Shares publicly traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, or the SSE, and H Shares publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, or the HKSE, and American Deposit Shares representing H Shares on the NYSE. As a result, our corporate governance framework is subject to the mandatory provisions of the PRC Company Law and the Corporate Governance Rules as well as the securities laws, regulations and the listing rules of Hong Kong and the United States.

The following discussion summarizes the significant differences between our corporate governance practices and those that would apply to a U.S. domestic issuer under the NYSE corporate governance rules.

Director Independence

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.01, a listed company must have a majority of independent directors on its board of directors. A company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company, or a controlled company, is not required to comply with this requirement. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have a majority of independent directors on our board of directors. As of the date of this report, five of our 11 directors were independent non-executive directors.

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.03, the non-management directors of a listed company must meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management. There are no mandatory requirements under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules that a listed company should hold, and we currently do not hold, such executive sessions.

Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.04, a listed company must have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed entirely of independent directors, with a written charter that covers certain minimum specified duties, but a controlled company is not required to comply with this requirement. The Corporate Governance Code as amended by the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong provides that issuers shall establish a nominating committee, and a majority of which should be independent non-executive directors and the chairman shall be served by an independent non-executive director or the board chairman. We are not required under the PRC Company Law to have a nominating/corporate governance committee. We set up a nominating committee, which consists of the chairman of our board of directors and two independent non-executive directors.

Compensation Committee

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.05, a listed company must have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors, with a written charter that covers certain minimum specified duties. A controlled company is not required to comply with this requirement. We are not required under the PRC Company Law to have a compensation committee. Under the Corporate Governance Code of the HKSE Listing Rules, a listed company must have a remuneration committee composed of a majority of independent non-executive directors, with a written term of references that covers certain minimum specified duties.

We currently do not have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors. However, we have an evaluation and remuneration committee including a majority of independent non-executive directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.09, a listed company must adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines that cover certain minimum specified subjects. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have, and we do not currently have, formal corporate governance guidelines. However, we have the Articles of Association, the Rules and Procedures of Board of Directors and the Implementation Rules for Compensation of Senior Management that address the following subjects:

director qualification standards and responsibilities;

key board committee responsibilities;

director compensation; and

director orientation and continuing education.

In 2009, we formulated the Administrative Measures on Independent Directors, the Administrative Rules on Holding of Company Shares by Directors, Supervisors and Senior Management, the Administrative Measures on Investor’s Relationship and the rules and procedures of the Audit Committee, the Performance Review and Compensation Committee, the Investment and Development Committee, and the Safety and Environmental Protection Committee. All these policies have further enhanced our corporate governance system and can ensure the better performance of duties of directors, supervisors, senior managers and committee members. In 2015, we set up a nominating committee and formulated the Rules of Procedures of the Nominating Committee. In 2017, we revised our articles of association according to relevant regulatory requirements. We added the cumulative voting provisions, and defined the role of the CPC’s core leadership in the articles of association. Our by-laws with respect to general meeting, board of directors and supervisory committee were also amended in line with the amendment to the articles. In 2018, we formulated the Corporate Guarantee Management Measures and revised the Measures for Registration of Insiders of Insider Information. In 2019, we formulated the Procedures of Appointment of Directors.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.10, a listed company must adopt and disclose its code of business conduct and ethics for directors, officers and employees, and promptly disclose any waivers of the code for directors or executive officers. See “Item 16B – Code of Ethics”. We are not required under the PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules to have, and we do not currently have, a code of business conduct and ethics for directors. However, pursuant to the HKSE Listing Rules, all of our directors must comply with the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of Listed Companies (the “Model Code”) as set out in the Listing Rules. The Model Code sets forth required standards with which the directors of a listed company must comply in securities transactions of the listed company.

CEO Certification Requirements

Under the NYSE corporate governance rule 303A.12(a), each listed company’s CEO must certify to the NYSE each year that he or she is not aware of any violation by the company of NYSE corporate governance listing standards. The PRC Company Law and the HKSE Listing Rules do not have such requirements. Our chairman performs the certification under the rule 303A.12(a).

Item 16H — MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

PART III

Item 17 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We have elected to provide the financial statements and related information specified in Item 18 in lieu of Item 17.

Item 18— FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See page F-1 to F-79 following Item 19.

Item 19— EXHIBITS

(a) See Item 18 for a list of the financial statements as part of this annual report.

(b) Exhibits to this annual report.

Exhibit
Number

Description of
Exhibits

  1.1Articles of Association (as amended on June 11, 2020) (English translation)(4)
  2.1A description of rights of each class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(3)
  4.1Non-competition Agreement between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.2Trademark Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.3Patent and Know-how Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.4Computer Software Licensing Contract between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.5Contract for Transfer of Rights under Production Sharing Contracts between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.6Contract for the Supervision of Certain Sales Enterprises between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)(1)
  4.7*Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement, dated August 27, 2020, between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)
  4.8*Letter of Confirmation regarding the Land Use Rights Lease Agreement and Building Lease Agreement, dated August 27, 2020, between CNPC and PetroChina (English translation)
  4.9*Framework Agreement on the Transaction of Oil and Gas Pipeline Related Assets between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.10*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Pipeline Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)

Exhibit
Number

Description of
Exhibits

4.11*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Shandong Natural Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.12*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Shandong Oil Transmission Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.13*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Huixin Oil Products Storage and Transmission Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.14*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Jilin Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.15*Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Guizhou Natural Gas Pipeline Network Co., Ltd.
4.16*Equity Acquisition Agreement on Jiangxi Natural Gas Investment Co., Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.17*Equity Acquisition Agreement on Shengang Natural Gas Pipeline Co, Ltd. between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.18*Disposal Agreement on Relevant Assets of Oil and Gas Pipelines from Guangdong Natural Gas Pipeline Network Co., Ltd. and Others between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.19*Production and Operation Agreement between PipeChina and PetroChina (English Translation)
4.20*Equity Transfer Agreement on PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. and PetroChina Dalian LNG Company Limited between PipeChina and Kunlun Energy (English Translation)
8.1*List of major subsidiaries
11.1Code of Ethics for Senior Management(2)
11.2Code of Ethics for Employees(2)
12.1*Certification of Chairman required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.2*Certification of President required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
12.3*Certification of CFO required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.1*Certification of Chairman required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.2*Certification of President required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.3*Certification of CFO required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2020 prepared by DeGolyer and MacNaughton
15.2*Reserves Audit Report for the year ended on December 31, 2020 prepared by DeGolyer and MacNaughton

Exhibit
Number

Description of
Exhibits

15.3*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2020 prepared by Ryder Scott
15.4*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2020 prepared by GLJ Petroleum Consultants
15.5*Reserves Report for the year ended on December 31, 2020 prepared by McDaniel & Associates Consultants, Ltd.
15.6*Letter of KPMG Huazhen
101.INS*XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*

To be filed as exhibits to this Form 20-F.

**

To be furnished as exhibits to this Form 20-F.

(1)

Paper filing; incorporated into this annual report by reference to our Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-11566) filed with the Commission, as declared effective on March 29, 2000.

(2)

Incorporated into this annual report by reference to the exhibits to Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 1-15006) filed with the Commission.

(3)

Incorporated into this annual report by reference to the exhibits to Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (File No. 1-15006) filed with the Commission.

(4)

Incorporated into this annual report by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Form 6-K (File No. 1-15006) furnished to the Commission on June 12, 2020.

SIGNATURE

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED
/s/Chai Shouping
Name: Chai Shouping
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary to Board of Directors

Date: April 29, 2021

INDEX OF CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page

PetroChina Company Limited and its Subsidiaries

Consolidated Financial Statements

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

F-2

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-4

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of December  31, 2020 and 2019

F-5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December  31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-6

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018

F-8

Notes to the Financial Statements

F-9

Supplementary Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities (Unaudited)

F-71

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors

PetroChina Company Limited:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income, changes in equity, and cash flowsfinancial position of PetroChina Company Limited and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity for each of the yearyears in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015. 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by International Accounting Standards Board.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated April 29, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 3(ac)(ii) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has changed its method of accounting for leases as of January 1, 2019 due to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard 16 “Leases”.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our auditaudits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includesmisstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An auditOur audits also includes assessingincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audit providesaudits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements referredthat was communicated or required to above present fairly,be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (continued)

audit matter does not alter in all material respects,any way our opinion on the results ofconsolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the operations andcritical audit matter below, providing separate opinions on the cash flows ofcritical audit matter or on the Company for the year ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

/s/ KPMG

Assessment of impairment of oil and gas properties

The critical audit matter

How the matter was addressed in our audit

As discussed in notes 3(g), 3(h), 5(b) and 15 to the consolidated financial statements, oil and gas properties as included in property, plant and equipment amounted to Renminbi (“RMB”)813,888 million as at December 31, 2020 and the impairment losses recognized for oil and gas properties for the year ended December 31, 2020 were RMB13,908 million.

The Company allocates oil and gas properties to separately identifiable cash-generating units (“CGUs”) and reviews these CGUs for possible impairment by considering events or changes in circumstances indicating that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Such events and changes in circumstances include the economic impact on these CGUs resulting from lower oil and gas prices, higher production costs and decline in oil and gas reserve volumes as estimated by the reserves specialists in accordance with recognized industry standards.

For those CGUs where an impairment indicator is identified, the Company compares the carrying amount of individual CGU with its recoverable amount, which is estimated by calculating the value in use using a discounted cash flow forecast, to determine the impairment loss to be recognized, if any.

We identified assessment of impairment of oil and gas properties as a critical audit matter because the recoverable amounts of these CGUs are sensitive to the changes to future selling prices and production costs for crude oil and natural gas; future production profiles; and discount rates and therefore a higher degree of subjective auditor judgment was required to evaluate the Company’s impairment assessment of oil and gas properties.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following:

•  tested certain internal controls over the processes for impairment assessment of oil and gas properties;

•  evaluated the Company’s identification of CGUs, allocation of assets to the CGUs and identification of impairment indicators;

•  assessed the competence, capabilities and objectivity of the Company’s reserves specialists and evaluated the methodology adopted by them in estimating the oil and gas reserves against the recognized industry standards;

•  evaluated the future selling prices for crude oil and natural gas used in the discounted cash flow forecasts by comparing them with the Company’s business plans and forecasts by external analysts;

•  evaluated the future production costs and future production profiles used in the discounted cash flow forecasts by comparing them with oil and gas reserves reports issued by the reserves specialists;

•  involved our internal professionals with skills and knowledge on valuation to assist us in assessing the discount rate applied in the discounted cash flow forecasts against a discount rate range that was independently developed using publicly available market data for comparable companies in the same industry; and

•  compared the actual results for current year with the Company’s forecasts prepared in prior year to assess the Company’s ability to accurately forecast.

Hong Kong, China

April 28, 2016

/s/ KPMG Huazhen LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.
Beijing, China
April 29, 2021

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018

(Amounts in millions, except for the per share data)

 

 Notes   2017 2016 2015   Notes   2020 2019 2018Note 
     RMB RMB RMB       RMB RMB RMB 

REVENUE

 6    2,015,890  1,616,903  1,725,428    6    1,933,836  2,516,810  2,374,934 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

           

Purchases, services and other

    (1,285,716)  (959,640)  (1,056,795)      (1,267,797)  (1,697,834)  (1,553,784) 

Employee compensation costs

 8    (125,384)  (117,662)  (118,082)    8    (147,604)  (154,318)  (144,391) 

Exploration expenses, including exploratory dry holes

    (23,884)  (18,576)  (18,380)      (19,333)  (20,775)  (18,726) 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    (237,375)  (218,147)  (202,875)      (213,875)  (225,262)  (232,276) 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    (77,042)  (74,255)  (71,270)      (64,345)  (68,596)  (74,477) 

Taxes other than income taxes

 9    (198,022)  (189,608)  (205,884)    9    (195,850)  (228,436)  (220,677) 

Other (expenses) / income, net

    (745)  21,620  27,110 

Other income/(expenses) net

   41    50,905  173  (7,661) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES

    (1,948,168)  (1,556,268)  (1,646,176)      (1,857,899)  (2,395,048)  (2,251,992) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS

    67,722  60,635  79,252      75,937  121,762  122,942 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

FINANCE COSTS

           

Exchange gain

    8,217  12,828  9,536      14,387  10,017  12,701 

Exchange loss

    (9,311)  (11,571)  (10,168)      (14,279)  (10,016)  (11,581) 

Interest income

    2,901  2,491  2,019      3,023  3,631  3,779 

Interest expense

 10    (22,408)  (23,348)  (24,328)    10    (26,528)  (30,409)  (22,718) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

TOTAL NET FINANCE COSTS

    (20,601)  (19,600)  (22,941)      (23,397)  (26,777)  (17,819) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

SHARE OF PROFIT OF ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

 16    5,968  4,105  1,504      3,533  8,229  11,647 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 7    53,089  45,140  57,815    7    56,073  103,214  116,770 

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 12    (16,296)  (15,768)  (15,726)    12    (22,588)  (36,199)  (42,790) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR

    36,793  29,372  42,089      33,485  67,015  73,980 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME RECLASSIFIABLE TO PROFIT OR LOSS

     

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

      

Item that will not be reclassified to profit or loss

      

Fair value changes in equity investment measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

     113  156  (201) 

Items that are or may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

      

Currency translation differences

    (431)  9,404  (20,965)      (10,802)  8,357  (2,667) 

Fair value (loss)/ gain fromavailable-for-sale financial assets, net of tax

    (608)  (128)  596 

Share of the other comprehensive (loss) / income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method

    (326)  313  130 

Share of the other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method

     (441)  417  220 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) / INCOME, NET OF TAX

    (1,365)  9,589  (20,239) 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET OF TAX

     (11,130)  8,930  (2,648) 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR

    35,428  38,961  21,850      22,355  75,945  71,332 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO:

           

Owners of the Company

    22,798  7,857  35,517      19,006  45,682  53,036 

Non-controlling interests

    13,995  21,515  6,572      14,479  21,333  20,944 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 
    36,793  29,372  42,089       33,485 67,015 73,980 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ATTRIBUTABLE TO:

           

Owners of the Company

    23,685  15,814  18,965      14,634  50,323  48,072 

Non-controlling interests

    11,743  23,147  2,885      7,721  25,622  23,260 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 
    35,428  38,961  21,850       22,355 75,945 71,332 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY(RMB)

 13    0.12  0.04  0.19    13    0.10  0.25  0.29 
   

 

  

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Note:

The Group has initially applied IFRS 16 at January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. Under this approach, the comparative information is not restated in this respect (see Note 3(ac)).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As of December 31, 20172020 and 20162019

(Amounts in millions)

 

  Notes   2017 2016   Notes  2020 2019 
      RMB RMB      RMB RMB 

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

          

Property, plant and equipment

   15    1,702,813  1,739,545   15   1,452,091  1,783,224 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

   16    81,159  78,967   16   250,603  102,073 

Available-for-sale financial assets

   17    1,917  2,011 

Advance operating lease payments

   19    73,896  71,353 

Equity investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

  17   902  922 

Right-of-use assets

  42   209,786  254,736 

Intangible and othernon-current assets

   20    92,941  102,750   19   67,494  100,663 

Deferred tax assets

   30    26,724  20,360   31   11,364  24,259 

Time deposits with maturities over one year

     9,119  120 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTALNON-CURRENT ASSETS

     1,979,450  2,014,986      2,001,359  2,265,997 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS

          

Inventories

   21    144,669  146,865   20   128,539  181,921 

Accounts receivable

   22    53,143  47,315   21   52,325  64,184 

Prepayments and other current assets

   23    72,014  77,583   22   109,262  103,127 

Notes receivable

   24    19,215  11,285   23   8,076  7,016 

Time deposits with maturities over three months but within one year

     13,344  686      27,319  24,256 

Cash and cash equivalents

   25    122,777  97,931   24   118,631  86,409 

Assets held for sale

  25   42,615   —   
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

     425,162  381,665      486,767  466,913 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

CURRENT LIABILITIES

          

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   26    343,819  310,680   26   316,140  328,314 

Contract liabilities

  27   91,477  82,490 

Income taxes payable

     9,533  8,743      3,730  7,564 

Other taxes payable

     47,898  36,456      59,994  59,818 

Short-term borrowings

   27    175,417  143,384   28   117,542  175,840 

Lease liabilities

  42   6,579  7,393 

Liabilities directly associated with the assets held for sale

  25   9,956   —   
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

     576,667  499,263      605,418  661,419 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

     (151,505)  (117,598)      (118,651)  (194,506) 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

     1,827,945  1,897,388      1,882,708  2,071,491 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

EQUITY

          

EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY:

          

Share capital

   28    183,021  183,021   29   183,021  183,021 

Retained earnings

     712,437  711,197      727,955  743,124 

Reserves

   29    298,062  294,806   30   304,182  304,011 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY

     1,193,520  1,189,024      1,215,158  1,230,156 

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

     187,799  183,711      151,463  214,149 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY

     1,381,319  1,372,735      1,366,621  1,444,305 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

          

Long-term borrowings

   27    289,858  372,887   28   251,379  290,882 

Asset retirement obligations

   31    131,546  125,392   32   114,819  137,935 

Lease liabilities

  42   122,644  164,143 

Deferred tax liabilities

   30    12,660  13,640   31   16,380  21,411 

Other long-term obligations

     12,562  12,734      10,865  12,815 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTALNON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

     446,626  524,653      516,087  627,186 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

TOTAL EQUITY ANDNON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

     1,827,945  1,897,388      1,882,708  2,071,491 
    

 

  

 

     

 

  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018

(Amounts in millions)

 

  2017 2016 2015   2020 2019 2018Note 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

      

Profit for the year

   36,793  29,372  42,089    33,485  67,015  73,980 

Adjustments for:

        

Income tax expense

   16,296  15,768  15,726    22,588  36,199  42,790 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   237,375  218,147  202,875    213,875  225,262  232,276 

Capitalized exploratory costs charged to expense

   9,455  9,689  9,608    8,934  8,900  8,579 

Safety fund reserve

   327  1,614  1,434    (1,505)  (1,318)  608 

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures

   (5,968)  (4,105)  (1,504)    (3,533)  (8,229)  (11,647) 

Provision for impairment of receivables, net

   3,254  1,609  74 

Accrual/(reversal) of provision for impairment of receivables, net

   343  (1,367)  15 

Write down in inventories, net

   1,069  2,634  3,335    8,151  1,260  4,230 

Impairment ofavailable-for-sale financial assets

   —    (2)  74 

Impairment of othernon-current assets

   3,784  115   —      —    22  77 

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

   4,939  7,972  4,661    5,398  9,809  16,761 

Remeasurement to fair value ofpre-existing interest in acquiree

   —     —    (22,807) 

Gain on disposal of othernon-current assets

   (108)  (37)  (1,476)    (1,142)  (501)  (501) 

Gain on disposal of subsidiaries

   (613)  (24,674)  (280)    (1,242)  (49)  (45) 

Gain on Pipeline restructuring

   (46,946)   —     —   

Dividend income

   —    (60)  (288)    (25)  (22)  (52) 

Interest income

   (2,901)  (2,491)  (2,019)    (3,023)  (3,631)  (3,779) 

Interest expense

   22,408  23,348  24,328    26,528  30,409  22,718 

Changes in working capital:

        

Accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets

   (2,779)  5,281  5,581 

Accounts receivable, prepayments and other current assets

   14,751  (5,017)  (9,280) 

Inventories

   1,141  (22,638)  36,256    43,645  (5,624)  (34,705) 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   65,229  16,825  (28,163)    8,410  27,416  49,127 

Contract liabilities

   8,987  14,346  892 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

CASH FLOWS GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS

   389,701  278,367  289,504    337,679  394,880  392,044 

Income taxes paid

   (23,046)  (13,188)  (28,192)    (19,104)  (35,270)  (38,788) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

NET CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

   366,655  265,179  261,312    318,575  359,610  353,256 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)

For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018

(Amounts in millions)

 

  2017 2016 2015   2020 2019 2018Note 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

        

Capital expenditures

   (229,239)  (181,054)  (217,750)    (248,376)  (319,686)  (267,310) 

Acquisition of investments in associates and joint ventures

   (3,901)  (2,008)  (1,637)    (2,599)  (4,326)  (2,911) 

Acquisition ofavailable-for-sale financial assets

   (16)  (400)  (625) 

Prepayments on long-term operating leases

   (3,928)  (2,586)  (2,524) 

Acquisition of equity investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

   —     —    (2) 

Prepayments on long-term leases

   (3,048)  (3,820)  (3,856) 

Acquisition of intangible assets and othernon-current assets

   (3,837)  (5,781)  (3,586)    (5,303)  (3,256)  (4,668) 

Payments for acquisition of joint venture and subsidiaries

   (1,106)   —    (6,496) 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   (1,947)  (183)   —   

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

   1,146  2,127  1,923    1,195  1,830  1,616 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   —     —    (17,855) 

Proceeds from disposal of othernon-current assets

   921  991  16,987    2,224  507  224 

Proceeds from Pipeline restructuring

   80,621   —     —   

Interest received

   2,227  2,079  1,585    2,532  2,860  2,963 

Dividends received

   7,181  10,505  9,617    4,778  4,865  5,438 

(Increase) / decrease in time deposits with maturities over three months

   (12,994)  240  4,482 

(Increase)/decrease in time deposits with maturities over three months

   (12,063)  (11,739)  694 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

NET CASH FLOWS USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES

   (243,546)  (175,887)  (215,879)    (181,986)  (332,948)  (267,812) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

        

Repayments of short-term borrowings

   (578,129)  (458,780)  (530,808)    (797,892)  (614,525)  (646,396) 

Repayments of long-term borrowings

   (195,984)  (285,519)  (250,745)    (219,770)  (171,226)  (123,745) 

Repayments of lease liabilities

   (12,794)  (17,623)   —   

Interest paid

   (19,590)  (19,276)  (20,777)    (16,700)  (16,830)  (19,392) 

Dividends paid tonon-controlling interests

   (12,621)  (2,401)  (5,314)    (14,264)  (14,245)  (15,207) 

Dividends paid to owners of the Company

   (19,626)  (8,450)  (29,005)    (28,078)  (30,684)  (27,369) 

Cash paid to acquire non-controlling interests

   (2)  (1,059)   —   

Capital reduction of subsidiaries

   (5)  (182)  (86) 

Increase in short-term borrowings

   601,862  460,478  481,762    751,157  634,896  615,781 

Increase in long-term borrowings

   128,390  247,429  311,809    238,335  201,562  88,500 

Capital contribution fromnon-controlling interests

   1,470  940  1,596 

Decrease in other long-term obligations

   (497)  (1,428)  (3,957) 

Cash contribution from non-controlling interests

   613  2,640  2,211 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

NET CASH FLOWS USED FOR FINANCING ACTIVITIES

   (94,725)  (67,007)  (45,439)    (99,400)  (27,276)  (125,703) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN CURRENCY

   (3,538)  2,873  (999)    (4,967)  1,069  2,513 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   24,846  25,158  (1,005) 

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   32,222  455  (37,746) 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

   97,931  72,773  73,778    86,409  85,954  123,700 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year

   122,777  97,931  72,773    118,631  86,409  85,954 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Note:

The Group has initially applied IFRS 16 at January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. Under this approach, the comparative information is not restated in this respect (see Note 3(ac)).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the Years Ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018

(Amounts in millions)

 

  Attributable to Owners of the Company  Non-controlling
Interests		  Total
Equity		 
  Share
Capital		  Retained
Earnings		  Reserves  Subtotal   
  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Balance at January 1, 2015

  183,021   707,303   285,570   1,175,894   141,887   1,317,781 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2015

  —     35,517   —     35,517   6,572   42,089 

Other comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2015

  —     —     (16,552)   (16,552)   (3,687)   (20,239) 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

  —     —     1,303   1,303   131   1,434 

Transfer to reserves

  —     (2,103)   2,103   —     —     —   

Dividends

  —     (29,005)   —     (29,005)   (5,515)   (34,520) 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

  —     —     12,530   12,530   23,755   36,285 

Capital contribution fromnon-controlling interests

  —     —     —     —     2,040   2,040 

Other

  —     43   (14)   29   (865)   (836) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

  183,021   711,755   284,940   1,179,716   164,318   1,344,034 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2016

  —     7,857   —     7,857   21,515   29,372 

Other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2016

  —     —     7,957   7,957   1,632   9,589 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

  —     —     1,540   1,540   74   1,614 

Dividends

  —     (8,450)   —     (8,450)   (4,282)   (12,732) 

Transaction withnon-controlling interests in subsidiaries

  —     —     224   224   (2,061)   (1,837) 

Capital contribution fromnon-controlling interests

  —     —     —     —     1,087   1,087 

Other

  —     35   145   180   1,428   1,608 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

  183,021   711,197   294,806   1,189,024   183,711   1,372,735 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2017

  —     22,798   —     22,798   13,995   36,793 

Other comprehensive income / (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2017

  —     —     887   887   (2,252)   (1,365) 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

  —     —     178   178   149   327 

Transfer to reserves

  —     (1,929)   1,929   —     —     —   

Dividends

  —     (19,626)   —     (19,626)   (10,404)   (30,030) 

Transaction withnon-controlling interests in subsidiaries

  —     —     289   289   649   938 

Capital contribution fromnon-controlling interests

  —     —     —     —     2,584   2,584 

Other

  —     (3)   (27)   (30)   (633)   (663) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

  183,021   712,437   298,062   1,193,520   187,799   1,381,319 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Attributable to owners of the Company  Non-
controlling
Interests		  Total
Equity		 
   Share
Capital		   Retained
Earnings		  Reserves  Subtotal       
   RMB   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Balance at January 1, 2018

   183,021    710,973   298,578   1,192,572   185,416   1,377,988 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2018

   —      53,036   —     53,036   20,944   73,980 

Other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2018

   —      —     (4,964)   (4,964)   2,316   (2,648) 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

   —      —     465   465   143   608 

Transfer to reserves

   —      (5,476)   5,476   —   —     —   

Dividends

   —      (27,369)   —     (27,369)   (15,423)   (42,792) 

Transaction with non-controlling interests in subsidiaries

   —      —     13   13   (24)   (11) 

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

   —      —     —     —     2,300   2,300 

Disposal of subsidiaries

   —      —     —     —     (879)   (879) 

Other

   —      (1)   31   30   315   345 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

   183,021    731,163   299,599   1,213,783   195,108   1,408,891 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2019Note

   183,021    731,163   299,599   1,213,783   195,108   1,408,891 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2019

   —      45,682   —     45,682   21,333   67,015 

Other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2019

   —      —     4,641   4,641   4,289   8,930 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

   —      —     (1,388)   (1,388)   70   (1,318) 

Transfer to reserves

   —      (3,037)   3,037   —     —     —   

Dividends

   —      (30,684)   —     (30,684)   (14,279)   (44,963) 

Transaction with non-controlling interests in subsidiaries

   —      —     (2,007)   (2,007)   938   (1,069) 

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

   —      —     120   120   6,647   6,767 

Disposal of subsidiaries

   —      —     —     —     (50)   (50) 

Other

   —      —     9   9   93   102 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2019

   183,021    743,124   304,011   1,230,156   214,149   1,444,305 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2020

   183,021    743,124   304,011   1,230,156   214,149   1,444,305 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit for the year ended December 31, 2020

   —      19,006   —     19,006   14,479   33,485 

Other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2020

   —      —     (4,372)   (4,372)   (6,758)   (11,130) 

Special reserve-safety fund reserve

   —      —     (1,633)   (1,633)   128   (1,505) 

Transfer to reserves

   —      (6,275)   6,275   —     —     —   

Dividends

   —      (28,078)   —     (28,078)   (14,827)   (42,905) 

Transaction with non-controlling interests in subsidiaries

   —      —     —     —     (2)   (2) 

Capital contribution from non-controlling interests

   —      —     2   2   823   825 

Pipeline restructuring

   —      —     —     —     (57,425)   (57,425) 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   —      —     1   1   1,186   1,187 

Disposal of subsidiaries

   —      —     —     —     (489)   (489) 

Other

   —      178   (102)   76   199   275 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

   183,021    727,955   304,182   1,215,158   151,463   1,366,621 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

Note:

The Group has initially applied IFRS 16 at January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. Under this approach, the comparative information is not restated in this respect (see Note 3(ac)).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

1ORGANISATION

ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

PetroChina Company Limited (the “Company”) was established as a joint stock company with limited liability on November 5, 1999 by China中国石油天然气集团公司 (China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”)) as the sole proprietor in accordance with the approval Guo Jing Mao Qi Gai [1999] No. 1024 “Reply on the approval of the establishment of PetroChina Company Limited” from the former State Economic and Trade Commission of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or “PRC”). CNPC restructured (“the Restructuring”) and injected its core business and the related assets and liabilities into the Company. 中国中国石油天然气集团公司 was renamed 中国中国石油天然气集团有限公司 (“CNPC” (CNPC before and after the change of name) on December 19, 2017. CNPC is a wholly state-owned company registered in China. The Company and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”.

The Group is principally engaged in (i) the exploration, development and production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas; (ii) the refining of crude oil and petroleum products, production and marketing of primary petrochemical products, derivative petrochemical products and other chemical products; (iii) the marketing of refined products and trading business; and (iv) the transmission of natural gas, crude oil and refined products and the sale of natural gas (Note 37)38).

 

2

BASIS OF PREPARATION

The consolidated financial statements and the statement of financial position of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRSs”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The consolidated financial statements and the statement of financial position of the Company have been prepared under the historical cost convention except as disclosed in the accounting policies below.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSs requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the statement of financial position and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions, actual results may ultimately differ from those estimates. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements are disclosed in Note 5.

 

3

SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Basis of consolidation

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by the Group. The Group controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has right to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity.

A subsidiary is consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group and is no longer consolidated from the date that control ceases. The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries exceptGroup accounts for business combinations (except for business combination under common control.control) using the acquisition method when the acquired set of activities and assets meets the definition of a business and control is transferred to the Group. In determining whether a set of activities and assets is a business, the Group assesses whether the set of assets and activities acquired includes, at a minimum, an input and substantive process and whether the acquired set has the ability to produce outputs. The Group has an option to apply a ‘concentration test’ that permits a simplified assessment of whether an acquired set of activities and assets is not a business. The optional concentration test is met if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

identifiable assets. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred and the equity interests issued by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are recognized in the acquisition accounting if they are present obligations and their fair value can be measured reliably. On anacquisition-by-acquisition basis, the Group recognizes anynon-controlling interests in the acquiree either at fair value or at thenon-controlling interests’ proportionate share of the acquiree’s net assets.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The excess of the consideration transferred, the amount of anynon-controlling interests in the acquiree and the acquisition-date fair value of any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the fair value of the identifiable net assets is recorded as goodwill. If this is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired in the case of a bargain purchase, the difference is recognized directly in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

An acquisition of a business which is a business combination under common control is accounted for in a manner similar to a uniting of interests whereby the assets and liabilities acquired are accounted for at carryover predecessor values to the other party to the business combination with all periods presented as if the operations of the Group and the business acquired have always been combined. The difference between the consideration paid by the Group and the net assets or liabilities of the business acquired is adjusted against equity.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealized gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated. Unrealized losses are also eliminated.eliminated in the same way as unrealized gains, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment. Where necessary, accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.

For purpose of the presentation of the Company’s statement of financial position, investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at cost less impairment.

A listing of the Group’s principal subsidiaries is set out in Note 18.

(b) Investments in associates

Associates are entities over which the Group has significant influence but not control, generally accompanying a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Investments in associates are accounted for by the equity method of accounting in the consolidated financial statements of the Group and are initially recognized at cost.

Under this method of accounting, the Group’s share of the post-acquisition profits or losses of associates is recognized in the consolidated profit or loss and its share of post-acquisition movements in other comprehensive income is recognized in other comprehensive income. The cumulative post-acquisition movements are adjusted against the carrying amounts of the investments. When the Group’s share of losses in an associate equals or exceeds its interest in the associate, including any other unsecured receivables, the Group does not recognize further losses, unless it has incurred obligations or made payments on behalf of the associate.

Unrealized gains on transactions between the Group and its associates are eliminated to the extent of the Group’s interest in the associates; unrealized losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

of an impairment of the asset transferred. The Group’s investment in associates includes goodwill identified on acquisition, net of any accumulated impairment loss and is tested for impairment as part of the overall balance. Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the Group’s share of the fair value of net identifiable assets of the acquired associate at the date of acquisition. Accounting policies of associates have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group. The gain or loss resulting from a downstream transaction involving assets that constitute a business, as defined in IFRS 3, between the Group and its associate or joint veture is recognized in full in the consolidated financial statement.

A listing of the Group’s principal associates is shown in Note 16.

(c) Investments in joint ventures

VenturesJoint ventures are arrangements in which the Group with one or more parties have joint control, whereby the Group has rights to the net assets of the arrangements, rather than rights to their assets and obligations for their liabilities. The Group’s interests in joint ventures are accounted for by the equity method of accounting (Note 3(b)) in the consolidated financial statements.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

A listing of the Group’s principal joint ventures is shown in Note 16.

(d) Transactions withnon-controlling interests

Transactions withnon-controlling interests are treated as transactions with owners in their capacity as owners of the Group. Gains and losses resulting from disposals tonon-controlling interests are recorded in equity. The differences between any consideration paid and the relevant share of the carrying value of net assets of the subsidiary acquired resulting from the purchase ofnon-controlling interests, are recorded in equity.

When the Group ceases to have control or significant influence, any retained interest in the entity is remeasured to its fair value, with the change in carrying amount recognized in profit or loss. The fair value is the initial carrying amount for the purposes of subsequently accounting for the retained interest as an associate, joint venture or financial asset. In addition, any amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income in respect of that entity are accounted for as if the Group had directly disposed of the related assets or liabilities. This may mean thatThe amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss.

If the ownership interest in an associate is reduced but significant influence is retained, only a proportionate share of the amounts previously recognized in other comprehensive income are reclassified to profit or loss where appropriate.

(e) Foreign currencies

Items included in the financial statements of each entity in the Group are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (“the functional currency”). Most assets and operations of the Group are located in the PRC (Note 37)38), and the functional currency of the Company and most of the consolidated subsidiaries is the Renminbi (“RMB”). The consolidated financial statements are presented in the presentation currency of RMB.

Foreign currency transactions of the Group are accounted for at the exchange rates prevailing at the respective dates of the transactions; monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are

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translated at exchange rates at the date of the statement of financial position; gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation of monetary assets and liabilities are recognized in the consolidated profit or loss.

For the Group entities that have a functional currency different from the Group’s presentation currency, assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of the statement of financial position. Income and expenses for each statement of comprehensive income presented are translated at the average exchange rates for each period and the resulting exchange differences are recognized in other comprehensive income.

(f) Discontinued operation

A discontinued operation is a component of the Group’s business, the operation and cash flows of which can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the Group and which:

represents a separate major line of business of geographic area of operations;

is part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a separate major line of business or geographic area of operations; or

is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to resale.

Classification as a discontinued operation occurs at the earlier of disposal or when the operation meets the criteria to be classified as held-for-sale.

When an operation is classified as a discontinued operation, the comprehensive statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income (“OCI”) is re-presented as if the operation had been discontinued from the start of the comparative year.

(g) Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties (Note 3(g)3(h)), are initially recorded in the consolidated statement of financial position at cost whereif it is probable that they will generate future economic benefits. Cost represents the purchase price of the asset and other costs incurred to bring the asset into existingintended use. Subsequent to their initial recognition, property, plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization (including any impairment).

Depreciation, to write off the cost of each asset, other than oil and gas properties (Note 3(h)), to their residual values over their estimated useful lives is calculated using the straight-line method.

The Group uses the following estimated useful lives, estimated residual value ratios and annual depreciation rates for depreciation purposes:

Estimated useful livesEstimated residual
value ratio %		Annual depreciation
rate %

Buildings

8 to 40 years52.4 to 11.9

Equipment and Machinery

4 to 30 years3 to 53.2 to 24.3

Motor Vehicles

4 to 14 years56.8 to 23.8

Other

5 to 12 years57.9 to 19.0

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Depreciation, to write off the cost of each asset, other than oil and gas properties (Note 3(g)), to their residual values over their estimated useful lives is calculated using the straight-line method.

The Group uses the following useful lives for depreciation purposes:

Buildings8 - 40 years
Equipment and machinery4 - 30 years
Motor vehicles4 - 14 years
Other5 - 12 years

No depreciation is provided on construction in progress until the assets are completed and ready for use.

The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period.

Property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties (Note 3(g)3(h)) and right-of-use assets (Note 3(m)), are reviewed for possible impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of a cash generatingcash-generating unit exceeds the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Value in use is the estimated net present value of future cash flows to be derived from the cash generatingcash-generating unit.

Gains and losses on disposals of property, plant and equipment are determined by reference to their carrying amounts and are recorded in the consolidated profit or loss.

Interest and other costs on borrowings to finance the construction of property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties (Note 3(h)), are capitalized during the period of time that is required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use. Costs for repairs and maintenance activities are expensed as incurred except for costs of components that result in improvements or betterments which are capitalized as part of property, plant and equipment and depreciated over their useful lives.

(g)(h) Oil and gas properties

The successful efforts method of accounting is used for oil and gas exploration and production activities. Under this method, all costs for development wells, support equipment and facilities, and proved mineral interests in oil and gas properties are capitalized. Geological and geophysical costs are expensed when incurred. Costs of exploratory wells are capitalized pending determination of whether the wells find proved oil and gas reserves. Proved oil and gas reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil and natural gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulation before the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether the estimate is a deterministic estimate or probabilistic estimate. Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the12-month period before the ending date of the period covered by the proved oil and gas reserve report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of thefirst-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions. The costs shall be that prevailing at the end of the period.

Exploratory wells in areas not requiring major capital expenditures are evaluated for economic viability within one year of completion of drilling. The related well costs are expensed as dry holes if it is determined that

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such economic viability is not attained. Otherwise, the related well costs are reclassified to oil and gas properties and are subject to impairment review (Note 3(f)3(g)). For exploratory wells that are found to have economically viable reserves in areas where major capital expenditure will be required before production can commence, the related well costs remain capitalized only if additional drilling is underway or firmly planned. Otherwise the related well costs are expensed as dry holes. The Group does not have any significant costs of unproved properties capitalized in oil and gas properties.

The Ministry of Land andNatural Resources (Renamed as Department of Natural Resources) in China issues production licenses to applicants on the basis of the reserve reports approved by relevant authorities.

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The cost of oil and gas properties is amortized at the field level based on the units of production method. Units of production rates are based on oil and gas reserves estimated to be recoverable from existing facilities based on the current terms of the Group’s production licenses.

(h)(i) Intangible assets and goodwill

Expenditures on acquired patents, trademarks, technicalknow-how and licenses are capitalized at historical cost and amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Intangible assets are not subsequently revalued. The carrying amount of each intangible asset is reviewed annually and adjusted for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its recoverable amount and is recognized in the consolidated profit or loss. The recoverable amount is measured as the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Value in use is the estimated net present value of future cash flows to be derived from the asset.

Goodwill arises on the acquisition of subsidiaries and represents the excess of the consideration transferred over the interest in net fair value of the net identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquiree and the amount of anynon-controlling interests in the acquiree.

Goodwill impairment reviews are undertaken annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate a potential impairment. TheAn impairment loss is recognized if the carrying valueamount of the cash-generating unit containing goodwill is comparedexceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses are allocated first to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the recoverable amount, which iscash-generating unit, and then to reduce the highercarrying amounts of valuethe other assets in use and the fair value less costs to sell.cash-generating unit on a pro rata basis. Any impairment is recognized immediately as an expense and is not subsequently reversed.

(i) Financial(j) Assets held for sale

Non-current assets,

Financial or disposal groups comprising assets and liabilities, are classified intoas held-for-sale if it is highly probable that they will be recovered primarily through sale rather than through continuing use.

Such assets, or disposal groups, are generally measured at the following categories:lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment loss on a disposal group is allocated first to goodwill, and then to the remaining assets and liabilities on a pro rata basis, except that no loss is allocated to inventories, financial assets, at fair value throughdeferred tax assets, employee benefit assets, investment property or biological assets, which continue to be measured in accordance with the Group’s other accounting policies. Impairment losses on initial classification as held-for-sale and subsequent gains and losses on remeasurement are recognized in profit or loss,loss.

Once classified as held-to-maturityheld-for-sale, investments, loans and receivables andavailable-for-sale financial assets. The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial assets were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial assets at initial recognition. The Group has principally loans and receivables andavailable-for-sale financialintangible assets and limited financial assets at fair value through profitproperty, plant and equipment are no longer amortized or loss. The detailed accounting policies for loansdepreciated, and receivables,available-for-saleany equity-accounted investee is no longer equity accounted.

(k) Financial instruments

(a) Recognition and initial measurement

Accounts receivable and debt securities issued are initially recognized when they are originated. All other financial assets and financial assets at fair value through profit or loss held byliabilities are initially recognized when the Group are set out below:

Classification

(i) Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables arenon-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They are included in current assets, except for those with maturities greater than 12becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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months after the date of the statement ofA financial position, which are classified asnon-current assets. The Group’s loans and receivables compriseasset (unless it is an accounts receivable notes receivable and other receivables. The recognition methods for loans and receivables are disclosed in the respective policy notes.

(ii)Available-for-salewithout a significant financing component) or financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets arenon-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories; these are included innon-current assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the date of the statement of financial position. The Group’savailable-for-sale financial assets primarily comprise unquoted equity instruments.

(iii) Financial assetsliability is initially measured at fair value through profit or loss

Financial assetsplus, for an item not at fairFair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), transaction costs that are directly attributable to its acquisition or issue. An accounts receivable without a significant financing component is initially measured at the transaction price.

(b) Classification and subsequent measurement

On initial recognition, a financial asset is classified as measured at: amortized cost; Fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”) – debt investment; FVOCI – equity investment; or FVTPL.

Financial assets are not reclassified subsequent to their initial recognition unless the Group

changes its business model for managing financial assets, held for trading. in which case all affected financial assets are reclassified on the first day of the first reporting period following the change in the

business model.

A financial asset is classified in this categorymeasured at amortized cost if acquired principally forit meets both of the purposefollowing conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

it is held within a business model whose objective is to hold assets to collect contractual cashflows; and

its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.

A debt investment is measured at FVOCI if it meets both of the following conditions and is not designated as at FVTPL:

it is held within a business model whose objective is achieved by both collecting contractual cash flows and selling infinancial assets; and

its contractual terms give rise on specified dates to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the short term. Derivatives are also categorized asprincipal amount outstanding.

On initial recognition of an equity investment that is not held for trading, unless they are designated as hedges. Assets in this category are classified as current assets if expected to be settled within 12 months; otherwise, they are classified asnon-current.

Recognition and measurement

Regular purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade-date, the date on which the Group commitsmay irrevocably elect to purchase or sellpresent subsequent changes in the asset. Investments are initially recognized atinvestment’s fair value plus transaction costs for allin OCI. This election is made on an investment-by-investment basis.

All financial assets not carriedclassified as measured at fair value through profitamortized cost or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognized at fair value, and transaction costs are expensed in profit or loss. Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

Available-for-sale financial assetsFVOCI as described above are measured at fair value except where thereFVTPL. This includes all derivative financial assets.

The Group makes an assessment of the objective of the business model in which a financial

asset is held at a portfolio level because this best reflects the way the business is managed and information is provided to management.

For the purposes of this assessment whether contractual cash flows are no quoted market prices in active marketssolely payments of principal and the fair values cannot be reliably measured using valuation techniques.Available-for-sale financial assets that do not have quoted market prices in active markets and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are carried at cost. Changes in the fair value of monetary andnon-monetary securities classifiedinterest, “principal” is defined as available for sale are recognized in other comprehensive income. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are subsequently carried at fair value. Gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of the “financialfinancial asset on initial recognition. “Interest” is defined as consideration for the time value of money and for the credit risk associated with the principal amount outstanding during a particular period of time and for other basic lending risks and costs (e.g. liquidity risk and administrative costs), as well as a profit margin.

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In assessing whether the contractual cash flows are solely payments of principal and interest, the Group considers the contractual terms of the instrument. This includes assessing whether the financial asset contains a contractual term that could change the timing or amount of contractual cash flows such that it would not meet this condition.

Detailed accounting policies for subsequent measurement of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss” category are presented in the statement of comprehensive income within “other income, net” in the period in which they arise.set out below:

Financial assets at FVTPLThese assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Net gains and losses, including any interest or dividend income, are recognized in profit or loss.
Financial assets at amortized costThese assets are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The amortized cost is reduced by impairment losses. Interest income, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Any gain or loss on derecognition is recognized in profit or loss.
Debt investments at FVOCIThese assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Interest income calculated using the effective interest method, foreign exchange gains and losses and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Other net gains and losses are recognized in OCI. On derecognition, gains and losses accumulated in OCI are reclassified to profit or loss.
Equity investments at FVOCIThese assets are subsequently measured at fair value. Dividends are recognized as income in profit or loss unless the dividend clearly represents a recovery of part of the cost of the investment. Other net gains and losses are recognized in OCI and are never reclassified to profit or loss.

(c) Derecognition

Financial assets

The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period whether there is objective evidence thatderecognizes a financial asset is impaired. The amountwhen the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire, or it transfers the rights to receive the contractual cash flows in a transaction in which substantially all of the impairment lossrisks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred or in which the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership and it does not retain control of the financial asset.

The Group enters into transactions whereby it transfers assets recognized in its consolidated statement of financial position, but retains either all or substantially all of the risks and rewards of the transferred assets. In these cases, the transferred assets are not derecognized.

Financial liabilities

The Group derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged or cancelled, or expire. The Group also derecognizes a financial liability when its terms are modified and the cash flows of the modified liability are substantially different, in which case a new financial liability based on the modified terms is measured asrecognized at fair value.

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On derecognition of a financial liability, the difference between the carrying amount extinguished and the consideration paid (including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed) is recognized in profit or loss.

(d) Offsetting

Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the consolidated statement of financial position when, and only when, the Group currently has a legally enforceable right to set off the amounts and it intends either to settle them on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

(l) Impairment for financial assets

The Group recognizes loss allowances for expected credit losses (“ECLs”) on:

financial assets measured at amortized cost;

debt investments measured at FVOCI; and

contract assets.

The Group measures loss allowances at an amount equal to lifetime ECLs, except for the financial assets for which credit risk (i.e. the risk of default occurring over the expected life of the financial instrument) has not increased significantly since initial recognition, which are measured as available-for-sale12-month ECLs. When determining whether the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since initial recognition and when estimating ECLs, the Group considers reasonable and supportable information that is relevant and available without undue cost or effort.

Loss allowances for accounts receivable are always measured at an amount equal to lifetime ECLs. The maximum period considered when estimating ECLs is the maximum contractual period over which the Group is exposed to credit risk.

ECLs are a probability-weighted estimate of credit losses. Credit losses are measured as the present value of all cash shortfalls (i.e. the difference between the cash flows due to the Group in accordance with the contract and the cash flows that the Group expects to receive). ECLs are discounted at the effective interest rate of the financial asset.

At each reporting date, the Group assesses whether financial assets carried at amortized cost and debt securities at FVOCI are credit-impaired. A financial asset is ‘credit-impaired’ when one or more events that have a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred.

Loss allowances for financial assets measured at amortized cost are deducted from the gross carrying amount of the assets. Impairment losses on trade and other receivables are presented under ‘Selling, general and administrative expenses’, similar to the presentation under IAS 39.

The gross carrying amount of a financial asset is written off when the Group has no reasonable expectations of recovering a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. For customers, the Group individually makes an assessment with respect to the timing and amount of write-off based on whether there is a reasonable expectation of recovery. The Group expects no significant recovery from the amount written off. However, financial assets that are written off could still be subject to enforcement activities in order to comply with the Group’s procedures for recovery of amounts due.

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(m) Leases

The Group has applied IFRS 16“Lease” (“IFRS 16”) using the modified retrospective approach and therefore the comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under IAS 17“Lease” (“IAS 17”) and IFRIC 4“Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease” (“IFRIC 4”). The details of accounting policies under IAS 17 and IFRIC 4 are disclosed separately.

(a) As a lessee

At commencement or on modification of a contract that contains a lease component, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease component on the basis of its relative stand-alone prices.

The Group recognizes a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date. The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for any lease payments made at or before the commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs to dismantle and remove the underlying asset or to restore the underlying asset or the site on which it is located, less any lease incentives received.

The right-of-use asset is subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method from the commencement date to the end of the lease term, unless the lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the Group by the end of the lease term or the cost of the right-of-use asset reflects that the Group will exercise a purchase option. In that case the right-of-use asset will be depreciated over the useful life of the underlying asset, which is determined on the same basis as those of property and equipment. In addition, the right-of-use asset is periodically reduced by impairment losses, if any, and adjusted for certain remeasurements of the lease liability.

The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the estimated cash flows.lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date, discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate cannot be readily determined, the Group’s incremental borrowing rate. Generally, the Group uses its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate.

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise the following:

fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments;

variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the commencement date;

amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee; and

the exercise price under a purchase option that the Group is reasonably certain to exercise, lease payments in an optional renewal period if the Group is reasonably certain to exercise an extension option, and penalties for early termination of a lease unless the Group is reasonably certain not to terminate early.

The lease liability is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. It is remeasured when there is a change in future lease payments arising from a change in an index or rate, if there is a change in the Group’s estimate of the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee, if the Group changes its assessment of whether it will exercise a purchase, extension or termination option or if there is a revised in-substance fixed lease payment.

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When the lease liability is remeasured in this way, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset, or is recorded in profit or loss if the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset has been reduced to zero.

The Group present right-of-use assets and lease liabilities separately in the statement of financial position.

The Group has elected not to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases of low-value assets and short-term leases. The Group recognizes the lease payments associated with these leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Payments made to the Ministry of Natural Resources to secure land use rights (excluding mineral properties) are treated as leases.

(b) As a lessor

At inception or on modification of a contract that contains a lease component, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease component on the basis of their relative stand-alone prices.

When the Group acts as a lessor, it determines at lease inception whether each lease is a finance lease or an operating lease.

To classify each lease, the Group makes an overall assessment of whether the lease transfers substantially all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset. If this is the case, then the lease is a finance lease; if not, then it is an operating lease. As part of this assessment, the Group considers certain indicators such as whether the lease is for the major part of the economic life of the asset. There are no significant finance lease for the Group.

If an arrangement contains lease and non-lease components, then the Group applies IFRS 15 to allocate the consideration in the contract.

The Group recognizes lease payments received under operating leases as income on a straight-line basis over the lease term as part of “other revenue”.

Generally, the accounting policies applicable to the Group as a lessor in the comparative period were not different from IFRS 16 except for the classification of the sub-lease entered into during current reporting period that resulted in a finance lease classification.

(j) LeasesPolicy applicable before January 1, 2019

Leases of property, plant and equipment where the Group assumes substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership are classified as finance leases. The Group has no significant finance leases.

Leases of assets under which a significant portion of the risks and benefits of ownership are effectively retained by the lessors are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessors) are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease terms. Payments made to the Ministry of Natural Resources to secure land use rights (excluding mineral properties) are treated as operating leases. Land use rights are generally obtained through advance lump-sum payments and the terms of use range up to 50 years.

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incentives received from the lessors) are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease terms. Payments made to the Department of Natural Resources to secure land use rights (excluding mineral properties) are treated as operating leases. Land use rights are generally obtained through advancelump-sum payments and the terms of use range up to 50 years.

(k)(n) Inventories

Inventories include oil products, chemical products and materials and supplies which are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Cost is primarily determined by the weighted average cost method. The cost of finished goods comprises raw materials, direct labor, other direct costs and related production overheads, but excludes borrowing costs. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the cost of completion and sellingdirectly attributable marketing and distribution costs.

(o) Contract costs

Contract costs are either the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer or the costs to fulfil a contract with a customer which are not capitalized as inventory (Note 3(n)), property, plant and equipment (Note 3(g)), oil and gas properties (Note 3(h)) or intangible assets (Note 3(i)).

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are those costs that the Group incurs to obtain a contract with a customer that it would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained. Incremental costs of obtaining a contract are capitalized when incurred if the costs relate to revenue which will be recognized in a future reporting period and the costs are expected to be recovered, unless the expected amortization period is one year or less from the date of initial recognition of the asset, in which case the costs are expensed when incurred. Other costs of obtaining a contract are expensed when incurred.

Costs to fulfil a contract are capitalized if the costs relate directly to an existing contract or to a specifically identifiable anticipated contract; generate or enhance resources that will be used to provide goods or services in the future; and are expected to be recovered.

Capitalized contract costs are stated at cost less accumulated amortization and impairment losses. Impairment losses are recognized to the extent that the carrying amount of the contract cost asset exceeds the net of (i) remaining amount of consideration that the Group expects to receive in exchange for the goods or services to which the asset relates, less (ii) any costs that relate directly to providing those goods or services that have not yet been recognized as expenses.

(l)Amortization of capitalized contract costs is charged to profit or loss when the revenue to which the asset relates is recognized.

(p) Contract assets and contract liabilities

A contract asset is recognized when the Group recognizes revenue before being unconditionally entitled to the consideration under the payment terms set out in the contract. Contract assets are assessed for ECLs in accordance with the policy set out in Note 3(l) and are reclassified to receivables when the right to the consideration has become unconditional (Note 3(q)).

A contract liability is recognized when the customer pays consideration before the Group recognizes the related revenue. A contract liability would also be recognized if the Group has an unconditional right to receive consideration before the Group recognizes the related revenue. In such cases, a corresponding receivable would also be recognized (Note 3(q)).

When the contract includes a significant financing component, the contract balance includes interest accrued under the effective interest method (Note 3(v)).

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(q) Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measuredwhen the Group has an unconditional right to receive consideration. A right to receive consideration is unconditional if only the passage of time is required before payment of that consideration is due (Note 3(p)).

Receivables are stated at amortized cost using the effective interest method less provision madeallowance for impairment of these receivables. Such provision for impairment is established if there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables. The factors the Group considers when assessing whether an account receivable is impaired include but are not limited to significant financial difficulties of the customer, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization and default or delinquency in payments. The amount of the provision is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original effective interest rate.credit losses (Note 3(l)).

(m)(r) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand, deposits held with banks and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less from the time of purchase.

(n)(s) Accounts payable

Accounts payable are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost usingunless the effective interest method.effect of discounting would be immaterial, in which case they are stated at cost.

(o)(t) Borrowings

Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. In subsequent periods, borrowings are stated at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Any difference between proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognized in the consolidated profit or loss over the period of the borrowings.

General and specific borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are added to the cost of those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

All other borrowing costs are recognized in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Group has unconditional rights to defer settlements of the liabilities for at least 12 months after the reporting period.

(u) Share capital

Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of ordinary shares are recognized as a deduction from equity. Income tax relating to transaction costs of an equity transaction is accounted for in accordance with IAS 12 “Income Taxes”.

(v) Interest income and interest expense

Interest income or expense is recognized using the effective interest method.

The “effective interest rate” is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument to:

the gross carrying amount of the financial asset; or

the amortized cost of the financial liability.

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Borrowings are classified asIn calculating interest income and expense, the effective interest rate is applied to the gross carrying amount of the asset (when the asset is not credit-impaired) or to the amortized cost of the liability. However, for financial assets that have become credit-impaired subsequent to initial recognition, interest income is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the amortized cost of the financial asset. If the asset is no longer credit-impaired, then the calculation of interest income reverts to the gross basis.

(w) Taxation

Income tax expense comprises current liabilities unlessand deferred tax. It is recognized in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to a business combination, or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income.

The Group has unconditional rightsdetermined that interest and penalties related to defer settlementsincome taxes, including uncertain tax treatments, do not meet the definition of income taxes, and therefore accounted for them under IAS 37 “Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets”.

(a) Current tax

Current tax comprises the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year and any adjustment to the tax payable or receivable in respect of previous years. The amount of current tax payable or receivable is the best estimate of the liabilities fortax amount expected to be paid or received that reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any. It is measured using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at least 12 months after the reporting period.date. Current tax also includes any tax arising from dividends.

(p) TaxationCurrent tax assets and liabilities are offset only if certain criteria are met.

(b) Deferred tax

Deferred tax is provided in full, using the liability method, for temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying values in the financial statements. However, deferred tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss. Deferred tax is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the date of the statement of financial position and are expected to apply to the period when the related deferred tax asset is realized or deferred tax liability is settled.settled, and reflects uncertainty related to income taxes, if any.

The principal temporary differences arise from depreciation on oil and gas properties and equipment and provision for impairment of receivables, inventories, investments and property, plant and equipment. Deferred tax assets relating to the carry forward of unused tax losses and deductible temporary differences are recognized to the extent that it is probable that future taxable income will be available against which the unused tax lossesthey can be utilized.used.

(c) Taxes other than income tax

The Group also incurs various other taxes and levies that are not income taxes. “Taxes other than income taxes”, which form part of operating expenses, primarily comprise consumption tax (Note 9), resource tax (Note 9), crude oil special gain levy (Note 9), urban construction tax and education surchargessurcharges.

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and business tax.otherwise stated)

(q)

(x) Revenue recognition

Sales are recognized upon deliveryIncome is classified by the Group as revenue when it arises from the sale of products and customer acceptance or performancegoods, the provision of services net of value added taxes and discounts. Revenues are recognized only when the Group has transferred to the buyer the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods in the ordinary course of the Group’s activities, andbusiness.

Revenue is recognized when control over a product or service is transferred to the customer at the amount of revenue andpromised consideration to which the costs incurred orGroup is expected to be incurred in respectentitled, excluding those amounts collected on behalf of third parties. Revenue excludes value added tax or other sales taxes and is after deduction of any trade discounts.

Where the transaction can be measured reliably and collectability ofcontract contains a financing component more than 12 months, interest income is accrued or interest expense is accrued separately under the related receivables is reasonably assured.

effective interest method. The Group marketsdoes not adjust the consideration for any effects of a portionsignificant financing component if the period of its natural gas undertake-or-pay contracts. Customers under thetake-or-pay contracts are required to takefinancing is 12 months or pay for the minimum natural gas deliveries specified in the contract clauses. Revenue recognition for natural gas sales and transmission tariff under thetake-or-pay contracts follows the accounting policies described in this note. Payments received from customers for natural gas not yet taken are recorded as deferred revenues until actual deliveries take place.less.

(r)(y) Provisions

Provisions are recognized when the Group has present legal or constructive obligations as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligations, and reliable estimates of the amounts can be made.

Provision for future decommissioning and restoration is recognized in full on the installation of oil and gas properties. The amount recognized is the present value of the estimated future expenditure determined in accordance with local conditions and requirements. A corresponding addition to the related oil and gas properties of an amount equivalent to the provision is also created. This is subsequently depreciated as part of the costs of the oil and gas properties. Any change in the present value of the estimated expenditure other than due to passage of time which is regarded as interest expense, is reflected as an adjustment to the provision and oil and gas properties.

Due to technological progress, legal requirements or changes in the market environment, changes in the provisions caused by changes in the amount of expenditure, estimated time of retirement obligations, discount rate, etc., may occur in fulfilling the retirement obligation. For an increase in provisions, the cost of oil and gas properties will be increased accordingly; for a decrease in provisions, the cost of oil and gas properties will be deducted within the limit of the carrying amount of assets related to decommissioning expenses. If a decrease in the provision exceeds the carrying amount of the oil and gas properties recognized corresponding to the provision, the excess shall be recognized immediately in profit or loss.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITEDProvision for onerous contracts is measured at the present value of the lower of the expected cost of terminating the contract and the expected net cost of continuing with the contract. Before a provision is established, the Group recognizes any impairment loss on the assets associated with that contract.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(s)(z) Research and development

Research expenditure incurred is recognized as an expense. Costs incurred on development projects are recognized as intangible assets to the extent that such expenditure is expected to generate future economic benefits.

(t)(aa) Retirement benefit plans

The Group contributes to various employee retirement benefit plans organized by PRC municipal and provincial governments under which it is required to make monthly contributions to these plans at prescribed rates for its employees in China. The relevant PRC municipal and provincial governments undertake to assume the retirement benefit obligations of existing and future retired employees of the Group in China. The Group has

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

similar retirement benefit plans for its employees in its overseas operations. Contributions to these PRC and overseas plans (“defined contribution plan”) are charged to expense as incurred. In addition, the Group joined the corporate annuity plan approved by relevant PRC authorities. Contribution to the annuity plan is charged to expense as incurred. The Group currently has no additional material obligations outstanding for the payment of retirement and other post-retirement benefits of employees in the PRC or overseas other than what described above.

(u)(ab) Related Partiesparties

 

 (a)

A person, or a close member of that person’s family, is related to the Group if that person:

 

 (i)

has control or joint control over the Group;

 

 (ii)

has significant influence over the Group; or

 

 (iii)

is a member of the key management personnel of the Group or the Group’s parent.

 

 (b)

An entity is related to the Group if any of the following conditions applies:

 

 (i)

The entity and the Group are members of the same group (which means that each parent, subsidiary and fellow subsidiary is related to the others).

 

 (ii)

One entity is an associate or joint venture of the other entity (or an associate or joint venture of a member of a group of which the other entity is a member).

 

 (iii)

Both entities are joint ventures of the same third party.

 

 (iv)

One entity is a joint venture of a third entity and the other entity is an associate of the third entity.

 

 (v)

The entity is a post-employment benefit plan for the benefit of employees of either the Group or an entity related to the Group.

 

 (vi)

The entity is controlled or jointly controlled by a person identified in (a).

 

 (vii)

A person identified in (a)(i) has significant influence over the entity or is a member of the key management personnel of the entity (or of a parent of the entity).

 

 (viii)

The entity, or any member of a group of which it is a part, provides key management personnel services to the Group or to the Group’s parent.

Close members of the family of a person are those family members who may be expected to influence, or be influenced by, that person in their dealings with the entity.

(ac) Changes in significant accounting policies

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(v) New accounting developments

(i) New and amended standards adopted by the Group in 2020

ThereThe Group has initially adopted Definition of a Business (Amendments to IFRS 3) and early adopted Sale or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture (Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28) from 1 January 2020. The details of accounting policies are no IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations thatset out in Note 3(a) and 3(b). A number of other new standards are also effective for the first time for the financial year beginning on or afterfrom 1 January 1, 2017 that would be expected to2020 but they do not have a material impact on the Group.

(ii) Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not yet effective and have not been early adopted by the Group.

IFRS 9Financial Instruments (“IFRS 9”) published in July 2014, replaces the existing guidance in IAS 39Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement(“IAS 39”). IFRS 9 includes revised guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments, a new expected credit loss model for calculating impairment on financial assets, and new general hedge accounting requirements. It also carries forward the guidance on recognition and derecognition of financial instruments from IAS 39.

IFRS 9 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, on a retrospective basis. The Group plans to use the exemption from restating comparative information and will recognise any transition adjustments against the opening balance of equity at January 1, 2018. The adoption of this standard is expected to have an impacteffect on the Group’s financial assets, but no impact on the Group’s financial liabilities. Under IFRS 9, the Group has designated equity investments classified asavailable-for-sale that are held for long-term strategic purpose as measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. Consequently, all fair value gains and losses will be recorded in other comprehensive income, no impairment losses will be recognised in profit or loss and no gains and losses will be reclassified to profit or loss on disposal.

The new impairment model in IFRS 9 replaces the “incurred loss” model in IAS 39 with an “expected credit loss” model. Under the expected credit loss model, it will no longer be necessary for a loss event to occur before an impairment loss is recognized. Instead, an entity is required to recognize and measure either a 12-month expected credit loss or a lifetime expected credit loss, depending on the asset and the facts and circumstances. The Group expects that the application of the expected credit loss model will result in earlier recognition of credit losses. Based on a preliminary assessment, the Group does not expect material change to the loss allowance for the Group’s loans and receivables.

IFRS 15Revenue from contracts with customers(“IFRS 15”) establishes a comprehensive framework for determining whether, how much and when revenue is recognised and expands disclosure requirements relating to revenue recognition policies and how these relate to the revenue-generating contractual performance obligations. It replaces existing revenue recognition guidance, including IAS 18Revenue, IAS 11Construction Contracts and IFRIC 13Customer Loyalty Programmes.

IFRS 15 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Group plans to adopt IFRS 15 using the cumulative effect method, with the effect of initially applying this standard recognised at the date of initial application. As a result, the Group will not apply the requirements of IFRS 15 to the comparative period presented. Based on the assessment of existing contracts with customers, the Group does not expect the application of IFRS 15 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 16Lease (“IFRS 16”) introduces a single,on-balance lease sheet accounting model for lessees. A lessee recognizes aright-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset and a lease liability

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

representing its obligation to make lease payments.(ii) New and amended standards adopted by the Group in 2019

The Group initially applied IFRS 16 replaces existing leases guidance including IAS 17Leases, IFRIC 4Determiningfrom January 1, 2019. A number of other new standards are also effective from January 1, 2019 but they do not have a material effect on the Group’s financial statements.

The Group applied IFRS 16 using the modified retrospective approach, under which the cumulative effect of initial application is recognized in retained earnings at January 1, 2019. Accordingly, the comparative information presented for 2018 is not restated. The details of the changes in accounting policies are disclosed below. Additionally, the disclosure requirements in IFRS 16 have not generally been applied to comparative information.

(a) Definition of a lease

Previously, the Group determined at contract inception whether an Arrangementarrangement was or contained a lease under IFRIC 4. The Group now assesses whether a contract is or contains a Lease,SIC-15Operating Leases—Incentives andSIC-27Evaluatinglease based on the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Formdefinition of a Leaselease, as explained in Note 3(m).

On transition to IFRS 16, the Group elected to apply the practical expedient to grandfather the assessment of which transactions are leases. The Group applied IFRS 16 only to contracts that were previously identified as leases. Contracts that were not identified as leases under IAS 17 and IFRIC 4 were not reassessed for whether there is effective for annual periods beginninga lease under IFRS 16. Therefore, the definition of a lease under IFRS 16 was applied only to contracts entered into or changed on or after January 1, 2019,2019.

(b) As a lessee

As a lessee, the Group leases many assets including land, building and equipment. The Group previously classified leases as operating or finance leases based on its assessment of whether the lease transferred significantly all of the risks and rewards incidental to ownership of the underlying asset to the Group. Under IFRS 16, the Group recognizes right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for most of these leases.

At commencement or on modification of a contract that contains a lease component, the Group allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease component on the basis of its relative stand-alone price.

Previously, the Group classified property leases as operating leases under IAS 17. On transition, for these leases, lease liabilities were measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted at the Group’s incremental borrowing rate as at January 1, 2019. Right-of-use assets are measured at an amount equal to the lease liability, adjusted by the amount of any prepaid or accrued lease payments: the Group applied this approach to all other leases.

The Group used a number of practical expedients when applying IFRS 16 to leases previously classified as operating leases under IAS 17. In particular, the Group:

did not recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases for which the lease term ends within 12 months of the date of initial application;

applied a single discount rate to leases with early adoption permittedsimilar characteristics when measuring lease liabilities;

excluded initial direct costs from the measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application;

used hindsight when determining the lease term;

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for entities that applythe per share data and otherwise stated)

relied on the previous assessment for onerous contract provisions as at December 31, 2018 as an alternative to performing an impairment review; and

no retrospective adjustment shall be made to the lease changes generated before the beginning of the year when the IFRS 16 is initially applied, and accounting treatment shall be carried out based on the IFRS 16 according to the final arrangement of the lease changes.

(c) Impact on transition

When measuring lease liabilities, the Group discounted lease payments using its incremental borrowing rate at January 1, 2019. The weighted-average rate applied by the Group is 4.275%.

The Group

The total future minimum lease payments of significant operating leases disclosed in the consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2018

227,935

Present value discounted using the Group’s incremental borrowing rate at January 1, 2019

166,955

Lease liabilities under new leases standard at January 1, 2019

163,196

Difference between the present value and lease liabilities aboveNote

3,759

Note:

The difference principally represents the lease payments that will be matured within 12 months after January 1, 2019 or low-value.

(iii) New and amended standards adopted by the Group in 2018

The Group has initially adopted IFRS 15 completedand IFRS 9 from January 1, 2018. A number of other new standards are effective from January 1, 2018 but they do not have a material effect on the Group’s financial statements.

Due to the transition methods chosen by the Group in applying these standards, comparative information throughout these financial statements has not been restated to reflect the requirements of the new standards.

(a) IFRS 15 “Revenue from contracts with customers”

IFRS 15 establishes a comprehensive framework for determining whether, how much and when revenue is recognized. It replaced IAS 18 “Revenue” (“IAS 18”), IAS 11 “Construction Contracts” (“IAS 11”) and related interpretations. Under IFRS 15, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of the goods or services. Determing the timing of the transfer of contract – at point time or beforeover time – requires judgment.

The Group has adopted IFRS 15 using the cumulative effect method (without practical expedients), with the effect of initially applying this standard recognized at the date of initial application of IFRS 16. The Group(i.e. January 1, 2018). Accordingly, the information presented for 2017 has started an initial assessment of the potential impact on its consolidated financial statements. So far, the most significant impact identifiednot been restated – i.e. it is that the Group will recognize new assetspresented, as previously reported, under IAS 18, IAS 11 and liabilities for its operating leases of oil and gas stations and land use rights. In addition, the nature of expenses related to the operating leases will change as IFRS 16 replaces the straight-line operating lease expense with a depreciation charge forright-of-use assets and interest expense on lease liabilities. No significantinterpretations.

There was no material impact on the consolidatedGroup’s statement of comprehensive income and statement of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018.

(b) IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments”

IFRS 9 sets out requirements for recognizing and measuring financial assets, financial liabilities and some contracts to buy or sell non-financial items. This standard replaces IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement” (“IAS 39”).

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

Impacts of the new requirements on the Group’s financial statements are as follow:

Classification and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities

The classification of financial assets under IFRS 9 is expectedgenerally based on the business model in which a financial asset is managed and its contractual cash flow characteristics. IFRS 9 eliminates the previous IAS 39 categories of held to maturity, loans and receivables and available for sale. IFRS 9 largely retains the existing requirements in IAS 39 for the Group’s finance leases.classification and measurement of financial liabilities.

As for the classification and measurement of financial instruments, financial assets used to be carried at amortized costs and those at FVTPL shall continue to maintain their existing classification and measurement methods after adopting IFRS 9. As for the non-trading equity instrument investments used to be classified as “Available-for-sale financial assets”, the Group chooses to irrevocably designate them as carried at FVOCI (not to be carried forward into current profit or loss in the future).

Impairment of financial assets

IFRS 9 replaces the ‘incurred loss’ model in IAS 39 with an ‘expected credit loss’ model. The new impairment model applies to financial assets measured at amortized cost, debt investments at FVOCI and contract assets.

Subject to the new standards on financial instruments, the Group has made an assessment on the gap between the original carrying amount and the carrying amount at the date of adoption of the new standards. The adoption of the new standard exerts no material impact on the retained earnings and other comprehensive income as at January 1, 2018.

Transition

Changes in accounting policies resulting from the adoption of IFRS 9 have been applied retrospectively, except the Group has used an exemption not to restate comparative information for prior periods with respect to classification and measurement (including impairment) requirements. There is no differences in the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities resulting from the adoption of IFRS 9 are recognized in retained earnings and reserves as at January 1, 2018.

 

4

FINANCIAL RISK AND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

4.1 Financial risk factors

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, including market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk.

(a) Market risk

Market risk is the possibility that changes in foreign exchange rates, interest rates and the prices of oil and gas products will adversely affect the value of assets, liabilities and expected future cash flows.

(i) Foreign exchange risk

The Group conducts its domestic business primarily in RMB, but maintains a portion of its assets in other currencies to pay for imported crude oil, imported equipment and other materials and to meet foreign currency

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

financial liabilities. The Group is exposed to currency risks arising from fluctuations in various foreign currency exchange rates against the RMB. The RMB is not a freely convertible currency and is regulated by the PRC government. Limitations on foreign exchange transactions imposed by the PRC government could cause future exchange rates to vary significantly from current or historical exchange rates.

Additionally, the Group operates internationally and foreign exchange risk arises from future acquisitions and commercial transactions, recognized assets and liabilities and net investments in foreign operations. Certain entities in the Group might use currency derivatives to manage such foreign exchange risk.

(ii) Interest rate risk

The Group has no significant interest rate risk on interest-bearing assets. The Group’s exposure to interest rate risk arises from its borrowings. The Group’s borrowings at floating rates expose the Group to cash flow interest rate risk and its borrowings at fixed rates expose the Group to fair value interest rate risk. However, the exposure to interest rate risk is not material to the Group. A detailed analysis of the Group’s borrowings, together with their respective interest rates and maturity dates, is included in Note 27.28.

(iii) Price risk

The Group is engaged in a wide range of oil and gas products-related activities. Prices of oil and gas products are affected by a wide range of global and domestic factors which are beyond the control of the Group.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The fluctuations in such prices may have favorable or unfavorable impacts on the Group.

The Group did not enter into any material hedging of itsuses derivative financial instruments, including commodity futures, commodity swaps and commodity options, to hedge some price risk during the year.risks efficiently.

(b) Credit risk

Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, time deposits with banks and credit exposure to customers with outstanding receivable balances.

A substantial portion of the Group’s cash at bank and time deposits are placed with the major state-owned banks and financial institutions in China and management believes that the credit risk is low.

The Group performs ongoing assessment of the credit quality of its customers and sets appropriate credit limits taking into account the financial position and past history of defaults of customers. The Group’s accounts receivable balances over 3 years have been substantially provided for and accounts receivable balances within one year are generally neither past due nor impaired. The aging analysis of accounts receivable (net of impairment of accounts receivable) is presented in Note 22.21. The Group’sGroup measures loss allowance for accounts receivable balances that are neither past due nor impaired are with customers with no recent historyat an amount equal to lifetime ECLs. The ECLs were calculated based on historical actual credit loss experience. The rates were considered the differences between economic conditions during the period over which the historical data has been collected, current conditions and the Group’s view of default.economic conditions over the expected lives of the receivables. The Group performed the calculation of ECL rates by the operating segment and geography.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The following table provides information about the exposure to credit risk and ECLs for accounts receivable as at December 31, 2020 and 2019.

   Gross
carrying
amount		   Impairment
provision on
individual
basis		   Impairment provision on
provision matrix basis		   Loss
allowance		 
   Weighted-
average
loss rate		  Impairment
provision		 

December 31, 2020

  RMB   RMB   %  RMB   RMB 

Current (not past due)

   46,849    —      0.1%   34    34 

Within 1 year past due

   5,326    154    0.4%   19    173 

1 to 2 years past due

   386    65    6.9%   22    87 

2 to 3 years past due

   50    11    25.6%   10    21 

Over 3 years past due

   854    342    94.3%   483    825 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   53,465       572     568    1,140 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

   Gross
carrying
amount		   Impairment
provision on
individual
basis		   Impairment provision on
provision matrix basis		   Loss
allowance		 
   Weighted-
average
loss rate		  Impairment
provision		 

December 31, 2019

  RMB   RMB   %  RMB   RMB 

Current (not past due)

   58,382    3    0.1%   30    33 

Within 1 year past due

   5,534    11    0.4%   24    35 

1 to 2 years past due

   127    24    10.7%   11    35 

2 to 3 years past due

   411    48    45.5%   165    213 

Over 3 years past due

   2,161    1,719    89.6%   396    2,115 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   66,615    1,805     626    2,431 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, time deposits placed with banks, accounts receivable, other receivables and notes receivable included in the consolidated statement of financial position represent the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk. No other financial assets carry a significant exposure to credit risk.

The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk.

(c) Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities.

In managing its liquidity risk, the Group has access to funding at market rates through equity and debt markets, including using undrawn committed borrowing facilities to meet foreseeable borrowing requirements.

Given the low level of gearing and continued access to funding, the Group believes that its liquidity risk is not material.

Analysis of the Group’s financialborrowings and lease liabilities based on the remaining period at the date of the statement of financial position to the contractual maturity dates is presented in Note 27.28 and Note 42.

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

4.2 Capital management

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern, optimize returns for owners and to minimize its cost of capital. In meeting its objectives of managing capital, the Group may issue new shares, adjust its debt levels or the mix between short-term and long-term borrowings.

The Group monitors capital on the basis of the gearing ratio which is calculated as interest-bearing borrowings / (interest-bearing borrowings + total equity)., interest-bearing borrowings include short-term and long-term borrowings. The gearing ratio at December 31, 20172020 is 25.2%21.3% (December 31, 2016: 27.3%2019: 24.4%).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

4.3 Fair value estimation

The methods and assumptions applied in determining the fair value of each class of financial assets and financial liabilities of the Group at December 31, 20172020 and 20162019 are disclosed in the respective accounting policies.

The carrying amounts of the following financial assets and financial liabilities approximate their fair value as all of them are short-term in nature: cash and cash equivalents, time deposits with maturities over three months but within one year, accounts receivable, other receivables, trade payables, other payables and short-term borrowings. The fair values of fixed rate long-term borrowings are likely to be different from their respective carrying amounts. Analysis of the fair values and carrying amounts of long-term borrowings is presented in Note 27.28.

The equity investments that are not held for trading and notes receivable are measured at fair value at the end of the reporting period. The fair value of such equity investments are mainly categorized into level 1 of the fair value hierarchy which are based on the unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as inputs used in the valuation techniques. Notes receivable are short-term bills of acceptance issued by banks, their fair values approximate the face values of the bills.

 

5

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTSJUDGMENTS

Estimates and judgments are regularly evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The matters described below are considered to be the most critical in understanding the estimates and judgments that are involved in preparing the Group’s consolidated financial statements.

(a) Estimation of oil and gas reserves

Estimates of oil and natural gas reserves are key elements in the Group’s investment decision-making process. They are also an important element in testing for impairment. Changes in proved oil and gas reserves, particularly proved developed reserves, will affectunit-of-production depreciation, depletion and amortization recorded in the Group’s consolidated financial statements for property, plant and equipment related to oil and gas production activities. A reduction in proved developed reserves will increase depreciation, depletion and amortization charges. Proved oil and gas reserves estimates are subject to revision, either upward or downward, based on new information, such as from development drilling and production activities or from changes in economic factors, including product prices, contract terms, evolution of technology or development plans, etc.

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(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(b) Estimation of impairment of property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment, including oil and gas properties, are reviewed for possible impairments when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Determination as to whether and how much an asset is impaired involves management estimates and judgments such as the future price of crude oil, natural gas, refined and chemical products, the operation costs, the product mix, production volumes, production profile and the oil and gas reserves. However, theThe impairment reviews and calculations are based on assumptions that are consistent with the Group’s business plans taking into account current economic conditions. Favorable changes to some assumptions, or not updating assumptions previously made, may allow the Group to avoid the need to impair any assets or make it necessary to reverse an impairment loss recognized in prior periods, whereas unfavourableunfavorable changes may cause the assets to become impaired. For example, when the assumed future price and production volumeprofile of crude oil used for the expected future cash flows are different from the actual price and production volumeprofile of crude oil respectively experienced in future, the Group may either over or under recognize the impairment losses for certain assets.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(c) Estimation of asset retirement obligations

Provision is recognized for the future decommissioning and restoration of oil and gas properties. The amount of the provision recognized is the present values of the estimated future expenditures. The estimation of the future expenditures is based on current local conditions and requirements, including legal requirements, technology, price levels, etc. In addition to these factors, the present values of these estimated future expenditures are also impacted by the management plan for the decommissioning of oil and gas properties, the estimation of the economic lives of oil and gas properties and estimates of discount rates. The estimations and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future period. Changes in any of these estimates will impact the operating results and the financial position of the Group over the remaining economic lives of the oil and gas properties.

According to changes in the internal and external environment, accounting standards and company asset retirement expense measures and other relevant regulations, oil and gas field companies recalculate their asset retirement obligations of oil and gas properties based on the latest parameters, to more objectively reflect the actual situation of the Company’s asset retirement obligation of oil and gas properties.

(d) Deferred tax assets

According to the requirements of the competent tax authority, the Company paid income taxes of its branches in the easternEastern and western regionsWestern China Regions in aggregate. The tax losses recorded by the branches in the eastern regionEastern China Region has given rise to deferred tax assets, which mayare expected to be recoverable from future taxable profits generated by the branches in the eastern region.Eastern China Region. Any policy adjustments may increase or decrease the amount of income tax expenses of the Company.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

6

REVENUE

Revenue represents revenues from the sale of crude oil, natural gas, refined products and petrochemicalchemical products and from the transmission of crude oil, refined products and natural gas. Analysis ofThe revenue by segment is shown in Note 37.information for the year ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

 

7PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Items credited and charged in arriving at the profit before income tax expense include:

      

Credited

      

Dividend income fromavailable-for-sale financial assets

   42    60    288 

Reversal of provision for impairment of receivables

   37    62    99 

Reversal of write down in inventories

   49    75    59 

Government grants(i)

   9,102    8,509    7,906 

Remeasurement to fair value ofpre-existing interest in acquiree

   —      —      22,807 

Gain on disposal of investment in subsidiaries(ii)

   613    24,674    280 

Charged

      

Amortization of intangible and other assets

   4,495    4,896    4,141 

Auditors’ remuneration (iii)

   53    53    53 

Cost of inventories recognized as expense

   1,560,361    1,217,131    1,282,039 

Provision for impairment of receivables

   3,291    1,671    173 

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

   4,939    7,972    4,661 

Operating lease expenses

   20,073    19,027    16,786 

Research and development expenses

   12,323    11,227    11,856 

Write down in inventories

   1,118    2,709    3,394 

2020

Type of contract

  Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural Gas
and Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 

Type of goods and services

       

Crude oil

   333,557   —     447,384   —     —     780,941 

Natural gas

   118,388   —     173,696   294,297   —     586,381 

Refined products

   —     616,063   822,192   —     —     1,438,255 

Chemical products

   —     150,296   30,344   —     —     180,640 

Pipeline transportation business

   —     —     —     52,273   —     52,273 

Non-oil sales in gas stations

   —     —     22,360   —     —     22,360 

Others

   78,631   8,254   1,300   23,800   3,515   115,500 

Elimination

   (437,670)   (492,667)   (276,503)   (35,437)   (1,320)   (1,243,597) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   92,906   281,946   1,220,773   334,933   2,195   1,932,753 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

        1,083 
       

 

 

 

Total

        1,933,836 
       

 

 

 

Geographical Region

       

Mainland China

   27,028   281,946   554,620   334,933   2,195   1,200,722 

Others

   65,878   —     666,153   —     —     732,031 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   92,906   281,946   1,220,773   334,933   2,195   1,932,753 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

        1,083 
       

 

 

 

Total

        1,933,836 
       

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

 

2019

Type of contract

  Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing   Natural Gas
and Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 

Type of goods and services

        

Crude oil

   476,974   —     623,757    —     —     1,100,731 

Natural gas

   110,837   —     238,999    291,641   —     641,477 

Refined products

   —     834,879   1,161,054    —     —     1,995,933 

Chemical products

   —     156,938   28,348    —     —     185,286 

Pipeline transportation business

   —     —     —      70,568   —     70,568 

Non-oil sales in gas stations

   —     —     21,146    —     —     21,146 

Others

   88,284   8,036   1,513    28,341   3,684   129,858 

Elimination

   (552,672)   (702,207)   (332,164)    (40,652)   (1,644)   (1,629,339) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   123,423   297,646   1,742,653    349,898   2,040   2,515,660 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

         1,150 
        

 

 

 

Total

         2,516,810 
        

 

 

 

Geographical Region

        

Mainland China

   41,596   297,646   784,379    349,898   2,040   1,475,559 

Others

   81,827   —     958,274    —     —     1,040,101 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   123,423   297,646   1,742,653    349,898   2,040   2,515,660 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

         1,150 
        

 

 

 

Total

         2,516,810 
        

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

2018

Type of Category

  Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural Gas
and Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 

Type of goods and services

       

Crude oil

   477,512   —     445,567   —     —     923,079 

Natural gas

   104,927   —     222,387   256,810   —     584,124 

Refined products

   —     841,535   1,168,549   —     —     2,010,084 

Chemical products

   —     164,565   30,894   —     —     195,459 

Pipeline transportation business

   —     —     —     70,068   —     70,068 

Non-oil sales in gas stations

   —     —     22,274   —     —     22,274 

Others

   76,044   7,819   1,192   35,545   2,372   122,972 

Elimination

   (539,295)   (696,614)   (281,522)   (35,899)   (606)   (1,553,936) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   119,188   317,305   1,609,341   326,524   1,766   2,374,124 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

        810 
       

 

 

 

Total

        2,374,934 
       

 

 

 

Geographical Region

       

Mainland China

   30,711   317,305   850,130   326,524   1,766   1,526,436 

Others

   88,477   —     759,211   —     —     847,688 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from contracts with customers

   119,188   317,305   1,609,341   326,524   1,766   2,374,124 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other revenue

        810 
       

 

 

 

Total

        2,374,934 
       

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

7

PROFIT BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE

   2020   2019   2018 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Items credited and charged in arriving at the profit before income tax expense include:

      

Credited

      

Dividend income from equity investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

   25    22    52 

Reversal of provision for impairment of receivables

   95    1,630    1,370 

Reversal of write down in inventories

   186    201    77 

Government grants(i)

   11,236    12,281    11,775 

Gain on disposal of investment in subsidiaries

   1,242    49    45 

Gain on Pipeline restructuring (Note 41)

   46,946    —      —   

Charged

      

Amortization of intangible and other assets

   5,944    4,992    4,897 

Depreciation and impairment losses:

      

Owned property, plant and equipment

   194,015    205,297    222,195 

Right-of-use assets(ii)

   13,916    14,973    —   

Auditors’ remuneration(iii)

   49    53    53 

Cost of inventories recognized as expense

   1,527,271    1,981,628    1,820,838 

Provision for impairment of receivables

   438    263    1,385 

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

   5,398    9,809    16,761 

Total minimum lease payments for leases previously classified as operating lease under IAS 17(ii)

   —      —      20,196 

Variable lease payments, low-value and short-term lease payment not included in the measurement of lease liabilities

   3,362    3,514    —   

Research and development expenses

   15,746    15,666    14,093 

Write down in inventories

   8,337    1,461    4,307 

(i)

Comprises proportionate refund of import value-added tax relating to the import of natural gas (including liquefied natural gas) provided by the PRC government.government and value-added tax refund upon levy for pipeline transportation service over which portion of value-added tax actual tax burden exceeds 3%. This value-added tax refund is applicable from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2020 and available when the import prices of the natural gas and liquefied natural gas imported under any State-sanctioned pipelines are higher than their prescribed selling prices.

(ii)On November 24, 2015,

The Group has initially applied IFRS 16 under the Board of Directors approvedmodified retrospective approach and adjusted the sale by CNPC Exploration and Development Co., Ltd. (“CNPC E&D”), oneopening balances at January 1, 2019 to recognize right-of-use assets relating to leases which were previously classified as operating leases under IAS 17. The depreciated carrying amount of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries,finance lease assets which were previously included in property, plant and equipment is also identified as a right-of-use asset. After initial recognition of its 50%right-of-use assets at January 1, 2019, the Group as a lessee is required to recognize the depreciation of equity interest in Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. (“Trans-Asia Pipeline”) to CNIC Corporation Limited. The transaction was completed in the second quarter of 2016 and CNPC E&D lost control over Trans-Asia Pipeline accordingly. The gain recorded as “Other (expenses) / income, net” of RMB 24,534 represents the difference between the sum of total consideration equivalent to RMB 14,671 received from the transaction and the fair valueright-of-use assets, instead of the remaining equity investmentprevious policy of RMB 14,527, andrecognizing rental expenses incurred under operating leases on a straight-line basis over the net assets oflease term. Under this approach, the former subsidiary of RMB 4,034, together with the amounts of RMB 630 recognized previously in other comprehensive loss in relation to Trans-Asia Pipeline reclassified to profit or loss.comparative information is not restated.

(iii)

The auditors’ remuneration above represents the annual audit fees paid by the Company. This remuneration does not include fees of RMB 52 (2016:62 (2019: RMB 66, 2015:60, 2018: RMB 36)52) paid by subsidiaries to the Company’s current auditor and its network firms which primarily relates to audit, fees of RMB 40 (2016: RMB 50, 2015: RMB 29), audit-related fees of RMB 8 (2016: RMB 8, 2015: RMB 6) and tax fees of RMB 3 (2016: RMB 7, 2015 RMB nil),compliance and other service fees of RMB 1 (2016: RMB 1, 2015: RMB 1).advisory services.

8EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION COSTS

   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Wages, salaries and allowances

   82,639    75,461    75,651 

Social security costs

   42,745    42,201    42,431 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   125,384    117,662    118,082 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Social security costs mainly represent contributions to plans for staff welfare organized by the PRC municipal and provincial governments and others including contributions to the retirement benefit plans (Note 32).

9TAXES OTHER THAN INCOME TAXES

   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Consumption tax

   142,708    140,268    149,323 

Resource tax

   18,000    14,472    18,584 

Other

   37,314    34,868    37,977 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   198,022    189,608    205,884 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

108INTEREST EXPENSE

EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION COSTS

 

   2017  2016  2015 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

Interest on

    

Bank loans

   1,569   891   1,259 

Other loans

   17,394   19,910   19,892 

Accretion expense (Note 31)

   5,453   5,126   5,950 

Less: Amounts capitalized

   (2,008)   (2,579)   (2,773) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   22,408  23,348  24,328 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   2020  2019  2018 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

Wages, salaries and allowances

   98,832   101,815   95,761 

Social security costs

   48,772   52,503   48,630 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   147,604    154,318    144,391  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Social security costs mainly represent contributions to plans for staff welfare organized by the PRC municipal and provincial governments and others including contributions to the retirement benefit plans (Note 33).

9

TAXES OTHER THAN INCOME TAXES

   2020  2019  2018 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

Consumption tax

   145,525   164,973   152,494 

Resource tax

   18,468   24,388   24,339 

Crude oil special gain levy

   178   771   4,750 

Other

   31,679    38,304    39,094  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   195,850   228,436   220,677 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

10

INTEREST EXPENSE

   2020  2019  2018 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

Interest on:

    

Bank loans

   1,677   3,094   2,134 

Other loans

   14,342   15,476   16,313 

Lease liabilities

   6,297   7,476   —   

Accretion expense (Note 32)

   5,107   5,525   5,678 

Less: Amounts capitalized

   (895)   (1,162)   (1,407) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
     26,528     30,409     22,718 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Amounts capitalized are borrowing costs that are attributable to the construction of a qualifying asset.assets. The average interest rate used to capitalize such general borrowing cost was 4.28%4.23% per annum for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016:2020 (2019: 4.28% per annum, 2015:2018: 4.28%-5.76 % per annum).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

11

EMOLUMENTS OF DIRECTORS AND SUPERVISORS

Details of the emoluments of directors and supervisors for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 are as follows:

 

   2017   2016   2015 

Name

  Fee for
directors
and
supervisors		   Salaries,
allowances
and other
benefits		   Contribution
to retirement
benefit
scheme		   Total   Total   Total 
   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000 

Chairmen:

            

Mr. Wang Yilin(i)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Zhou Jiping(i)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Vice Chairmen:

            

Mr. Zhang Jianhua(ii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Wang Dongjin(iii)

   —      696    127    823    774    734 

Executive directors:

            

Mr. Zhao Zhengzhang(iv)

   —      118    41    159    759    671 

Mr. Hou Qijun(iv)

   —      572    76    648    —      —   

Non-executive directors:

            

Mr. Yu Baocai

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Shen Diancheng(vi)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Liu Yuezhen

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Liu Hongbin(v)

   —      —      —      —      679    699 

Mr. Duan Liangwei(vi)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Qin Weizhong(vi)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Chen Zhiwu(vii)

   —      —      —      —      234    220 

Mr. Richard H. Matzke(vii)

   —      —      —      —      241    230 

Mr. Lin Boqiang

   250    —      —      250    281    249 

Mr. Zhang Biyi

   250    —      —      250    278    252 

Ms. Elsie LeungOi-sie(vii)

   220    —      —      220    —      —   

Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito(vii)

   226    —      —      226    —      —   

Mr. Simon Henry(vii)

   213    —      —      213    —      —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   1,159    —      —      1,159    1,713    1,650 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supervisors:

            

Mr. Xu Wenrong(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Guo Jinping(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Zhang Fengshan

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Li Qingyi(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Jia Yimin(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Jiang Lifu

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Lu Yaozhong(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Wang Liang(x)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Yao Wei(ix)

   —      —      —      —      469    796 

Mr. Liu Hehe(ix)

   —      —      —      —      352    724 

Mr. Yang Hua(viii)

   —      201    49    250    862    838 

Mr. Fu Suotang(viii)

   —      525    46    571    —      —   

Mr. Li Jiamin

   —      745    65    810    707    771 

Mr. Liu Xianhua(ix)

   —      671    62    733    528    —   

Mr. Li Wendong(ix)

   —      788    96    884    670    —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   —      2,930    318    3,248    3,588    3,129 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   1,159    4,316    562    6,037    6,834    6,184 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2020   2019   2018 

Name

  Fee for
directors
and
supervisors		   Salaries,
allowances
and other
benefits		   Contribution
to retirement
benefit
scheme		   Total   Total   Total 
   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000 

Chairmen:

            

Mr. Dai Houliang(i)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Wang Yilin(i)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Vice chairmen:

            

Mr Li Fanrong(i)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Zhang Wei(ii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Zhang Jianhua(iii)

   —      —      —      —      —      633 

Mr. Wang Dongjin(iv)

   —      —      —      —      —      409 

Executive directors:

            

Mr Duan Liangwei(v)

   —      609    126    735    —      —   

Mr. Hou Qijun(vi)

   —      —      —      —      983    888 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   —      609    126    735    983    1,930 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-executive directors:

            

Mr. Yu Baocai (vii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Liu Yuezhen

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Liu Hongbin(viii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Jiao Fangzheng(ix)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Huang Yongzhang(x)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Qin Weizhong(xi)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Lin Boqiang(xii)

   388    —      —      388    386    365 

Mr. Zhang Biyi(xii)

   398    —      —      398    386    399 

Ms. Elsie Leung Oi-sie

   331    —      —      331    319    334 

Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito

   331    —      —      331    351    334 

Mr. Simon Henry

   320    —      —      320    340    340 

Mr Cai Jinyong(xii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr Jiang Xiaoming(xii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   1,768    —      —      1,768    1,782    1,772 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

   2020   2019   2018 

Name

  Fee for
directors
and
supervisors		   Salaries,
allowances
and other
benefits		   Contribution
to retirement
benefit
scheme		   Total   Total   Total 
   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000 

Supervisors:

            

Mr. Lv Bo(xiii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Xu Wenrong(xiii)

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Zhang Fengshan

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Jiang Lifu

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Lu Yaozhong

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Wang Liang

   —      —      —      —      —      —   

Mr. Fu Suotang

   —      1,281    86    1,367    1,155    967 

Mr. Li Jiamin

   —      911    95    1,006    978    850 

Mr. Liu Xianhua

   —      900    111    1,011    845    743 

Mr. Li Wendong

   —      1,094    99    1,193    1,067    960 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   —      4,186    391    4,577    4,045    3,520 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   1,768    4,795    517    7,080    6,810    7,222 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i)

Mr. Wang Yilin ceased being the chairman from January 19, 2020. Mr. Dai Houliang was elected as the chairman from June 23, 2015, and Mr. Zhou Jiping ceased being the chairman from June 23, 2015.

(ii)Mr. Zhang JianhuaMr Li Fanrong was elected as the vice chairman andnon-executive directorchariman from October 28, 2016.March 25, 2020.

(iii)(ii)

Mr. Wang Dongjin also serves as the president and executive director.

(iv)Mr. Hou QijunZhang Wei was elected as the vice president and executive director. Besides, Mr. Zhao Zhengzhang was elected as an executive director from June 23, 2015 and ceased being the executive director from June 8, 2017.
(v)Mr. Liu Hongbin ceased being the vice chairman and was transferred from the executive director to thenon-executive director from October 28, 2016, besides, received no emoluments from the Company since the next day.
(vi)Mr. Shen Diancheng ceased being thenon-executive director, and Mr. Duan Liangwei and Mr. Qin Weizhong were elected as thenon-executive director from June 8, 2017.
(vii)Ms. Elsie LeungOi-sie, Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito and Mr. Simon Henry were elected as the independentnon-executive directors, besides, Mr. Chen Zhiwu and Mr. Richard H. Matzke ceased being the independentnon-executive directors from June 8, 2017.
(viii)Mr. Xu Wenrong was elected as annon-executive director from May 25, 2016 and ceased being thenon-executive from June 8, 2017. Mr. Xu Wenrong was elected as the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee and Mr. Lu Yaozhong was elected as the supervisor, besides, Mr. Guo Jinping, Mr. Li Qingyi and Mr. Jia Yimin ceased being the supervisors from June 8, 2017. Mr. Fu Suotang were elected as the staff supervisor, besides, Mr. Yang Hua ceased being the staff supervisor from June 8, 2017.
(ix)Mr. Li Wendong and Mr. Liu Xianhua were elected as the staff supervisors, besides, Mr. Yao Wei and Mr. Liu Hehe ceased being the staff supervisors from May 17, 2016.
(x)Mr. Wang Liang was elected as the supervisor from October 26, 2017.
(xi)The emoluments received by the following person are not reflected in the analysis shown above:
Mr. Liao Yongyuan ceased being thenon-executive director and vice chairman from June 13, 2019 and ceased being the non-executive director and vice chairman from December 9, 2019.

(iii)

Mr. Zhang Jianhua was appointed as executive director and president from June 5, 2018 and ceased being the executive director and president from November 14, 2018.

(iv)

Mr. Wang Dongjin ceased being the executive director and president from April 2, 2018.

(v)

Mr. Duan liangwei was appointed as the president and executive director from March 17, 2015,9, 2020.

(vi)

Mr. Hou Qijun was appointed as the president from March 21, 2019 and emoluments receivedceased being the executive director and president from December 9, 2019.

(vii)

Mr. Yu Baocai ceased being the Company duringnon-executive director from June 7, 2018.

(viii)

Mr. Liu Hongbin ceased being the year 2017, 2016 and 2015 were RMB nil, RMB nil, respectively.non-executive director from December 3, 2019.

(ix)

Mr. Jiao Fangzheng was elected as the non-executive director from June 13, 2019

(x)

Mr. Huang Yongzhang was elected as the non-executive director from September 28, 2020

(xi)

Mr. Qin Weizhong ceased being the non-executive director from April 15, 2019.

(xii)The deferred performance emoluments

Mr. Cai Jinyong and Mr Jiang Xiaoming was elected as independent non-executive director from June 11, 2020, and began to perform their duties.The remuneration has not been paid at the end of RMB 1.64 whichDecember 31, 2020. Mr Zhang Biyi and Mr Lin Boqiang ceased being the company paid to the directors attributable to the year of 2013 to 2015 in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Chinese Government are not reflected in the 2016 annual remuneration shown above.independent non-executive director from December 31, 2020.

(xiii)

Mr. Xu Wenrong ceased being the Chairman of Supervisory Committee and supervisor and Mr Lv Bo ceased being the non-executive director from October 20, 2020. Mr Lv Bo was elected as the Chairman of Supervisory Committee and supervisor from November 5, 2020.

(xiv)

The emoluments above are allpre-tax amounts.

None of the directors and supervisors has waived their remuneration during the year ended December 31, 2017. (2016:2020. (2019: None of the directors and supervisors has waived their remuneration during the year ended December 31, 2016. 2015:remuneration. 2018: None of the directors and supervisors has waived their remuneration during the year ended December 31, 2015)

The five highest paid individuals in the Company for the year ended December 31, 2017 include two supervisors whose emoluments are reflected in the analysis shown above and the note; and three senior managements whose allowances and other benefits were RMB 0.823, RMB 0.823 and RMB 0.732, respectively, and whose contribution to retirement benefit scheme were RMB 0.127, RMB 0.127 and RMB 0.127 respectively.

The five highest paid individuals in the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016 include two supervisors whose emoluments are reflected in the analysis shown above and the note; and three senior managements whose allowances and other benefits were RMB 0.783, RMB 0.783 and RMB 0.775, respectively, and whose contribution to retirement benefit scheme were RMB 0.122, RMB 0.122 and RMB 0.108, respectively.remuneration)

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

The five highest paid individuals in the Company for the year ended December 31, 20152020 include one supervisor whose emolument are reflected in the analysis shown above and the note; and four senior managements whose allowances and other benefits was RMB 1.550, RMB 1.310, RMB 1.292 and RMB 1.270, respectively, and whose contribution to retirement benefit scheme was RMB 0.116, RMB 0.116, RMB 0.116 and RMB 0.116, respectively.

The five highest paid individuals in the Company for the year ended December 31, 2019 include three supervisors and one director whose emoluments are reflected in the analysis shown above and the note; and twoone senior management whose allowances and other benefits was RMB 0.940, and whose contribution to retirement benefit scheme was RMB 0.161.

The five highest paid individuals in the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018 include one supervisor whose emoluments are reflected in the analysis shown above and the note; and four senior managements whose allowances and other benefits were RMB 0.7800.912, RMB 0.899, RMB 0.866 and RMB 0.768,0.847, respectively, and whose contribution to retirement benefit scheme were RMB 0.1300.148, RMB 0.148, RMB 0.148 and RMB 0.132,0.148, respectively.

During 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 2015,2018, the Company did not incur any severance payment to any director for loss of office or any payment as inducement to any director to join the Company.

 

12

INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 

  2017 2016 2015   2020   2019   2018 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Current taxes

   23,835  19,762  18,998    14,922    32,714    34,983 

Deferred taxes (Note 30)

   (7,539)  (3,994)  (3,272) 

Deferred taxes (Note 31)

   7,666    3,485    7,807 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   16,296  15,768  15,726    22,588    36,199    42,790 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

In accordance with the relevant PRC income tax rules and regulations, the PRC corporate income tax rate applicable to the Group is principally 25%. OperationsIn accordance with the Circular jointly issued by the Ministry Of Finance (“MOF”), the General Administration of Customs of the Group in western regions in China qualifiedPRC and the SAT on Issues Concerning Tax Policies for certainIn-depth Implementation of Western Development Strategy (Cai Shui [2011] No.58), the corporate income tax incentivesfor the enterprises engaging in the form ofencouraged industries in the Western China Region is charged at a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15% throughfrom January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2020. Certain branches and subsidiaries of the year 2020.Company in the Western China Region obtained the approval for the use of the preferential corporate income tax rate of 15%. On April 23, 2020, the MOF, the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) and National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) issued the Notice on Continuing the Income Tax Policy for Western Development (Notice No.23 of 2020 of the MOF, the SAT, the NDRC), the corporate income tax for the enterprises engaging in the encouraged industries in the Western China Region is charged at a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15% from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2030.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The tax on the Group’s profit before taxation differs from the theoretical amount that would arise using the corporate income tax rate in the PRC applicable to the Group is as follows:

 

  2017 2016 2015   2020 2019 2018 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

Profit before income tax expense

   53,089  45,140  57,815    56,073  103,214  116,770 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Tax calculated at a tax rate of 25%

   13,272  11,285  14,454    14,018  25,804  29,193 

Tax returntrue-up

   1,275  1,887  2,008    256  691  554 

Effect of income taxes from international operations in excess of taxes at the PRC statutory tax rate

   693  1,797  910 

Effect of income taxes from international operations different from taxes at the PRC statutory tax rate

   1,522  6,112  4,414 

Effect of preferential tax rate

   (5,058)  (2,418)  (5,436)    (1,312)  (5,529)  (3,855) 

Tax effect of income not subject to tax

   (3,401)  (4,935)  (2,875)    (3,612)  (3,767)  (3,278) 

Tax effect of expenses not deductible for tax purposes

   9,515  8,152  6,665    5,455  4,479  8,278 

Tax effect of temporary differences and losses unrecognized as deferred tax assets

   6,261  8,409  7,484 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Income tax expense

   16,296  15,768  15,726    22,588  36,199  42,790 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

13

BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 have been computed by dividing profit for the year attributable to owners of the Company of RMB 22,798, RMB 7,857 and RMB 35,517 respectively by 183,021 million shares issued and outstanding for the year.

There are no potentially dilutive ordinary shares.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

14

DIVIDENDS

 

   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2017(a)

   12,676    —      —   

Proposed final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2017(b)

   11,117    —      —   

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2016(c)

   —      3,899    —   

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2016(d)

   —      6,957    —   

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2015(e)

   —      —      11,433 

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2015(f)

   —      —      4,550 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   23,793    10,856    15,983 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2020   2019   2018 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2020 (a)

   16,000    —      —   

Proposed final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2020 (b)

   16,000    —      —   

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2019 (c)

   —      14,212    —   

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2019 (d)

   —      12,081    —   

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2018 (e)

   —      —      16,252 

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company for 2018 (f)

   —      —      16,472 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   32,000    26,293    32,724 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 20172020 of RMB 0.069260.08742 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 12,67616,000. The dividends were paid on September 15, 201722, 2020 (A shares) and October 27, 2017November 13, 2020 (H shares).

(b)

At the 1st8th meeting of the 8thBoard, in 2018, the Board of Directors proposed final dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 20172020 of RMB 0.060740.08742 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 11,117.16,000. These consolidated financial statements do not reflect this dividend payable as the final dividends were proposed after the reporting period and will be accounted for in equity as an appropriation of retained earnings for the year ended December 31, 20182020 when approved at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

(c)Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2016 of RMB 0.02131 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 3,899 were paid on September 21, 2016 (A shares) and October 28, 2016 (H shares).
(d)Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2016 of RMB 0.03801 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 6,957 were paid on June 22, 2017 (A shares) and July 27, 2017 (H shares).
(e)Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2015 of RMB 0.06247 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 11,433 were paid on September 18, 2015 (A shares) and October 27, 2015 (H shares).
(f)Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2015 of RMB 0.02486 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 4,550 were paid on June 8, 2016 (A shares) and July 14, 2016 (H shares).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

(c)

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2019 of RMB 0.07765 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 14,212. The dividends were paid on September 24, 2019 (A shares) and November 1, 2019 (H shares).

(d)

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2019 of RMB 0.06601 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 12,081 and were paid on June 30, 2020 (A shares) and July 31, 2020 (H shares).

(e)

Interim dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2018 of RMB 0.08880 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 16,252. The dividends were paid on September 21, 2018 (A shares) and November 1, 2018 (H shares).

(f)

Final dividends attributable to owners of the Company in respect of 2018 of RMB 0.09 yuan per share amounting to a total of RMB 16,472 and were paid on June 28, 2019 (A shares) and August 2, 2019 (H shares).

15

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Year Ended December 31, 2017

 Buildings  Oil
and Gas
Properties		  Equipment
and
Machinery		  Motor
Vehicles		  Other  Construction
in Progress		  Total 
  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Cost

       

At beginning of the year

  214,710   1,909,213   990,832   29,227   22,268   229,371   3,395,621 

Additions

  1,042   9,193   3,995   824   528   204,159   219,741 

Transfers

  13,913   124,257   75,284   —     10,506   (223,960)   —   

Disposals or write offs

  (3,280)   (21,746)   (11,061)   (1,032)   (441)   (9,455)   (47,015) 

Currency translation differences

  (278)   (9,588)   (1,039)   (29)   (230)   (242)   (11,406) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

  226,107   2,011,329   1,058,011   28,990   32,631   199,873   3,556,941 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

       

At beginning of the year

  (85,323)   (1,063,500)   (469,475)   (19,467)   (11,971)   (6,340)   (1,656,076) 

Charge for the year and others

  (9,968)   (150,178)   (49,509)   (1,754)   (1,857)   —     (213,266) 

Impairment charge

  (659)   (3,961)   (10,300)   (3)   (2,715)   (309)   (17,947) 

Disposals or write offs or transfers

  2,075   11,426   9,663   921   (1,699)   3,664   26,050 

Currency translation differences

  110   6,472   532   7   12   (22)   7,111 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

  (93,765)   (1,199,741)   (519,089)   (20,296)   (18,230)   (3,007)   (1,854,128) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net book value

       

At end of the year

  132,342   811,588   538,922   8,694   14,401   196,866   1,702,813 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 


Year Ended December 31, 2016

 Buildings Oil
and Gas
Properties		 Equipment
and
Machinery		 Motor
Vehicles		 Other Construction
in Progress		 Total 

Year Ended

December 31, 2020

  Buildings Oil
and Gas
Properties		 Equipment
and
Machinery		 Motor
Vehicles		 Other Construction
in Progress		 Total 
 RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB 

Cost

               

At beginning of the year

 205,204  1,799,887  953,331  29,586  21,018  236,804  3,245,830    252,174  2,261,203  1,153,616  27,148  36,155  255,302  3,985,598 

Additions

 979  7,995  3,202  624  416  161,336  174,552    3,620  1,044  8,425  1,419  776  188,591  203,875 

Transfers

 10,644  109,171  40,216   —    965  (160,996)   —      16,827  152,389  23,618   —    12,169  (205,003)   —   

Disposals or write offs

 (2,573)  (23,047)  (6,781)  (1,027)  (267)  (9,689)  (43,384)    (22,910)  (39,497)  (438,169)  (5,661)  (3,340)  (8,934)  (518,511) 

Currency translation differences

 456  15,207  864  44  136  1,916  18,623    (763)  (19,214)  (1,086)  (49)  (746)  (1,074)  (22,932) 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

At end of the year

 214,710  1,909,213  990,832  29,227  22,268  229,371  3,395,621    248,948  2,355,925  746,404  22,857  45,014  228,882  3,648,030 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

               

At beginning of the year

 (76,904)  (929,554)  (421,315)  (18,619)  (10,740)  (3,793)  (1,460,925)    (107,943)  (1,429,389)  (615,770)  (19,947)  (23,092)  (6,233)  (2,202,374) 

Charge for the year and others

 (9,677)  (141,530)  (47,750)  (1,753)  (1,297)   —    (202,007)    (11,005)  (136,433)  (45,912)  (1,260)  (10,573)   —    (205,183) 

Impairment charge

 (63)  (711)  (5,494)  (1)  (15)  (2,218)  (8,502)    (214)  (13,908)  (113)   —    (837)  (295)  (15,367) 

Disposals or write offs or transfers

 1,469  15,536  5,501  930  219  6  23,661    7,948  24,234  173,196  3,739  2,031  1,012  212,160 

Currency translation differences

 (148)  (7,241)  (417)  (24)  (138)  (335)  (8,303)    315  13,459  490  37  534  (10)  14,825 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

At end of the year

 (85,323)  (1,063,500)  (469,475)  (19,467)  (11,971)  (6,340)  (1,656,076)    (110,899)  (1,542,037)  (488,109)  (17,431)  (31,937)  (5,526)  (2,195,939) 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net book value

               

At end of the year

 129,387  845,713  521,357  9,760  10,297  223,031  1,739,545    138,049  813,888  258,295  5,426  13,077  223,356  1,452,091 
 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2019

  Buildings  Oil
and Gas
Properties		  Equipment
and
Machinery		  Motor
Vehicles		  Other  Construction
in Progress		  Total 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Cost

        

At beginning of the year

   237,038   2,113,366   1,102,423   27,911   34,080   226,623   3,741,441 

Additions

   1,330   5,990   6,111   1,325   752   283,170   298,678 

Transfers

   21,265   174,749   52,449   —     1,234   (249,697)   —   

Disposals or write offs

   (7,605)   (40,253)   (7,528)   (2,096)   (549)   (8,900)   (66,931) 

Currency translation differences

   146   7,351   161   8   638   4,106   12,410 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

   252,174   2,261,203   1,153,616   27,148   36,155   255,302   3,985,598 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation and impairment

        

At beginning of the year

   (100,767)   (1,312,907)   (570,120)   (20,276)   (21,714)   (6,269)   (2,032,053) 

Charge for the year and others

   (11,402)   (128,859)   (50,360)   (1,386)   (1,365)   —     (193,372) 

Impairment charge

   (237)   (11,562)   (1,159)   (4)   (38)   (419)   (13,419) 

Disposals or write offs or transfers

   4,532   28,241   5,945   1,724   436   491   41,369 

Currency translation differences

   (69)   (4,302)   (76)   (5)   (411)   (36)   (4,899) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

   (107,943)   (1,429,389)   (615,770)   (19,947)   (23,092)   (6,233)   (2,202,374) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net book value

        

At end of the year

   144,231   831,814   537,846   7,201   13,063   249,069   1,783,224 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The impairment charge of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2017 amounted to RMB 17,947 (2016: RMB 8,502 primarily related to certain petrochemical and liquefied natural gas production facilities, 2015: RMB 25,022 primarily related to oil and gas properties) primarily related to certain oil and gas properties and petrochemical production facilities. The impairment of these properties is mainly due to the higher production costs and operating costs and the crude oil price fluctuating at a low level. The carrying amount of these assets has been reduced to the recoverable amount.

When determining whether there are indications of impairment for oil and gas properties, the Group considers factors, mainly including the decline of production and reserve volumes at the late development stage of certain oil blocks and the significant drop in economic benefits of certain oil blocks resulted from the higher production cost. The Group’s subsidiaries or branches under the exploration and production segment will determinedetermines whether there are any indications of impairment for their ownthe oil blocks according to the Group’s guidance of indicationsidentification of impairment indications for oil and gas properties, and performperforms the impairment tests on those oil blocks with indications of impairment, and reportreports the results to the Group’s internal professional team (including operation and finance team) for further overall assessment and evaluation. The final results of the impairment tests will behave been submitted to the Group’s management for review and approval. The Group recorded impairment losses in 2017amounting to RMB 13,908 related to oil and gas properties under the exploration and production segment for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 11,562 related to oil and gas properties under the exploration and production segment, 2018: RMB 19,856 and RMB 2,904 related to oil and gas properties and construction in progress respectively under the exploration and production segmentsegment) due to the decline of oil and gas reserves, the higher production costs and significant drop in the economic benefits of certain oil blocks resulted fromat the higher production cost, and recorded impairment loss in 2016 and 2015 related to oil and gas properties and construction in progress under the exploration and production segment due to the fact that the international priceslate stage of crude oil significantly dropped as a result of the global economic downturn. In addition, the oil reserves of certain oil blocks decreased and the production costs of some super heavy oil blocks andultra-low permeability oil blocks were high. The above factors jointly led to lower economic benefits of those oil blocks and the impairment losses for the oil and gas properties.production. The carrying amount of those impaired oil and gas properties was written down to their respective recoverable amounts, which were determined based on the present values of the expected future cash flows of the assets. The Group referred to the weighted average cost of capital of the oil and gas industry when determining discount rate, and made relevant adjustments according to specific risks in different countries or regions. In 2017,2020, theafter-tax discount rates adopted by most oil fields or blocks of the Group ranged from 7.6%5.9% to 11.0% (2016: 7.1%12% (2019: 6.4% to 10.3%15.4%, 2015: 7.0%2018: 7.3% to 10.0%11.5%).

The Group performs an impairment review to identify whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. When such an indication exists on those oil and gas properties identified, the Group follows the above procedure to estimate the recoverable amount of the assets. If the carrying amount of the oil and gas properties exceeds their recoverable amount, the carrying amount of the oil and gas properties will be written down to its recoverable amount.

The following table indicates the changes to the Group’s exploratory well costs, which are included in construction in progress, for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

   2017  2016  2015 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

At beginning of the year

   21,421   20,177   20,878 

Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves

   25,165   21,847   21,698 

Reclassified to wells, facilities, and equipment based on the determination of proved reserves

   (14,288)   (10,914)   (12,791) 

Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense

   (9,455)   (9,689)   (9,608) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

   22,843   21,421   20,177 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

The following table indicates the changes to the Group’s exploratory well costs, which are included in construction in progress, for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018.

   2020  2019  2018 
   RMB  RMB  RMB 

At beginning of the year

   36,101   26,905   22,843 

Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves

   30,104   35,098   28,045 

Reclassified to wells, facilities, and equipment based on the determination of proved reserves

   (18,464)   (17,002)   (15,404) 

Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense

   (8,934)   (8,900)   (8,579) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

   38,807   36,101   26,905 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The following table provides an aging of capitalized exploratory well costs based on the date the drilling was completed.

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

One year or less

   15,231    13,202    23,428    23,924 

Over one year

   7,612    8,219    15,379    12,177 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Balance at December 31

   22,843    21,421    38,807    36,101 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

RMB 7,612 at December 31, 2017 (December 31, 2016: RMB 8,219) of capitalizedCapitalized exploratory well costs over one year are principally related to wells that are under further evaluation of drilling results or pending completion of development planning to ascertain economic viability.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

16

INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES

The summarized financial information of the Group’s principal associates and joint ventures, including the aggregated amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, profit or loss and the interest held by the Group were as follows:

 

Name

 Country of
Incorporation		  Registered
Capital		  

Principal Activities

 Interest Held 
    Direct%  Indirect% 

Dalian West Pacific Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

  PRC   

USD 258

million

 

 

 

Production and

sale of petroleum and petrochemical products

  28.44   —   

China Petroleum Finance Co., Ltd.(i)

  PRC   8,331  Deposits, loans, settlement, lending, bills acceptance discounting, guarantee and other banking business  32.00   —   

CNPC Captive Insurance Co., Ltd.

  PRC   5,000  Property loss insurance, liability insurance, credit insurance and deposit insurance; as well as the application of the above insurance reinsurance and insurance capital business  49.00   —   

China Marine Bunker (PetroChina) Co., Ltd.

  PRC   1,000  Oil import and export trade and transportation, sale and storage  —     50.00 

Arrow Energy Holdings Pty Ltd.

  Australia   AUD 2  Exploration, development and sale of coal seam gas  —     50.00 

Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Co.,
Ltd.(ii)

  PRC   5,000  Main contractor, investment holding, investment management, investment consulting, enterprise management advisory, technology development, promotion and technology consulting  —     50.00 

Name

 Country of
Incorporation		  Registered
Capital		   

Principal Activities

 Interest Held 
 Direct %  Indirect % 

China Oil & Gas Piping Network Corporation (“PipeChina”)

  PRC   500,000   Pipeline transport, storage service, import of equipment, import and export of techniques, science and technology research, research and application of informatization, technology consulting, technology service, technology transfer, promotion of technology  29.90   —   

China Petroleum Finance Co., Ltd.

  PRC   8,331   Deposits, loans, settlement, lending, bills acceptance discounting, guarantee and other banking business  32.00   —   

CNPC Captive Insurance Co., Ltd.

  PRC   5,000   Property loss insurance, liability insurance, credit insurance and deposit insurance; as well as the application of the above insurance reinsurance and insurance capital business  49.00   —   

China Marine Bunker (PetroChina) Co., Ltd.

  PRC   1,000   Oil import and export trade and transportation, sale and storage  —     50.00 

Mangistau Investment B.V.

  Netherlands   

USD 131

million

 

 

  Engages in investing activities, the principle activities of its main subsidiaries are exploration, development and sale of oil and gas.  —     50.00 

Trans-Asia Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd.

  PRC   5,000   Main contractor, investment holding, investment management, investment consulting, enterprise management advisory, technology development, promotion and technology consulting  —     50.00 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

(i)In August 2016, China National Petroleum Corporation injected RMB 19,471 cash into China Petroleum Finance Co., Ltd. (the “CP Finance”), of which RMB 2,890 and RMB 16,581 were recorded as “Registered Capital” and “Capital Reserve”, respectively. The registered capital of CP Finance was increased from RMB 5,441 to RMB 8,331. The Company’s share was diluted from 49% to 32%, and the Company’s share of net assets was increased RMB 307.
(ii)On November 24, 2015, the board of directors of the Company approved the sale by CNPC Exploration and Development Co., Ltd. (“CNPC E&D”), one of the Company’s subsidiaries, of its 50% equity interest in Trans-Asia Pipeline to CNIC Corporation Limited for a consideration equivalent to RMB 14,671. The transaction closed in the second quarter of 2016.

Dividends received andor receivable from associates and joint ventures were RMB 7,0344,517 in 2017 (2016:2020 (2019: RMB 10,172, 2015:4,432, 2018: RMB 9,489)6,558).

In 2017,2020, investments in associates and joint ventures of RMB 96 (2016:1,687 (2019: RMB 101, 2015:119, 2018: RMB 55)207) were disposed of, resulting in a gain of RMB 6 (2016: a loss of RMB 40, 2015:5 (2019: a gain of RMB 1,258)238, 2018: a gain of RMB 7).

In 2017,2020, the share of profit and other comprehensive lossincome in all individually immaterial associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method in aggregate was loss of RMB 2,468 (2019: profit of RMB 3,235 (2016:2,207, 2018: profit of RMB 2,738, 2015:8,996) and profit of RMB 3,846) and loss3,631 (2019: profit of RMB 845 (2016: loss2,098, 2018: profit of RMB 204, 2015: income of RMB 1,042)480), respectively.

Interest in Associates

Summarized financial information in respect of the Group’s principal associates and reconciliation to carrying amount is as follow:

   PipeChina
(Note 41)		   China Petroleum
Finance Co., Ltd.		   CNPC Captive
Insurance Co., Ltd.		 
   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Percentage ownership interest (%)

   29.90    32.00    32.00    49.00    49.00 

Current assets

   74,012    313,741    261,520    11,267    10,823 

Non-current assets

   655,982    177,344    228,933    2,956    2,618 

Current liabilities

   55,562    404,201    403,052    4,752    4,752 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

   104,150    12,617    17,234    2,776    2,232 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets

   570,282    74,267    70,167    6,695    6,457 

Group’s share of net assets

   151,135    23,765    22,453    3,281    3,164 

Goodwill

   —      349    349    —      —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Carrying amount of interest in associates

   151,135    24,114    22,802    3,281    3,164 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Summarized statement of comprehensive income and dividends received by the Group are as follow:

   PipeChina
(Note 41)		   China Petroleum
Finance Co., Ltd.		   CNPC Captive
Insurance Co., Ltd.		 
   From
Oct 01, 2020
to Dec 31, 2020		   2020  2019   2018   2020   2019  2018 
   RMB   RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB  RMB 

Revenue

   22,766    7,954   9,672    8,520    735    712   706 

Profit for the year

   6,444    7,819   7,810    7,554    389    349   315 

Other comprehensive income

   —      (1,603)   1,356    651    —      (1)   —   
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

   6,444    6,216   9,166    8,205    389    348   315 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Group’s share of total comprehensive income

   1,532    1,989   2,933    2,626    191    170   154 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Dividends received by the Group

   —      677   1,268    983    74    62   63 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

Interest in Joint Ventures

Summarized statement of financial position as included in their own financial statements, adjusted for fair value adjustments and differences in accounting policies in respect of the Group’s principal joint ventures and reconciliation to carrying amount is as follows:

 

  Dalian West Pacific
Petrochemical Co., Ltd.		 China Petroleum Finance Co.,
Ltd.		   CNPC Captive Insurance Co.,
Ltd.		  China Marine Bunker
(PetroChina) Co., Ltd.		 Mangistau Investment B.V. Trans-Asia Gas
Pipeline Co., Ltd.		 
  December 31,
2017		 December 31,
2016		 December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		  December 31,
2020		 December 31,
2019		 December 31,
2020		 December 31,
2019		 December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB  RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB   RMB 

Percentage ownership interest (%)

   28.44  28.44  32.00    32.00    49.00    49.00  50.00  50.00  50.00  50.00  50.00    50.00 

Non-current assets

 1,685  1,750  10,586  11,980  39,809    43,258 

Current assets

   5,326  3,597  169,389    148,916    9,386    9,192  7,319  8,666  830  1,211  2,886    2,680 

Non-current assets

   4,141  4,373  309,481    270,507    2,764    2,166 

Including: cash and cash equivalents

 1,343  1,206  74  292  739    73 

Non-current liabilities

 158  152  3,008  3,062  2,330    2,355 

Including: Non-current financial liabilities

 1  5  848  907  2,330    2,100 

Current liabilities

   12,108  8,329  394,064    332,923    6,097    5,594  5,927  7,349  575  567  235    445 

Non-current liabilities

   333  5,217  24,977    29,998    1    1 

Including: Current financial liabilities excluding trade and other payables

 3,267  3,599   —     —     —      —   
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Net (liabilities) / assets

   (2,974)  (5,576)  59,829    56,502    6,052    5,763 

Net assets

 2,919  2,915  7,833  9,562  40,130    43,138 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Net assets attributable to owners of the Company

 2,672  2,672  7,833  9,562  40,130    43,138 

Group’s share of net
assets

   —     —    19,145    18,080    2,965    2,824  1,336  1,336  3,917  4,781  20,065    21,569 

Goodwill

   —     —    349    349    —      —   
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Carrying amount of interest in associates

   —     —    19,494    18,429    2,965    2,824 

Carrying amount of interest in joint ventures

 1,336  1,336  3,917  4,781  20,065    21,569 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Summarized statement of comprehensive income is as follows:

   Dalian West Pacific
Petrochemical Co., Ltd.		  China Petroleum
Finance Co., Ltd.		   CNPC Captive Insurance Co.,
Ltd.		 
   2017   2016   2015  2017  2016   2015   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB   RMB   RMB  RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Revenue

   27,716    19,029    18,170   8,520   8,555    10,335    654    563    480 

Profit for the year

   2,602    1,475    (984)   7,286   7,524    5,839    364    302    286 

Other comprehensive
(loss) / income

   —      —      —     (1,395)   655    294    1    2    1 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive
income / (loss)

   2,602    1,475    (984)   5,891   8,179    6,133    365    304    287 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Group’s share of total comprehensive income

   —      —      —     1,885   3,628    3,005    179    149    141 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends received by the Group

   —      —      —     815   7,203    631          27          —            —   

Interestincluded in Joint Ventures

Summarized balance sheettheir own financial statements, adjusted for fair value adjustments and differences in respect of the Group’s principal joint ventures and reconciliation to carrying amount is as follows:

  China Marine Bunker
(PetroChina) Co., Ltd.		  Arrow Energy
Holdings Pty Ltd.		  Trans-Asia Gas
Pipeline Co., Ltd.		 
  December 31,
2017		  December 31,
2016		  December 31,
2017		  December 31,
2016		  December 31,
2017		  December 31,
2016		 
  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Percentage ownership interest (%)

  50.00   50.00   50.00   50.00   50.00   50.00 

Non-current assets

  1,942   1,974   25,429   32,733   31,527   27,009 

Current assets

  6,449   6,453   540   708   3,957   4,045 

Including: cash and cash equivalents

  1,277   1,461   91   368   3,955   4,025 

Non-current liabilities

  232   749   21,569   25,308   2,100   2,100 

Including:Non-current financial liabilities excluding trade and other payables and provisions

  —     500   17,890   16,304   2,100   2,100 

Current liabilities

  5,309   4,902   583   690   343   414 

Including: Current financial liabilities excluding trade and other payables and provisions

  1,894   1,188   192   316   —     —   
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net assets

  2,850   2,776   3,817   7,443   33,041   28,540 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net assets attributable to owners of the Company

  2,630   2,528   3,817   7,443   33,041   28,540 

Group’s share of net assets

  1,315   1,264   1,909   3,722   16,521   14,270 

Elimination of unrealized profit

  —     —     —     —     —     —   

Elimination of transactions

with the Group

  —     —     (52)   (45)   —     —   
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Carrying amount of interest in joint ventures

  1,315   1,264   1,857   3,677   16,521   14,270 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

Summarized statement of comprehensive incomeaccounting policies and dividends received by the Group is as follows:

 

  China Marine Bunker
(PetroChina) Co., Ltd.		 Arrow Energy Holdings Pty
Ltd.		 Trans-Asia
Gas Pipeline Co.,
Ltd.		   China Marine Bunker
(PetroChina) Co., Ltd.		 Mangistau Investment B.V. Trans-Asia Gas
Pipeline Co., Ltd.		 
  2017 2016 2015 2017 2016 2015 2017 From the closing
date to Dec 31, 2016		   2020 2019 2018 2020 2019 2018 2020 2019 2018 
  RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB 

Revenue

   31,770  23,336  27,587  1,449  1,135  971  16  84    36,695  42,116  43,924  8,152  15,104  16,085  18  23  14 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (93)  (92)  (88)  (883)  (624)  (484)  (3)  (3)    (195)  (81)  (90)  (1,048)  (883)  (807)  (38)  (37)  (4) 

Interest income

   12  9  35  2  5  6  65  55    16  23  18  4  2  5  42  51  59 

Interest expense

   (39)  (45)  (56)  (1,300)  (1,307)  (1,189)  (43)  (32)    (60)  (88)  (96)  (160)  (158)  (154)  (58)  (57)  (46) 

Income tax expense

   (44)  (47)  (33)   —     —     —     —    (1)    (57)  (92)  (37)  (293)  (925)  (1,077)  1   —    10 

Net profit / (loss)

   116  101  93  (5,518)  (3,718)  (10,753)  5,846  88 

Total comprehensive
income / (loss)

   87  171  176  (3,445)  (3,402)  (12,934)  5,736  194 

Total comprehensive
income / (loss) by share

   43  68  67  (1,723)  (1,701)  (6,467)  2,868  97 

Elimination of unrealized profit

   —     —     —     —     —     —    (617)  (354) 

Net profit

   185  142  126  362  2,818  3,324  3,060  4,070  1,931 

Total comprehensive income

   140  169  151  (650)  2,978  3,020  (3,007)  7,940  2,505 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Group’s share of total comprehensive income / (loss)

   43  68  67  (1,723)  (1,701)  (6,467)  2,251  (257) 

Group’s share of total comprehensive income

   46  85  76  (325)  1,489  1,510  (1,504)  3,970  1,253 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Dividends received by the Group

   —    9  18   —     —     —     —     —      —     —    8  539  1,115  1,650   —    175   —   

 

17AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE FINANCIAL ASSETS

EQUITY INVESTMENTS MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

   December 31, 2017  December 31, 2016 
   RMB  RMB 

Available-for-sale financial assets

   2,251   2,348 

Less: Impairment losses

   (334)   (337) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   1,917   2,011 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   December 31, 2020   December 31, 2019 
   RMB   RMB 

China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co.,Ltd.

   188    185 

Chengdu Huaqi Houpu Holding Co.,Ltd.

   228    191 

Other items

   486    546 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   902    922 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Available-for-sale financial assets comprise principally unlistedThe above equity securities and bonds.investments are planned to be held for a long term by the Group for strategic purpose, the Group designates them as equity investments at fair value through other comprehensive income.

In 2017,available-for-sale financial assets ofDividends amounting to RMB 12 (2016:25 were received on these investments during the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 176, 2015:22, 2018: RMB 381) were disposed of, resulting in the realization of a gain of RMB 11 (2016: a gain of RMB 184, 2015: a gain of RMB 177)52).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

18

SUBSIDIARIES

The principal subsidiaries of the Group are:

 

Company Name

  

Country of

Incorporation

  Issued
Capital
RMB		   

Type of
Legal
Entity

  Attributable
Equity
Interest %		   Voting
Rights%		  

Principal Activities

 

Country of

Incorporation

 

Registered

Capital

 

Type of
Legal
Entity

 

Attributable

Equity
Interest %

 

Voting
Rights
%

 

Principal Activities

Daqing Oilfield Company Limited

  PRC   47,500   Limited liability company   100.00   100.00  Exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas PRC 47,500 Limited liability company 100.00 100.00 Exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas

CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited (i)

  PRC   16,100   Limited liability company   50.00   57.14  Exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas in and outside the PRC PRC 16,100 Limited liability company 50.00 57.14 Exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas outside the PRC

PetroChina Hong Kong Limited

  Hong Kong   
HKD
7,592 million		 
 		  Limited liability company   100.00   100.00  Investment holding. The principal activities of its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are the exploration, production and sale of crude oil in and outside the PRC as well as natural gas sale and transmission in the PRC Hong Kong 

HKD

7,592 million

 Limited liability company 100.00 100.00 Investment holding. The principal activities of its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are the exploration, production and sale of crude oil in and outside the PRC as well as natural gas sale and transmission in the PRC

PetroChina International Investment Company Limited

  PRC   31,314   Limited liability company   100.00   100.00  

Investment holding. The

principal activities of its

subsidiaries and joint ventures are the exploration, development

and production of crude

oil, natural gas, oil sands and coalbed methane outside the PRC

 PRC 31,314 Limited liability company 100.00 100.00 

Investment holding. The

principal activities of its

subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are the exploration, development

and production of crude

oil, natural gas, oil sands and coalbed methane outside the PRC

PetroChina International Company Limited

  PRC   18,096   Limited liability company   100.00   100.00  Marketing of refined products and trading of crude oil and petrochemical products, storage, investment in refining, chemical engineering, storage facilities, service station, and transportation facilities and related business in and outside the PRC PRC 18,096 Limited liability company 100.00 100.00 Marketing of refined products and trading of crude oil and petrochemical products, storage, investment in refining, chemical engineering, storage facilities, service station, and transportation facilities and related business in and outside the PRC

PetroChina Sichuan Petrochemical Company Limited

 PRC 10,000 Limited liability company 90.00 90.00 Production and sale of oil refining, petrochemical and chemical products

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Company Name

  

Country of

Incorporation

  Issued
Capital
RMB		   

Type of
Legal
Entity

  Attributable
Equity
Interest %		   Voting
Rights%		  

Principal Activities

PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd.

  PRC   80,000   Limited liability company   72.26   72.26  

Oil and gas pipeline

transportation, investment

holding, import and export of goods, agency of import and export, import and export of technology, technology promotion service, professional contractor, main contractor

 

(i)

The Company consolidated the financial statements of the entity because it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity.

Summarized financial information in respect of the Group’s principal subsidiaries with significantnon-controlling interests is as follows:

 

  CNPC Exploration and
Development Company Limited		   PetroChina Pipelines
Co., Ltd.		   CNPC Exploration and
Development Company
Limited		   PetroChina Sichuan
Petrochemical Company
Limited		 
  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Percentage ownership interest (%)

   50.00    50.00    72.26    72.26    50.00    50.00    90.00    90.00 

Current assets

   24,722    26,489    2,882    19,193    16,046    20,604    4,278    3,600 

Non-current assets

   133,328    134,510    232,842    235,023    182,392    186,792    26,371    25,904 

Current liabilities

   13,273    15,504    6,059    26,186    21,820    18,911    5,382    4,444 

Non-current liabilities

   13,211    11,648    8,408    12,344    22,566    25,326    486    615 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Net assets

   131,566    133,847    221,257    215,686    154,052    163,159    24,781    24,445 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Summarized statement of comprehensive income is as follows:

 

   CNPC Exploration and
Development Company Limited		  PetroChina Pipelines Co.,
Ltd. (note)		 
   2017  2016   2015  2017   2016   2015 
   RMB  RMB   RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB 

Revenue

   37,304   28,196    33,541   43,627    41,794    2,796 

Profit from continuing operations

   3,696   24,153    2,448   17,891    20,420    1,015 

Total comprehensive (loss) / income

   (1,050)   30,391    (7,889)   17,891    20,420    1,015 

Profit attributable tonon-controlling interests

   2,390   12,414    1,292   4,963    5,664    282 

Dividends paid tonon-controlling interests

   1,420   444    775   3,569    —      720 

Note: PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd. was established in November 2015.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

   CNPC Exploration and
Development Company
Limited		   PetroChina Sichuan
Petrochemical Company
Limited		 
   2020  2019   2018   2020   2019   2018 
   RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Revenue

   33,312   47,096    45,618    35,319    49,858    39,887 

Profit from continuing operations

   6,006   14,126    15,563    520    544    735 

Total comprehensive income

   (6,972)   17,879    17,577    520    544    735 

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

   3,311   8,274    8,844    52    54    74 

Dividends paid to non-controlling interests

   1,498   1,923    2,038    12    19    —   

Summarized statement of cash flows is as follows:

 

   CNPC Exploration and
Development Company Limited		  PetroChina Pipelines Co.,
Ltd. (note)		 
   2017  2016  2015  2017  2016  2015 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Net cash inflow from operating activities

   18,545   9,053   8,293   31,160   30,270   2,554 

Net cash (outflow) / inflow from investing activities

   (12,304)   (18,036)   (2,762)   2,869   14,799   (19,434) 

Net cash (outflow) / inflow from financing activities

   (4,296)   (2,248)   (4,284)   (36,190)   (47,624)   21,744 

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

   (2,183)   748   586   —     —     —   

Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents

   (238)   (10,483)   1,833   (2,161)   (2,555)   4,864 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

   18,220   28,703   26,870   2,309   4,864   —   

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

   17,982   18,220   28,703   148   2,309   4,864 

Note: PetroChina Pipelines Co., Ltd. was established in November 2015.

19ADVANCE OPERATING LEASE PAYMENTS

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Land use rights

   55,095    53,653 

Advance lease payments

   18,801    17,700 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   73,896    71,353 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Advance operating lease payments are amortized over the related lease terms using the straight-line method.

20INTANGIBLE AND OTHERNON-CURRENT ASSETS

   December 31, 2017   December 31, 2016 
   Cost   Accumulated
amortization		  Net   Cost   Accumulated
amortization		  Net 
   RMB   RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB  RMB 

Patents and technicalknow-how

   7,476    (5,620)   1,856    7,237    (5,219)   2,018 

Computer software

   10,638    (7,749)   2,889    9,614    (6,790)   2,824 

Goodwill(i)

   45,643    (3,709)   41,934    46,097    —     46,097 

Other

   20,128    (7,207)   12,921    19,134    (6,294)   12,840 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Intangible assets

   83,885    (24,285)   59,600    82,082    (18,303)   63,779 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

  

Other assets

      33,341       38,971 
     

 

 

      

 

 

 
      92,941       102,750 
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

(i)

Goodwill primarily relates to the acquisition of Singapore Petroleum Company, Petroineos Trading Limited and PetroChina United Pipelines Co., Ltd., completed in 2009, 2011 and 2015, respectively. The

  CNPC Exploration and
Development Company
Limited		  PetroChina Sichuan
Petrochemical Company
Limited		 
  2020  2019  2018  2020  2019  2018 
  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Net cash inflow from operating activities

  5,681   17,780   22,467   5,119   3,413   2,236 

Net cash (outflow) / inflow from investing activities

  (16,187)   (17,306)   (33,466)   (380)   537   178 

Net cash (outflow) / inflow from financing activities

  7,410   (1,118)   7,865   (3,186)   (4,035)   (2,332) 

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  (776)   220   (1,350)   —     —     —   
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents

  (3,872)   (424)   (4,484)   1,553   (85)   82 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

  13,074   13,498   17,982   8   93   11 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

  9,202   13,074   13,498   1,561   8   93 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

19

INTANGIBLE AND OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS

   December 31, 2020   December 31, 2019 
   Cost   Accumulated
amortization,
including
impairment
losses		  Net   Cost   Accumulated
amortization,
including
impairment
losses		  Net 
   RMB   RMB  RMB   RMB   RMB  RMB 

Patents and technical know-how

   7,846    (6,657)   1,189    7,782    (6,370)   1,412 

Computer software

   12,517    (9,528)   2,989    12,356    (9,116)   3,240 

Goodwill(i)

   8,161    (36)   8,125    46,555    (3,747)   42,808 

Other

   26,135    (9,797)   16,338    23,880    (8,949)   14,931 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Intangible assets

   54,659    (26,018)   28,641    90,573    (28,182)   62,391 
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

  

Other assets

      38,853       38,272 
     

 

 

      

 

 

 
      67,494       100,663 
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

(i)

The impairment of goodwill shall be tested in combination with its related asset groups. The recoverable amount of all cash-generating units has been determined based onvalue-in-use calculations. These calculations usepost-tax cash flow projections based on financial budgets approvedprepared by management. Thepost-tax discount rates range from 8.9% to 10.5%, and reflect specific risks relating to the cash-generating unit. Based on the estimated recoverable amount, the impairment charge of the Group for the year ended December 31, 2017 amounted to RMB 3,709(2016: RMB Nil) primarily related to goodwill of PetroChina United Pipelines Co., Ltd..

For impairment test of the goodwill, the post-tax discount rates ranged 4.9% to 10.5% (2019: 6.5% to 10.5%, 2018: 9.1% to 11.0%) were used by the management, and no impairment loss was charged for the goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: nil, 2018: RMB 38). In September 2020, the Group sold its major oil and gas pipelines to PipeChina, thus losing control of PetroChina United Pipelines Co., Ltd. (Note 41). The related goodwill generated from the acquisition of CNPC pipeline United Co., Ltd. in 2015, with carrying amount of RMB 34,285 (including relevant impairment provision), was derecognized accordingly.

20

INVENTORIES

 

21INVENTORIES

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Crude oil and other raw materials

   48,936    55,371 

Work in progress

   12,811    10,336 

Finished goods

   83,908    84,473 

Spare parts and consumables

   170    51 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   145,825    150,231 

Less: Write down in inventories

   (1,156)    (3,366) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   144,669    146,865 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

22ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Accounts receivable

   57,914    49,338 

Less: Provision for impairment of receivables

   (4,771)    (2,023) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   53,143    47,315 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The aging analysis of accounts receivable (net of impairment of accounts receivable) based on the invoice date (or date of revenue recognition, if earlier), at December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Within 1 year

   51,051    43,686 

Between 1 and 2 years

   1,203    2,744 

Between 2 and 3 years

   379    437 

Over 3 years

   510    448 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   53,143    47,315 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Group offers its customers credit terms up to 180 days.

   December 31,
2020		  December 31,
2019		 
   RMB  RMB 

Crude oil and other raw materials

   35,855   56,166 

Work in progress

   12,387   15,159 

Finished goods

   80,739   112,003 

Spare parts and consumables

   75   88 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   129,056   183,416 

Less: Write down in inventories

   (517)   (1,495) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   128,539   181,921 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

21

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

   December 31,
2020		  December 31,
2019		 
   RMB  RMB 

Accounts receivable

   53,465   66,615 

Less: Provision for impairment of receivables

   (1,140)   (2,431) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   52,325   64,184 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The aging analysis of accounts receivable (net of impairment of accounts receivable) based on the invoice date (or date of revenue recognition, if earlier), at December 31, 2020 and 2019 is as follows:

   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
   RMB   RMB 

Within 1 year

   51,641    63,392 

Between 1 and 2 years

   374    419 

Between 2 and 3 years

   209    267 

Over 3 years

   101    106 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   52,325    64,184 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Group offers its customers credit terms up to 180 days.

Movements in the provision for impairment of accounts receivable are as follows:

 

  2017   2016   2015   2020 2019 2018 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

At beginning of the year

   2,023    523    516    2,431  4,053  4,771 

Provision for impairment of accounts receivable

   2,813    1,633    32    426  226  561 

Reversal of provision for impairment of accounts receivable

   (76)  (1,604)  (1,178) 

Receivables written off as uncollectible

   (58)    (97)    (12)    (1,641)  (244)  (101) 

Reversal of provision for impairment of accounts receivable

   (7)    (36)    (13) 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

At end of the year

   4,771    2,023    523    1,140  2,431  4,053 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

22

PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

   December 31,
2020		  December 31,
2019		 
   RMB  RMB 

Other receivables

   21,128   23,072 

Advances to suppliers

   22,330   17,747 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   43,458   40,819 

Less: Provision for impairment

   (3,378)   (3,413) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   40,080   37,406 

Value-added tax to be deducted

   44,514   48,560 

Prepaid expenses

   373   360 

Prepaid income taxes

   5,997   5,649 

Other current assets

   18,298   11,152 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   109,262   103,127 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

23PREPAYMENTS AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Other receivables

   16,535    13,206 

Advances to suppliers

   10,384    16,505 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   26,919    29,711 

Less: Provision for impairment

   (2,824)    (2,386) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   24,095    27,325 

Value-added tax to be deducted

   39,203    36,010 

Prepaid expenses

   951    954 

Prepaid income taxes

   —      5,406 

Other current assets

   7,765    7,888 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   72,014    77,583 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

24NOTES RECEIVABLE

Notes receivable represent mainly bills of acceptance issued by banks for the sale of goods and performance of services. Notes receivable are measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. All notes receivable are due within one year.year, and their fair values approximate the face values of the bills.

 

2524

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The weighted average effective interest rate on bank deposits was 2.18%1.69% per annum for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: 1.36%2020 (2019: 1.69% per annum, 2015: 1.31%2018: 1.55% per annum).

25

ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR SALE

On 22 December 2020, the subsidiary of the Company, Kunlun Energy Company Limited (Kunlun Energy), and PipeChina entered into the an agreement. Kunlun Energy agreed to transfer the 60% equity interest in PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd (“Beijing Pipeline”) and 75% equity interest in PetroChina Dalian LNG Company Limited (“Dalian LNG”) (Beijing Pipeline and Dalian LNG collectively refer as “Target Companies”) at a base consideration of approximately RMB 40,886 (subject to the adjustments according to the price adjustment mechanism as set out in the agreement), which all will be settled in cash by PipeChina. The estimated completion time of the transaction will be April 2021. Upon completion of the transaction, the Group will cease to hold any equity interests in the Target Companies, thus losing the control of these two companies. The assets and liabilities of the Target. The assets and liabilities of Beijing Pipeline and Dalian LNG are presented as assets held for sale RMB 42,615 and liabilities held for sale RMB 9,956 respectively on 31 December 2020. The assets held for sale mainly including Property, plant and equipment amounted to RMB 41,158, and the liabilities held for sale mainly including long-term and short-term borrowings amounted to RMB 6,500 and accounts payable and other payables amounted to RMB 3,291.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

26

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Trade payables

   103,201    80,606 

Advances from customers

   67,176    60,590 

Salaries and welfare payable

   6,955    5,396 

Accrued expenses

   213    123 

Dividends payable by subsidiaries tonon-controlling shareholders

   139    2,356 

Interest payable

   3,910    4,536 

Construction fee and equipment cost payables

   121,313    118,011 

Loans borrowed from related parties

   —      1,432 

Other

   40,912    37,630 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   343,819    310,680 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
   RMB   RMB 

Trade payables

   113,119    148,335 

Salaries and welfare payable

   8,649    10,169 

Dividends payable by subsidiaries to non-controlling shareholders

   952    389 

Interests payable

   4,034    4,719 

Construction fee and equipment cost payables

   107,199    111,767 

Other(i)

   82,187    52,935 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   316,140    328,314 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other consists primarily of customer deposits.

(i)

Other consists primarily of notes payables, insurance payable, etc.

The aging analysis of trade payables at December 31, 20172020 and 20162019 is as follows:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Within 1 year

   94,996    74,450    104,812    136,670 

Between 1 and 2 years

   4,241    3,293    1,696    5,472 

Between 2 and 3 years

   1,894    944    2,342    3,180 

Over 3 years

   2,070    1,919    4,269    3,013 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   103,201    80,606    113,119    148,335 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

27

CONTRACT LIABILITIES

As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, contract liabilities mainly represented advances from customers related to the sales of natural gas, crude oil and refined oil, etc. The majority of related obligations were expected to be performed and the corresponding revenue will be recognized within one year. Substantially all of contract liabilities at the beginning of the year has been recognized as revenue for the year ended December 31, 2020.

28

BORROWINGS

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Short-term borrowings excluding current portion of long-term borrowings

   93,881    71,969    42,354    90,497 

Current portion of long-term borrowings

   81,536    71,415    75,188    85,343 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   175,417    143,384    117,542    175,840 

Long-term borrowings

   289,858    372,887    251,379    290,882 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   465,275    516,271    368,921    466,722 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Borrowings of the Group of RMB 45,46313,726 were guaranteed by CNPC, its fellow subsidiaries and a third party at December 31, 20172020 (December 31, 2016:2019: RMB 65,692)22,313).

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

The Group’s borrowings include secured liabilities totaling RMB 2,8293,486 at December 31, 20172020 (December 31, 2016:2019: RMB 251)1,983).

 

   December 31,
2017		  December 31,
2016		 
   RMB  RMB 

Total borrowings:

   

— interest free

   130   145 

— at fixed rates

   253,369   282,822 

— at floating rates

   211,776   233,304 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   465,275   516,271 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average effective interest rates:

   

— bank loans

   2.42%   1.86% 

— corporate debentures

   3.62%   3.81% 

— medium-term notes

   3.81%   3.86% 

— other loans

   3.87%   3.77% 
   December 31,
2020		  December 31,
2019		 
   RMB  RMB 

Total borrowings:

   

– interest free

   110   124 

– at fixed rates

   192,079   250,297 

– at floating rates

   176,732   216,301 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   368,921   466,722 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average effective interest rates:

   

– bank loans

   2.20%   3.20% 

– corporate debentures

   3.49%   3.52% 

– medium-term notes

   3.32%   3.63% 

– other loans

   3.47%   3.80% 

The borrowings by major currency at December 31, 20172020 and December 31, 20162019 are as follows:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

RMB

   332,383    372,111    262,458    356,704 

US Dollar

   124,312    136,829    98,553    100,374 

Other currency

   8,580    7,331    7,910    9,644 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   465,275    516,271    368,921    466,722 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The fair values of the Group’s long-term borrowings including the current portion of long-term borrowings are RMB 343,707 (December 31, 2016: RMB 438,805)323,809 at December 31, 2017.2020 (December 31, 2019: RMB 371,807). The carrying amounts of short-term borrowings approximate their fair values.

The fair values are based on discounted cash flows using applicable discount rates based upon the prevailing market rates of interest available to the Group for financial instruments with substantially the same terms and characteristics at the dates of the consolidated statement of financial position. Such discount rates ranged from-0.24%-0.49% to 6.04%4.65% per annum as of December 31, 20172020 (December 31, 2016: -0.09%2019: -0.27% to 4.90% per annum) depending on the type of the borrowings.

The following table sets out the borrowings’ remaining contractual maturities at the date of the consolidated statement of financial position, which are based on contractual undiscounted cash flows including principal and interest, and the earliest contractual maturity date:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Within 1 year

   189,050    160,572    124,777    188,771 

Between 1 and 2 years

   69,159    102,096    53,526    30,090 

Between 2 and 5 years

   191,879    209,653    188,012    253,918 

After 5 years

   70,179    106,879    27,894    31,576 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   520,267    579,200    394,209    504,355 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Reconciliation of movements of borrowings to cash flows arising from financing activities:

 

   2020  2019 
   RMB  RMB 

At beginning of the year

   466,722   414,572 

Changes from financing cash flows:

   

Increase in borrowings

   989,492   836,458 

Repayments of borrowings

   (1,017,662)   (785,751) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total changes from financing cash flows

   (28,170)   50,707 

Exchange adjustments

   (6,282)   1,443 

Pipeline restructuring (Note 41)

   (56,849)   —   

Reclassified as liabilities held for sale (Note 25)

   (6,500)   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At end of the year

   368,921   466,722 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Borrowings
RMB

At 1 January 2017

516,271

Changes from financing cash flows:

Increase in borrowings

730,252

Repayments of borrowings

(773,940) 

Other borrowing costs paid

(173) 
29

SHARE CAPITAL

Total changes from financing cash flows

(43,861) 

Exchange adjustments

(7,135) 

At 31 December 2017

465,275

 

28SHARE CAPITAL

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Registered, issued and fully paid:

        

A shares

   161,922    161,922    161,922    161,922 

H shares

   21,099    21,099    21,099    21,099 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   183,021    183,021    183,021    183,021 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

In accordance with the Restructuring Agreement between CNPC and the Company effective as of November 5, 1999, the Company issued 160 billion state-owned shares in exchange for the assets and liabilities transferred to the Company by CNPC. The 160 billion state-owned shares were the initial registered capital of the Company with a par value of RMB 1.00 yuan per share.

On April 7, 2000, the Company issued 17,582,418,000 shares, represented by 13,447,897,000 H shares and 41,345,210 ADSs (each representing 100 H shares) in a global initial public offering (“Global Offering”) and the trading of the H shares and the ADSs on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the New York Stock Exchange commenced on April 7, 2000 and April 6, 2000, respectively. The H shares and ADSs were issued at prices of HK$ 1.28 per H share and US$ 16.44 per ADS respectively for which the net proceeds to the Company were approximately RMB 20 billion. The shares issued pursuant to the Global Offering rank equally with existing shares.

Pursuant to the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, 1,758,242,000 state-owned shares of the Company owned by CNPC were converted into H shares for sale in the Global Offering.

On September 1, 2005, the Company issued an additional 3,196,801,818 new H shares at HK$ 6.00 per share and net proceeds to the Company amounted to approximately RMB 19,692. CNPC also sold 319,680,182 state-owned shares it held concurrently with PetroChina’s sale of new H shares in September 2005.

On October 31, 2007, the Company issued 4,000,000,000 new A shares at RMB 16.70 yuan per share and net proceeds to the Company amounted to approximately RMB 66,243 and the listing and trading of the A shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange commenced on November 5, 2007.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Following the issuance of the A shares, all the existing state-owned shares issued before November 5, 2007 held by CNPC have been registered with the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited as A shares.

Shareholders’ rights are governed by the Company Law of the PRC that requires an increase in registered capital to be approved by the shareholders in shareholders’ general meetings and the relevant PRC regulatory authorities.

 

2930

RESERVES

 

  2017   2016   2020 2019 
  RMB   RMB   RMB RMB 

Capital Reserve

       

Beginning balance

   133,308    133,308    133,308  133,308 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

   133,308    133,308    133,308  133,308 

Statutory Common Reserve Fund (a)

       

Beginning balance

   186,840    186,840    197,282  194,245 

Transfer from retained earnings

   1,929    —      6,275  3,037 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

   188,769    186,840    203,557  197,282 

Special Reserve-Safety Fund Reserve

       

Beginning balance

   13,188    11,648    12,443  13,831 

Safety fund reserve

   178    1,540    (1,633)  (1,388) 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

   13,366    13,188    10,810  12,443 

Currency Translation Differences(b)

       

Beginning balance

   (29,294)    (37,066)    (28,939)  (33,067) 

Currency translation differences

   1,249    7,772    (3,909)  4,128 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

   (28,045)    (29,294)    (32,848)  (28,939) 

Other Reserves

       

Beginning balance

   (9,236)    (9,790)    (10,083)  (8,718) 

Equity transaction withnon-controlling interests

   289    224 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   (1)    (259) 

Fair value loss onavailable-for-sale financial assets

   (36)    (128) 

Share of the other comprehensive (loss) / income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method

   (326)    313 
  

 

  

 

 

Transaction with non-controlling interests

   —    (2,007) 

Fair value changes in equity investments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income

   (22)  96 

Share of the other comprehensive income of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method

   (441)  417 

Other

   (26)    404    (99)  129 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Ending balance

   (9,336)    (9,236)    (10,645)  (10,083) 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 
   298,062    294,806    304,182  304,011 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

 

(a)

Pursuant to the PRC regulations and the Company’s Articles of Association, the Company is required to transfer 10% of its net profit, as determined under the PRC accounting regulations, to a Statutory Common Reserve Fund (“Reserve Fund”). Appropriation to the Reserve Fund may cease when the fund aggregates to 50% of the Company’s registered capital. The transfer to this reserve must be made before distribution of dividends to shareholders.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

The Reserve Fund shall only be used to make good previous years’ losses, to expand the Company’s production operations, or to increase the capital of the Company. Upon approval of a resolution of shareholders’ in a general meeting, the Company may convert its Reserve Fund into share capital and issue bonus shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their original shareholdings or to increase the nominal value of each share currently held by them, provided that the balance of the Reserve Fund after such issuance is not less than 25% of the Company’s registered capital.

 

(b)

The translation reserve comprises all foreign currency differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.

(c)

According to the relevant PRC regulations, the distributable reserve is the lower of the retained earnings computed under PRC accounting regulations and IFRS. As of December 31, 2017,2020, the Company’s distributable reserve amounted to RMB 572,252619,102 (December 31, 2016:2019: RMB 574,536)590,727).

 

3031

DEFERRED TAXATION

Deferred taxation is calculated on temporary differences under the liability method using a principal tax rate of 25%.

The movements in the deferred taxation account are as follows:

 

  Year Ended December 31, 
  2017   2016   2015   2020 2019 2018 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

At beginning of the year

   (6,720)    (3,807)    905    2,848  6,483  14,064 

Transfer to profit and loss (Note 12)

   (7,539)    (3,994)    (3,272)    (7,666)  (3,485)  (7,807) 

Credit to other comprehensive income

   195    1,081    (1,449) 

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   —      —      9 

(Debit) / credit to other comprehensive income

   (198)  (150)  226 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

At end of the year

   (14,064)    (6,720)    (3,807)    (5,016)  2,848  6,483 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Deferred tax balances before offset are attributable to the following items:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		 December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB RMB 

Deferred tax assets:

       

Receivables and inventories

   10,387    7,786    4,740  6,841 

Tax losses

   27,911    30,438    24,646  20,391 

Impairment of long-term assets

   9,712    7,551    6,309  9,676 

Other

   7,613    7,184    6,622  8,643 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

   55,623    52,959    42,317  45,551 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

       

Accelerated tax depreciation

   27,539    32,639    24,147  27,646 

Other

   14,020    13,600    23,186  15,057 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

   41,559    46,239    47,333  42,703 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

   14,064    6,720 

Net deferred tax (liabilities)/ assets

   (5,016)  2,848 
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Tax losses that can be carried forward to future years include deferred tax assets arising from the losses of the branches in the eastern region.Eastern China Region. The tax expenses of itsthe Company’s branches in the easternEastern and western regionsWestern China Regions were paid in aggregate according to the requirements of the competent tax authority.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Deferred tax balances after offset are listed as follows:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Deferred tax assets

   26,724    20,360    11,364    24,259 

Deferred tax liabilities

   12,660    13,640    16,380    21,411 

 

3132

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

 

  2017   2016   2015   2020 2019 2018 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

At beginning of the year

   125,392    117,996    109,154    137,935  132,780  131,546 

Liabilities incurred

   2,981    2,942    4,266 

Net liabilities incurred, including reassessment(i)

   (24,059)  2,026  (2,220) 

Liabilities settled

   (2,012)    (843)    (677)    (3,510)  (2,427)  (2,034) 

Accretion expense (Note 10)

   5,453    5,126    5,950    5,107  5,525  5,678 

Currency translation differences

   (268)    171    (697)    (654)  31  (190) 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

At end of the year

   131,546    125,392    117,996    114,819  137,935  132,780 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

(i)

In 2020, domestic oil and gas field companies adjusted the discount period with reference to the remaining life corresponding to the proved developed reserves in each block, updated various oil and gas assets retirement standards based on the latest legal requirements, technology and price levels, reviewed the adopted discount rate, and then recalculate and adjust the provision for the asset retirement expense of oil and gas properties at the end of the year. The changes in related accounting estimates and new liabilities provided resulted in a reduction in estimated liabilities of RMB 24,059.

Asset retirement obligations relate to oil and gas properties (Note 15).

 

3233

PENSIONS

The Group participates in various employee retirement benefit plans (Note 3(t)3(aa)). Expenses incurred by the Group in connection with the retirement benefit plans for the year ended December 31, 20172020 amounted to RMB 16,010 (2016:16,833 (2019: RMB 16,184, 2015:20,196, 2018: RMB 16,357)19,432).

 

3334

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

(a) Bank and other guarantees

At December 31, 20172020 and 2016,2019, the Group did not guarantee related parties or third parties any significant borrowings or others.

(b) Environmental liabilities

China has adopted extensive environmental laws and regulations that affect the operation of the oil and gas industry. Under existing legislation, however, management believes that there are no probable liabilities, except for the amounts which have already been reflected in the consolidated financial statements, which may have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Group.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(c) Legal contingencies

During the reporting period, the Group has complied with domestic and overseas significant laws and regulatory requirements. Notwithstanding certain insignificant lawsuits as well as other proceedings outstanding, management believes that any resulting liabilities will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Group.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

(d) Group insurance

The Group has insurance coverage for vehicles and certain assets that are subject to significant operating risks, third-party liability insurance against claims relating to personal injury, property and environmental damages that result from accidents and also employer liabilities insurance. The potential effect on the financial position of the Group of any liabilities resulting from future uninsured incidents cannot be estimated by the Group at present.

 

3435

COMMITMENTS

(a) Operating lease commitments

Operating lease commitments of the Group are mainly for leasing of land, buildings and equipment. Leases range from 1 to 50 years and usually do not contain renewal options. Future minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 undernon-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

No later than 1 year

   11,519    10,108 

Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years

   37,033    30,757 

Later than 5 years

   180,833    148,961 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   229,385    189,826 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(b) Capital commitments

At December 31, 2017,2020, the Group’s capital commitments contracted but not provided for mainly relating to property, plant and equipment were RMB 70,563714 (December 31, 2016:2019: RMB 59,664)56,856).

The operating lease and capital commitments above are transactions mainly with CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries.

(c)(b) Exploration and production licenses

The Company is obligated to make annual payments with respect to its exploration and production licenses to the DepartmentMinistry of Natural Resources. Payments incurred were RMB 609700 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016:2020 (2019: RMB 639, 2015:535, 2018: RMB 643)650).

According to the current policy, estimated annual payments for the next five years are as follows:

 

  December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		   December 31, 2020   December 31, 2019 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Within one year

   800    800    800    800 

Between one and two years

   800    800    800    800 

Between two and three years

   800    800    800    800 

Between three and four years

   800    800    800    800 

Between four and five years

   800    800    800    800 

36

MAJOR CUSTOMERS

The Group’s major customers are as follows:

   2020   2019   2018 
   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   % 

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

   98,636    5    105,855    4    96,990    4 

CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries

   63,623    3    99,279    4    83,670    4 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   162,259    8    205,134    8    180,660    8 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

3537MAJOR CUSTOMERS

The Group’s major customers are as follows:

   2017   2016   2015 
   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		   Revenue   Percentage
of Total
revenue		 
   RMB   %   RMB   %   RMB   % 

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

   65,767            3    39,481            2    33,482            2 

CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries

   92,173    5    91,094    6    80,045    5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   157,940    8    130,575    8    113,527    7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

36RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

CNPC, the controlling shareholder of the Company, is a limited liability company directly controlled by the PRC government.

Related parties include CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, their associates and joint ventures, other state-owned enterprises and their subsidiaries which the PRC government has control, joint control or significant influence over and enterprises which the Group is able to control, jointly control or exercise significant influence over, key management personnel of the Company and CNPC and their close family members.

(a) Transactions with CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of the Group

The Group has extensive transactions with other companies in CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries. Due to these relationships, it is possible that the terms of the transactions between the Group and other members of CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries are not the same as those that would result from transactions with other related parties or wholly unrelated parties.

The principal related party transactions with CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of the Group which were carried out in the ordinary course of business, are as follows:

On August 25, 2011, based on the terms of the Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement amended in 2008, the Company and CNPC entered into a new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement (“the Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement”) for a period of three years which took effect on January 1, 2012. The Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement provides for a range of products and services which may be required and requested by either party. The products and services to be provided by CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries to the Group under the Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement include construction and technical services, production services, supply of material services, social services, ancillary services and financial services. The products and services required and requested by either party are provided in accordance with (1) government-prescribed prices; or (2) where there is no government-prescribed price, with reference to relevant market prices; or (3) where neither (1) nor (2) is applicable, the actual cost incurred or the agreed contractual price. On the basis of the existing Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement, the Company and CNPC entered into a new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement on August 28, 2014 for a period of three years which took effect on January 1, 2015. The new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

has already incorporated the terms of the current Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement which was amended in 2011. On the basis of the existing Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement, the Company and CNPC entered into a new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement on August 24, 2017 for a period of three years which took effect on January 1, 2018. The new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement has already incorporated the terms of the current Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement which was amended in 2014.

Sales of goods represent On the sale of crude oil, refined products, chemical products and natural gas, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 113,306 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 104,034, 2015: RMB 106,304).

Sales of services principally represent the provision of services in connection with the transportation of crude oil and natural gas, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 6,160 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 5,053, 2015: RMB 6,919).

Purchases of goods and services principally represent construction and technical services, production services, social services, ancillary services and material supply services, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 338,178 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 292,168, 2015: RMB 322,028).

Purchases of assets principally represent the purchases of manufacturing equipment, office equipment and transportation equipment, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 1,643 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 1,058, 2015: RMB 1,141).

Amounts due from and to CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, associates and joint venturesbasis of the Group included inexisting Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement, the following accounts captions are summarized as follows:

   December 31,
2017		   December 31,
2016		 
   RMB   RMB 

Accounts receivable

   10,219    6,657 

Prepayments and other receivables

   8,987    9,123 

Other current assets

   5,794    4,486 

Othernon-current assets

   14,848    11,084 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   66,001    64,772 

Othernon-current liabilities

   3,053    3,755 

Interest income represents interest from deposits placed withCompany and CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries. The total interest income amounted to RMB 424 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 224, 2015: RMB 304). The balance of deposits at December 31, 2017 was RMB 25,903 (December 31, 2016: RMB 32,626).

Purchases of financial service principally represents interest charged on the loans from CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, insurance fee, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 11,021 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 12,139, 2015: RMB 14,739).

The borrowings from CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries at December 31, 2017 were RMB 208,395 (December 31, 2016: RMB 255,285).

Rents and other payments made under financial leasing represent the payable by the Group (including all rents, leasing service fees and prices for exercising purchase options) for the period according to the financial leasing agreements entered into bya new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement on August 27, 2020 for a period of three years which took effect on January 1, 2021. The new Comprehensive Products and Services Agreement has already incorporated the Groupterms of the current Comprehensive Products and CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries. The total

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amountsServices Agreement which amended in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)2017.

rents and other payments made under financial leasing amounted to RMB 835 for the year ended December 31, 2017 (2016: RMB 819, 2015: RMB 238).

On August 25, 2011, based on the Land Use Rights Leasing Contract signed in 2000, the Company and CNPC entered into a Supplemental Land Use Rights Leasing Contract which took effect on January 1, 2012. The Supplemental Land Use Rights Leasing Contract provides for the lease of land covering an aggregate area of approximately 1,783 million square meters located throughout the PRC at a maximal annual fee (exclusive of tax and government charges) of RMB 3,892. The Supplemental Land Use Rights Leasing Contract will expire at the same time as the Land Use Rights Leasing Contract. The area and total fee payable for the lease of all such property may be adjusted with the Company’s operating needs and by reference to market price every three years. The Company and CNPC each issued a confirmation letter to the Land Use Rights Leasing Contract on August 28, 2014, which adjusted the rental payable and the area for the leased land parcels. The Company agreed to rent from CNPC parcels of land with an aggregate area of approximately 1,777 million square meters with rental payable (exclusive of tax and government charges) adjusted to no more than RMB 4,831 in accordance with the area of leased land parcels and the current situation of the property market. The Land Use Rights Leasing Contract shall remain unchanged, apart from the rental payable and the leased area. The confirmation letter shall be effective from January 1, 2015. The Company and CNPC each issued a confirmation letter to the Land Use Rights Leasing Contract on August 24, 2017, which adjusted the rental payable and the area for the leased land parcels. The Company agreed to rent from CNPC parcels of land with an aggregate area of approximately 1,773 million square metersmetres with annual rental payable (exclusive of tax and government charges) adjusted to no more than RMB 5,783 in accordance with the area of leased land parcels and the current situation of the property market. The Land Use Rights Leasing Contract shall remain unchanged, apart from the rental payable and the leased area. The confirmation

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

letter shall be effective from January 1, 2018. The Company and CNPC each issued a confirmation letter to the Land Use Rights Leasing Contract on August 27, 2020, which adjusted the rental payable and the area for the leased land parcels. The Company agreed to rent from CNPC parcels of land with an aggregate area of approximately 1,142 million square metres with annual rental payable (exclusive of tax and government charges) adjusted to no more than RMB 5,673 in accordance with the area of leased land parcels and the current situation of the property market. The Land Use Rights Leasing Contract shall remain unchanged, apart from the rental payable and the leased area. The confirmation letter shall be effective from January 1, 2021.

On August 25, 2011, based on the Buildings Leasing Contract and Supplemental Building Leasing Agreement, the Company and CNPC entered into a Revised Buildings Leasing Contract which took effect thereafter. Under this contract, buildings covering an aggregate area of 734,316 square meters were leased at an average annual fee of RMB 1,049 yuan per square meter. The Revised Building Leasing Contract will expire at the same time as the Building Leasing Agreement. The area and total fee payable for the lease of all such property may, every three years, be adjusted with the Company’s operating needs and by reference to market price which the adjusted prices will not exceed. The Company and CNPC each issued a confirmation letter to the Building Leasing Contract on August 28, 2014, which adjusted the rental payable and the gross floor area for the buildings leased. The Company agreed to lease from CNPC buildings with an aggregate gross floor area of approximately 1,179,586 square meters with rental payable adjusted to approximately RMB 708 in accordance with the gross floor area leased and the current situation of the market. The Building Leasing Contract shall remain unchanged apart from the rental payable and the gross floor area leased. The confirmation letter shall be effective from January 1, 2015. On August 24, 2017, based on the Buildings Leasing Contract and Supplemental Building Leasing Agreement, the Company and CNPC entered into a Revised Buildings Leasing Contract which took effect on January 1, 2018. Under this contract, buildings covering an aggregate area of 1,152,968 square meters were leased at annual rental payable approximately RMB 730. The Revised Building Leasing Contract will expire at DecDecember 31, 2037. On August 27, 2020, based on the Buildings Leasing Contract and Supplemental Building Leasing Agreement, the Company and CNPC each issued a contract which took effect on January 1, 2021. Under this contract, buildings covering an aggregate area of 1,287,486 square meters were leased at annual rental payable approximately RMB 713. The area and total fee payable for the lease of all such property may, every three years, be adjusted with the Company’s operating needs and by reference to market price which the adjusted prices will not exceed.

Sales of goods represent the sale of crude oil, refined products, chemical products and natural gas, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 105,535 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 122,927, 2018: RMB 105,434).

Sales of services principally represent the provision of services in connection with the transportation of crude oil and natural gas, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 8,593 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 10,055, 2018: RMB 7,938).

Purchases of goods and services principally represent construction and technical services, production services, social services, ancillary services and material supply services, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 321,858 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 388,802, 2018: RMB 364,912).

Purchases of assets principally represent the purchases of manufacturing equipment, office equipment and transportation equipment, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 767 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 1,701, 2018: RMB 1,195).

Interest income represents interests from deposits placed with CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries. The total interest income amounted to RMB 381 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 460, 2018: RMB 535). The balance of deposits at December 31, 2020 was RMB 40,377 (December 31, 2019: RMB 28,304).

Purchases of financial service principally represents interest charged on the loans from CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, insurance fee, etc. The total amount of these transactions amounted to RMB 8,051 for the year ended December 31, 2020 (2019: RMB 8,759, 2018: RMB 11,970).

The borrowings from CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries at December 31, 2020 were RMB 96,298 (December 31, 2019: RMB 179,699).

Rents and other payments paid to CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries represent (1) the rental expense paid by the Group according to Land Use Rights Leasing Contract and Buildings Leasing Contract;

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

(2) the payable by the Group (including all rents, leasing service fees and prices for exercising purchase options) for the period according to the leasing agreements entered into by the Group and CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries. The total rents and other payments amounted to RMB 8,294 for the year ended December 31, 2020. (2019: RMB 10,106, 2018: RMB 7,092).

Amounts due from and to CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of the Group included in the following accounts captions are summarized as follows:

   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
   RMB   RMB 

Accounts receivable

   8,651    12,784 

Prepayments and other receivables

   24,117    11,441 

Other current assets

   10,946    11,951 

Other non-current assets

   15,251    16,242 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   67,262    61,205 

Contract liabilities

   2,692    792 

Lease liabilities

   99,725    139,250 

Other non-current liabilities

   —      827 

(b) Key management compensation

 

   Year End December 31, 
   2017   2016   2015 
   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000 

Emoluments and other benefits

   11,779    12,549    11,256 

Contribution to retirement benefit scheme

   1,645    1,712    1,915 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   13,424    14,261    13,171 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Note:Emoluments set out above for the year ended December 31, 2017 exclude RMB nil paid to key management of the Company of the deferred merit pay in accordance with relevant requirements by the PRC government (2016: RMB 1.64, 2015: RMB nil) .
   Year End December 31, 
   2020   2019   2018 
   RMB’000   RMB’000   RMB’000 

Emoluments and other benefits

   16,598    13,042    13,385 

Contribution to retirement benefit scheme

   1,338    1,796    1,781 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   17,936    14,838    15,166 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(c) Transactions with other state-controlled entities in the PRC

Apart from transactions with CNPC and its fellow subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures of the Group, the Group’s transactions with other state-controlled entities include but is not limited to the following:

 

Sales and purchases of goods and services,

 

Purchases of assets,

 

Lease of assets; and

 

Bank deposits and borrowings

These transactions are conducted in the ordinary course of the Group’s business.

 

3738

SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Group is principally engaged in a broad range of petroleum related products, services and activities. The Group’s operating segments comprise: Exploration and Production, Refining and Chemicals, Marketing, and Natural Gas and Pipeline. On the basis of these operating segments, the management of the Company assesses the segmental operating results and allocates resources. Sales between operating segments are conducted principally at market prices. Additionally, the Group presents geographical information based on entities located in regions with a similar risk profile.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The Exploration and Production segment is engaged in the exploration, development, production and marketing of crude oil and natural gas.

The Refining and Chemicals segment is engaged in the refining of crude oil and petroleum products, production and marketing of primary petrochemical products, derivative petrochemical products and other chemical products.

The Marketing segment is engaged in the marketing of refined products and the trading business.

The Natural Gas and Pipeline segment is engaged in the transmission of natural gas, crude oil and refined products and the sale of natural gas.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The Head Office and Other segment relates to cash management and financing activities, the corporate center, research and development, and other business services supporting the operating business segments of the Group.

In 2020, in order to promote the transformation and upgrading of refining and chemicals business, promote the quality-oriented business development of refined products and lubricating oil production and marketing, promote specialized operation, market-oriented operation, lean management and integrated coordination, the Group transferred PetroChina Fuel Oil Co., Ltd. and PetroChina Lubricant Company from Marking to Refining and Chemicals, and synchronize budget control and performance evaluation indicator accordingly. The comparative data regarding the Refining and Chemicals and the Marketing segment in the same period of 2019 and 2018 are restated, and two companies above are as included in the Refining and Chemicals segment from the earliest reporting period as reported.

The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in Note 3 —– “Summary of Principal Accounting Policies”.

The segment information for the operating segments for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:

   Year Ended December 31, 2017 
   Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Revenue

   505,430   707,804   1,660,456   295,786   2,057   3,171,533 

Less: intersegment sales

   (409,303)   (535,515)   (179,692)   (30,476)   (657)   (1,155,643) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from external customers

   96,127   172,289   1,480,764   265,310   1,400   2,015,890 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (169,484)   (32,319)   (12,734)   (21,146)   (1,692)   (237,375) 

Including: Impairment losses

of property, plant and equipment

   (6,565)   (10,223)   (7)   (1,150)   (2)   (17,947) 

Profit / (loss) from operations

   15,475   39,961   8,279   15,688   (11,681)   67,722 

Finance costs:

       

Exchange gain

        8,217 

Exchange loss

        (9,311) 

Interest income

        2,901 

Interest expense

        (22,408) 
       

 

 

 

Total net finance costs

        (20,601) 
       

 

 

 

Share of profit / (loss) of associates and joint ventures

   1,716   (89)   1,501   279   2,561   5,968 
       

 

 

 

Profit before income tax expense

        53,089 

Income tax expense

        (16,296) 
       

 

 

 

Profit for the year

        36,793 
       

 

 

 

Segment assets

   1,211,912   318,299   397,813   519,249   1,357,803   3,805,076 

Other assets

        26,724 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

   39,517   1,375   11,938   5,534   22,795   81,159 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (1,508,347) 
       

 

 

 

Total assets

        2,404,612 
       

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

   161,997   17,705   10,982   24,529   1,014   216,227 

Segment liabilities

   525,085   79,989   199,340   120,244   589,460   1,514,118 

Other liabilities

        70,091 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (560,916) 
       

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        1,023,293 
       

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

   Year Ended December 31, 2016 
   Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Revenue

   412,484   582,510   1,301,616   247,477   2,197   2,546,284 

Less: intersegment sales

   (335,716)   (438,853)   (126,344)   (27,784)   (684)   (929,381) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from external customers

   76,768   143,657   1,175,272   219,693   1,513   1,616,903 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (155,192)   (25,475)   (12,891)   (22,743)   (1,846)   (218,147) 

Including: Impairment losses of property, plant and equipment

   (882)   (3,413)   (2)   (4,205)   —     (8,502) 

Profit / (loss) from operations

   3,148   39,026   11,048   17,885   (10,472)   60,635 

Finance costs:

       

Exchange gain

        12,828 

Exchange loss

        (11,571) 

Interest income

        2,491 

Interest expense

        (23,348) 
       

 

 

 

Total net finance costs

        (19,600) 
       

 

 

 

Share of (loss) / profit of associates and joint ventures

   (158)   13   552   204   3,494   4,105 
       

 

 

 

Profit before income tax expense

        45,140 

Income tax expense

        (15,768) 
       

 

 

 

Profit for the year

        29,372 
       

 

 

 

Segment assets

   1,260,009   324,357   384,123   546,485   1,434,141   3,949,115 

Other assets

        25,766 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

   42,398   1,262   10,455   3,305   21,547   78,967 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (1,657,197) 
       

 

 

 

Total assets

        2,396,651 
       

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

   130,248   12,847   7,983   20,340   968   172,386 

Segment liabilities

   536,284   124,076   183,159   150,855   668,353   1,662,727 

Other liabilities

        58,839 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (697,650) 
       

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        1,023,916 
       

 

 

 

The segment information for the operating segments for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:

  Year Ended December 31, 2020 
  Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 
  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Revenue

  530,807   774,775   1,497,533   370,771   3,547   3,177,433 

Less: elimination

  (437,670)   (492,667)   (276,503)   (35,437)   (1,320)   (1,243,597) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from external customers

  93,137   282,108   1,221,030   335,334   2,227   1,933,836 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

  (150,849)   (23,893)   (17,833)   (19,475)   (1,825)   (213,875) 

Including: Impairment losses of property, plant and equipment

  (15,364)   —     (3)   —     —     (15,367) 

Profit / (loss) from operations

  23,092   (1,834)   (2,906)   72,410   (14,825)   75,937 

Finance costs:

      

Exchange gain

       14,387 

Exchange loss

       (14,279) 

Interest income

       3,023 

Interest expense

       (26,528) 
      

 

 

 

Total net finance costs

       (23,397) 
      

 

 

 

Share of (loss)/profit of associates and joint ventures

  (616)   (24)   (728)   2,128   2,773   3,533 
      

 

 

 

Profit before income tax expense

       56,073 

Income tax expense

       (22,588) 
      

 

 

 

Profit for the year

       33,485 
      

 

 

 

Segment assets

  1,452,554   432,022   489,984   195,353   1,631,577   4,201,490 

Other assets

       17,361 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

  41,461   1,289   18,239   160,730   28,884   250,603 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

       (1,981,328) 
      

 

 

 

Total assets

       2,488,126 
      

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

  186,620   21,810   16,294   21,143   626   246,493 

Segment liabilities

  658,521   186,332   321,460   192,456   573,340   1,932,109 

Other liabilities

       80,104 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

       (890,708) 
      

 

 

 

Total liabilities

       1,121,505 
      

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

  Year Ended December 31, 2015  Year Ended December 31, 2019 
  Exploration
and
Production		 Refining
and
Chemicals		 Marketing Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		 Head
Office and
Other		 Total  Exploration
and
Production		 Refining
and
Chemicals		 Marketing Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		 Head
Office and
Other		 Total 
  RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB  RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB RMB 

Revenue

   475,412  642,428  1,383,426  281,778  2,507  2,785,551  676,320  1,000,062  2,075,044  391,023  3,700  4,146,149 

Less: intersegment sales

   (384,423)  (502,007)  (146,719)  (26,259)  (715)  (1,060,123) 

Less: elimination

 (552,672)  (702,207)  (332,164)  (40,652)  (1,644)  (1,629,339) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Revenue from external customers

   90,989  140,421  1,236,707  255,519  1,792  1,725,428  123,648  297,855  1,742,880  350,371  2,056  2,516,810 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (148,958)  (24,400)  (12,974)  (14,489)  (2,054)  (202,875)  (158,874)  (25,469)  (16,657)  (22,375)  (1,887)  (225,262) 

Including: Impairment losses of property, plant and equipment

   (22,922)  (1,843)  (191)  (66)   —    (25,022)  (11,562)  (1,444)  (1)  (412)   —    (13,419) 

Profit/ (loss) from operations

   33,961  4,883  (500)  51,231  (10,323)  79,252 

Profit / (loss) from operations

 96,097  16,077  (2,878)  26,108  (13,642)  121,762 

Finance costs:

             

Exchange gain

       9,536       10,017 

Exchange loss

       (10,168)       (10,016) 

Interest income

       2,019       3,631 

Interest expense

       (24,328)       (30,409) 
       

 

       

 

 

Total net finance costs

       (22,941)       (26,777) 
       

 

       

 

 

Share of (loss) / profit of associates and joint ventures

   (5,599)  66  (156)  4,206  2,987  1,504 

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures

 3,513   —    1,460  501  2,755  8,229 
       

 

       

 

 

Profit before income tax expense

       57,815       103,214 

Income tax expense

       (15,726)       (36,199) 
       

 

       

 

 

Profit for the year

       42,089       67,015 
       

 

       

 

 

Segment assets

   1,221,942  311,149  343,721  597,240  1,518,486  3,992,538  1,520,697  404,264  485,085  536,298  1,409,368  4,355,712 

Other assets

       28,043       29,908 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

   32,413  1,249  9,517  3,424  24,373  70,976  45,721  1,371  18,810  9,713  26,458  102,073 

Elimination of intersegment balances (a)

       (1,697,713)       (1,754,783) 
       

 

       

 

 

Total assets

       2,393,844       2,732,910 
       

 

       

 

 

Capital expenditures

   157,822  15,725  7,061  20,360  1,270  202,238  230,117  21,823  17,074  27,004  758  296,776 

Segment liabilities

   511,098  114,888  148,556  206,920  727,579  1,709,041  720,028  151,051  305,804  277,370  594,000  2,048,253 

Other liabilities

       47,261       88,793 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

       (706,492)       (848,441) 
       

 

       

 

 

Total liabilities

       1,049,810       1,288,605 
       

 

       

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

   Year Ended December 31, 2018 
   Exploration
and
Production		  Refining
and
Chemicals		  Marketing  Natural
Gas and
Pipeline		  Head
Office and
Other		  Total 
   RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB  RMB 

Revenue

   658,712   1,013,413   1,891,743   362,626   2,376   3,928,870 

Less: elimination

   (539,295)   (696,614)   (281,522)   (35,899)   (606)   (1,553,936) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Revenue from external customers

   119,417   316,799   1,610,221   326,727   1,770   2,374,934 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (169,622)   (25,750)   (13,079)   (21,985)   (1,840)   (232,276) 

Including: Impairment losses of property, plant and equipment

   (26,002)   (3,393)   —     (530)   —     (29,925) 

Profit / (loss) from operations

   73,519   46,879   (8,628)   25,515   (14,343)   122,942 

Finance costs:

       

Exchange gain

        12,701 

Exchange loss

        (11,581) 

Interest income

        3,779 

Interest expense

        (22,718) 
       

 

 

 

Total net finance costs

        (17,819) 
       

 

 

 

Share of profit of associates and joint ventures

   4,224   92   4,185   496   2,650   11,647 
       

 

 

 

Profit before income tax expense

        116,770 

Income tax expense

        (42,790) 
       

 

 

 

Profit for the year

        73,980 
       

 

 

 

Segment assets

   1,227,613   358,316   396,146   519,553   1,371,525   3,873,153 

Other assets

        24,759 

Investments in associates and joint ventures

   39,235   (1,973)   20,420   7,022   24,658   89,362 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (1,546,397) 
       

 

 

 

Total assets

        2,440,877 
       

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

   196,109   15,783   16,646   26,502   1,066   256,106 

Segment liabilities

   466,097   73,200   225,095   158,153   566,129   1,488,674 

Other liabilities

        100,303 

Elimination of intersegment balances(a)

        (556,991) 
       

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        1,031,986 
       

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Geographical information

 

  Revenue   Non-current assets(b)   Revenue   Non-current assets(b) 

Year Ended December 31,

  2017   2016   2015   2017   2016   2015 
  2020   2019   2018   December 31,
2020		   December 31,
2019		 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

Mainland China

   1,294,516    1,101,055    1,185,189    1,711,605    1,739,351    1,796,288    1,212,821    1,476,693    1,538,315    1,789,349    2,027,428 

Other

   721,374    515,848    540,239    239,204    253,264    228,416    721,015    1,040,117    836,619    190,625    213,268 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
   2,015,890    1,616,903    1,725,428    1,950,809    1,992,615    2,024,704    1,933,836    2,516,810    2,374,934    1,979,974    2,240,696 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

 

(a)

Elimination of intersegment balances represents elimination of intersegment accounts and investments.

(b)

Non-current assets mainly includenon-current assets other than financial instruments and deferred tax assets.

 

3839

APPROVAL OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on April 27, 2018.29, 2021.

40

BUSINESS COMBINATION INVOLVING ENTITIES UNDER COMMON CONTROL

Business combination involving entities under common control during the period

Name of acquiree

 Proportion
of equity
interests
acquired in
business
combination		  

Basis for business
combination under
common control

 Acquisi-tion
Date		 

Basis for
determina-tion of
acquisition date

 From the beginning of
the period to the
acquisition date		  2018 
 Revenue  Net
profit		  Net
cash
outflow		  Revenue  Net
profit		 

Dalian West Pacific

  56.04%  The Company and Dalian West Pacific are under the ultimate control of CNPC before and after the business combination and the control is not temporary May 31,
2019		 Acquisition of actual control  10,763   1   (53)   37,385   1,564 

Dalian West Pacific was established in December 1990. It principally engages in the manufacturing and sale of petroleum and petrochemical products. Before the acquisition date, the Company holds 28.44% equity of Dalian West Pacific. After the completion of the equity acquisition, the Company holds 84.48% equity of Dalian West Pacific in total.

As the Company and Dalian West Pacific are under the ultimate control of CNPC and the control is not temporary. The acquisition of Dalian West Pacific has been reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as combination of entities under common control. Consequently, Dalian West Pacific has been included in the scope of consolidation during the historical period. The opening balance of the final consolidated financial statements of 2019 and the comparative statements have been adjusted accordingly.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

41

TRANSACTION ON PIPELINE RESTRUCTURING

In 2020, the other income, net mainly included the gain on Pipeline restructuring.

On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into the Framework Agreement on Transaction of Oil and Gas Pipeline Relevant Assets and 10 sub-agreements including the Equity Acquisition Agreement on PetroChina Pipeline Co., Ltd., and the Production and Operation Agreement with PipeChina (“Transaction Agreements”) upon approval by sixth meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company in 2020 and forth meeting of the Supervisory Committee of the Company in 2020. The Company sold its major oil and gas pipelines, certain gas storages, LNG terminals and initial oil and gas (including its equity interests) (“Target Assets��) to PipeChina for 29.9% of its equity interests (RMB 149,500) and corresponding cash consideration (the “Pipeline restructuring”).

On September 28, 2020, the Pipeline restructuring was reviewed and approved by the second extraordinary general meeting of the Company in 2020.

On September 30, 2020, all of the conditions precedent set out in the Transaction Agreements have been satisfied. The ownership and risk of the Target Assets has been passed to PipeChina by 24:00 on September 30, 2020.

In this transaction, the equity consideration and cash consideration received by the Company amount to RMB 247,471, and the net assets attributable to the Company on the disposal date amount to RMB 200,525, and the corresponding gain on Pipeline restructuring was RMB 46,946.

September 30,
2020
RMB

Current assets

36,573

Non-current Assets

319,874

Total assets

356,447

Current liabilities

36,886

Non-current Liabilities

61,611

Total liabilities

98,497

Net assets

257,950

Net assets attributable to the Company

200,525

Consideration

247,471

Gain on Pipeline restructuring

46,946

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

42

LEASES

The leases where the Group is a lessee

(a) Right-of-use assets

   January 1,
2020		  Addition  Reduction  December 31,
2020		 

Cost

     

Land

   172,897   19,547   (20,503)   171,941 

Buildings

   91,920   6,020   (40,603)   57,337 

Equipment and Machinery

   2,934   29   (322)   2,641 

Other

   2,068   723   (596)   2,195 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

   269,819   26,319   (62,024)   234,114 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation

     

Land

   (6,595)   (7,344)   2,328   (11,611) 

Buildings

   (7,369)   (6,601)   3,131   (10,839) 

Equipment and Machinery

   (718)   (703)   255   (1,166) 

Other

   (401)   (426)   115   (712) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

   (15,083)   (15,074)   5,829   (24,328) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net book value

     

Land

   166,302     160,330 

Buildings

   84,551     46,498 

Equipment and Machinery

   2,216     1,475 

Other

   1,667     1,483 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   254,736     209,786 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

   January 1,
2019		   Addition  Reduction  December 31,
2019		 

Cost

      

Land

   153,178    20,471   (752)   172,897 

Buildings

   83,552    8,368   —     91,920 

Equipment and Machinery

   2,295    639   —     2,934 

Other

   1,617    451   —     2,068 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

   240,642    29,929   (752)   269,819 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation

      

Land

   —      (6,696)   101   (6,595) 

Buildings

   —      (7,369)   —     (7,369) 

Equipment and Machinery

   —      (718)   —     (718) 

Other

   —      (401)   —     (401) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

   —      (15,184)   101   (15,083) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net book value

      

Land

   153,178      166,302 

Buildings

   83,552      84,551 

Equipment and Machinery

   2,295      2,216 

Other

   1,617      1,667 
  

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

   240,642      254,736 
  

 

 

     

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

The lease term of the Group’s lease land use right ranges from two to thirty years. The lease underlying assets classified as buildings are mainly the leased gas filling station, oil storage and office building. The lease underlying assets classified as equipment and machinery are mainly drilling equipment, production equipment and other movable equipment.

(b) Lease liabilities

   December 31, 2020  December 31, 2019 
  RMB  RMB 

Lease liabilities

   129,223   171,536 

Less: Lease liabilities due within one year

   (6,579)   (7,393) 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   122,644   164,143 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation charged to profit or loss provided on right-of-use assets for the year ended December 31, 2020 was RMB 13,916 (2019:RMB 14,973).

Analysis of the undiscounted cash flow of the lease liability is as follows：

   December31, 2020   December31, 2019 
   RMB   RMB 

Within 1 year

   11,824    14,304 

Between 1 and 2 years

   10,236    13,569 

Between 2 and 5 years

   29,862    37,531 

Over 5 years

   153,967    210,750 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   205,889    276,154 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (UNAUDITED)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

In accordance with the Accounting Standards Update2010-03 Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas (Topic 932): Oil and Gas Reserve Estimation and Disclosures (an update of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 932 Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas or “ASC 932”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and corresponding disclosure requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, this section provides supplemental information on oil and gas exploration and development; and results of operation related to oil and gas producing activities of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) and also the Group’s investments that are accounted for using the equity method of accounting.

The supplemental information presented below covers the Group’s proved oil and gas reserves estimates, historical cost information pertaining to capitalized costs, costs incurred for property acquisitions, exploration and development activities, result of operations for oil and gas producing activities, standardized measure of estimated discounted future net cash flows and changes in estimated discounted future net cash flows.

The “Other” geographic area includes oil and gas producing activities principally in countries such as Kazakhstan, Venezuela and Indonesia. As the Group does not have significant reserves held through its investments accounted for using the equity method, information presented in relation to these equity method investments is presented in the aggregate.

Proved Oil and Gas Reserve Estimates

Proved oil and gas reserves cannot be measured exactly. Reserve estimates are based on many factors related to reservoir performance that require evaluation by the engineers interpreting the available data, as well as price and other economic factors. The reliability of these estimates at any point in time depends on both the quality and quantity of the technical and economic data, and the production performance of the reservoirs as well as engineering judgment. Consequently, reserve estimates are subject to revision as additional data become available during the producing life of a reservoir. When a commercial reservoir is discovered, proved reserves are initially determined based on limited data from the first well or wells. Subsequent data may better define the extent of the reservoir and additional production performance, well tests and engineering studies will likely improve the reliability of the reserve estimate. The evolution of technology may also result in the application of improved recovery techniques such as supplemental or enhanced recovery projects, or both, which have the potential to increase reserves.

Proved oil and gas reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil and natural gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulation before the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether the estimate is a deterministic estimate or probabilistic estimate.

Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the12-month period before the ending date of the period covered by this report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of thefirst-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions. The costs shall be that prevailing at the end of the period.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (UNAUDITED) — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

 

Proved developed oil and gas reserves are proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered:

a. Through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared with the cost of a new well.

a.

Through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared with the cost of a new well.

b.

b.

Through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not involving a well.

Proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves are proved reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion.

The taxes, fees and royalty in China are domestic tax schemes and are paid in cash to PRC authorities. The proved reserves includes quantities that are ultimately produced and sold to pay these taxes, fees and royalty.

Proved reserve estimates as of December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 were based on reports prepared by DeGolyer and MacNaughton, Gaffney, Cline & Associates, McDaniel & Associates, Ryder Scott and GLJ independent engineering consultants.

PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION

AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (UNAUDITED) — (Continued)

(All amounts in millions, except for the per share data and otherwise stated)

Estimated quantities of net proved crude oil and condensate and natural gas reserves and of changes in net quantities of proved developed and undeveloped reserves for each of the periods indicated are as follows:

 

  Crude Oil and
Condensate		 Natural
Gas		 Total — All
products		   Crude Oil and
Condensate		 Natural Gas Total- All
products		 
  (million
barrels)		 (billion
cubic feet)		 (million
barrels of oil
equivalent)		   (million
barrels)		 (billion cubic
feet)		 (million
barrels of oil
equivalent)		 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves

        

The Group

        

Reserves at December 31, 2014

   10,593  71,098  22,443 

Reserves at December 31, 2017

   7,481  76,888  20,296 

Changes resulting from:

        

Revisions of previous estimates

   (1,663)  (206)  (1,697)    526  (1,378)  297 

Improved recovery

   106   —    106    96   —    96 

Extensions and discoveries

   457  9,764  2,084    428  4,565  1,188 

Production

   (972)  (3,131)  (1,494)    (890)  (3,608)  (1,492) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Reserves at December 31, 2015

   8,521  77,525  21,442 

Reserves at December 31, 2018

   7,641  76,467  20,385 

Changes resulting from:

        

Revisions of previous estimates

   (747)  (308)  (799)    (50)  (766)  (177) 

Improved recovery

   93   —    93    91   —    91 

Extensions and discoveries

   492  4,770  1,287    480  4,443  1,221 

Production

   (921)  (3,275)  (1,467)    (909)  (3,908)  (1,561) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Reserves at December 31, 2016

   7,438  78,712  20,556 

Reserves at December 31, 2019

   7,253  76,236  19,959 
  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Changes resulting from:

        

Purchase

   15  107  33 

Revisions of previous estimates

   486  (1,751)  195    (1,553)  (595)  (1,652) 

Improved recovery

   98   —    98    108   —    108 

Extensions and discoveries

   346  3,350  905    385  4,976  1,215 

Sales

   (80)  (66)  (91) 

Production

   (887)  (3,423)  (1,458)    (922)  (4,221)  (1,626) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Reserves at December 31, 2017

   7,481  76,888  20,296 

Reserves at December 31, 2020

   5,206  76,437  17,946 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Proved developed reserves at:

    

December 31, 2018

   5,843  40,128  12,531 

December 31, 2019

   5,474  39,870  12,119 

December 31, 2020

   4,654  42,077  11,667 

Proved undeveloped reserves at:

    

December 31, 2018

   1,798  36,339  7,854 

December 31, 2019

   1,779  36,366  7,840 

December 31, 2020

   552  34,360  6,279 

Equity method investments

    

Share of proved developed and undeveloped reserves of associates and joint ventures

    

December 31, 2018

   321  429  393 

December 31, 2019

   287  394  353 

December 31, 2020

   196  363  256 

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   Crude Oil and
Condensate		   Natural
Gas		   Total — All
products		 
   (million
barrels)		   (billion
cubic feet)		   (million
barrels of oil
equivalent)		 

Proved developed reserves at:

      

December 31, 2015

   6,196    40,406    12,930 

December 31, 2016

   5,176    40,664    11,953 

December 31, 2017

   5,593    39,243    12,133 

Proved undeveloped reserves at:

      

December 31, 2015

   2,325    37,119    8,512 

December 31, 2016

   2,262    38,048    8,603 

December 31, 2017

   1,888    37,645    8,163 

Equity method investments

      

Share of proved developed and undeveloped reserves of associates and joint ventures

      

December 31, 2015

   504    354    563 

December 31, 2016

   504    348    562 

December 31, 2017

   395    372    457 

At December 31, 2017,2020, total proved developed and undeveloped reserves of the Group and equity method investments is 20,75318,202 million barrels of oil equivalent (December 31, 2016: 21,1182019: 20,312 million barrels of oil equivalent, December 31, 2015: 22,0052018: 20,778 million barrels of oil equivalent), comprising 7,8765,402 million barrels of crude oil and condensate (December 31, 2016: 7,9422019: 7,540 million barrels, December 31, 2015: 9,0252018: 7,962 million barrels) and 77,26076,800 billion cubic feet of natural gas (December 31, 2016: 79,0602019: 76,630 billion cubic feet, December 31, 2015: 77,8792018: 76,896 billion cubic feet).

At December 31, 2017, 6,6222020, 4,375 million barrels (December 31, 2016: 6,3412019: 6,500 million barrels, December 31, 2015: 7,6502018: 6,830 million barrels) of crude oil and condensate and 74,70274,794 billion cubic feet (December 31, 2016: 76,2452019: 74,533 billion cubic feet, December 31, 2015: 75,8582018: 74,480 billion cubic feet) of natural gas proved developed and undeveloped reserves of the Group are located within Mainland China, and 859831 million barrels (December 31, 2016: 1,0972019: 753 million barrels, December 31, 2015: 8712018: 811 million barrels) of crude oil and condensate and 2,1861,643 billion cubic feet (December 31, 2016: 2,4672019: 1,703 billion cubic feet, December 31, 2015: 1,6672018: 1,987 billion cubic feet) of natural gas proved developed and undeveloped reserves of the Group are located overseas.

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Capitalized Costs

 

  December 31,
2017		 December 31,
2016		   December 31,
2020		 December 31,
2019		 
  RMB RMB   RMB RMB 

The Group

      

Property costs and producing assets

   1,604,141  1,519,124    1,890,903  1,820,481 

Support facilities

   407,188  390,089    465,022  440,722 

Construction-in-progress

   101,067  100,114    150,535  149,068 
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total capitalized costs

   2,112,396  2,009,327    2,506,460  2,410,271 

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (1,199,741)  (1,063,500)    (1,542,037)  (1,429,389) 
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net capitalized costs

   912,655  945,827    964,423  980,882 
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Equity method investments

      

Share of net capitalized costs of associates and joint ventures

   25,837  28,999    20,465  24,785 
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Costs Incurred for Property Acquisitions, Exploration and Development Activities

 

  2017   2020 
  Mainland
China		   Other   Total   Mainland
China		   Other   Total 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

The Group

            

Property acquisition costs

   —      3,712    3,712 

Exploration costs

   31,585    984    32,569    35,862    1,051    36,913 

Development costs

   110,104    18,596    128,700    129,738    16,420    146,158 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   141,689    19,580    161,269    165,600    21,183    186,783 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Equity method investments

            

Share of costs of property acquisition, exploration and development of associates and joint ventures

   —      2,503    2,503    —      1,462    1,462 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 
  2016 
  Mainland
China		   Other   Total 
  RMB   RMB   RMB 

The Group

      

Exploration costs

   28,413    685    29,098 

Development costs

   83,785    13,870    97,655 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   112,198    14,555    126,753 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Equity method investments

      

Share of costs of property acquisition, exploration and development of associates and joint ventures

   —      1,990    1,990 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

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  2015   2019 
  Mainland
China		   Other   Total   Mainland
China		   Other   Total 
  RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB   RMB 

The Group

            

Property acquisition costs

   —      456    456 

Exploration costs

   28,542    1,011    29,553    41,687    1,972    43,659 

Development costs

   100,328    18,611    118,939    166,321    21,375    187,696 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   128,870    20,078    148,948    208,008    23,347    231,355 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Equity method investments

            

Share of costs of property acquisition, exploration and development of associates and joint ventures

   —      2,798    2,798    —      2,178    2,178 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

   2018 
   Mainland
China		   Other   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB 

The Group

      

Exploration costs

   33,618    1,546    35,164 

Development costs

   134,634    25,047    159,681 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   168,252    26,593    194,845 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity method investments

      

Share of costs of property acquisition, exploration and development of associates and joint ventures

   —      3,114    3,114 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities

The results of operations for oil and gas producing activities for the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 are presented below. “Revenue” includes sales to third parties and inter-segment sales (atarm’s-length prices), net of value-added taxes. Resource tax, crude oil special gain levy and other taxes are included in “taxes other than income taxes”. Income taxes are computed using the applicable statutory tax rate, reflecting tax deductions and tax credits for the respective years ended.

 

  2017   2020 
  Mainland China Other Total   Mainland China Other Total 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

The Group

        

Revenue

        

Sales to third parties

   39,588  39,330  78,918    32,662  30,855  63,517 

Inter-segment sales

   305,336  5,082  310,418    306,623  12,408  319,031 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 
   344,924  44,412  389,336    339,285  43,263  382,548 

Production costs excluding taxes

   (112,182)  (7,830)  (120,012)    (124,154)  (9,605)  (133,759) 

Exploration expenses

   (16,732)  (7,152)  (23,884)    (18,851)  (482)  (19,333) 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (135,703)  (18,436)  (154,139)    (134,007)  (15,953)  (149,960) 

Taxes other than income taxes

   (20,624)  (3,534)  (24,158)    (18,865)  (2,690)  (21,555) 

Accretion expense

   (5,212)  (241)  (5,453)    (4,905)  (202)  (5,107) 

Income taxes

   (12,098)  (3,667)  (15,765)    (9,369)  (5,340)  (14,709) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Results of operations from producing activities

   42,373  3,552  45,925    29,134  8,991  38,125 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Equity method investments

        

Share of profit for producing activities of associates and joint ventures

   —    2,050  2,050    —    (76)  (76) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total of the Group and equity method investments results of operations for producing activities

   42,373  5,602  47,975    29,134  8,915  38,049 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

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  2016   2019 
  Mainland
China		 Other Total   Mainland China Other Total 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

The Group

        

Revenue

        

Sales to third parties

   32,674  33,033  65,707    44,001  50,611  94,612 

Inter-segment sales

   245,091  2,898  247,989    379,968  14,956  394,924 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 
   277,765  35,931  313,696    423,969  65,567  489,536 

Production costs excluding taxes

   (110,977)  (7,233)  (118,210)    (127,900)  (11,011)  (138,911) 

Exploration expenses

   (17,952)  (624)  (18,576)    (19,821)  (954)  (20,775) 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (123,268)  (18,973)  (142,241)    (115,648)  (24,792)  (140,440) 

Taxes other than income taxes

   (16,056)  (3,133)  (19,189)    (24,876)  (5,853)  (30,729) 

Accretion expense

   (4,930)  (196)  (5,126)    (5,294)  (231)  (5,525) 

Income taxes

   (2,150)  (1,161)  (3,311)    (24,085)  (11,729)  (35,814) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Results of operations from producing activities

   2,432  4,611  7,043    106,345  10,997  117,342 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Equity method investments

        

Share of profit for producing activities of associates and joint ventures

   —    649  649    —    3,253  3,253 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total of the Group and equity method investments results of operations for producing activities

   2,432  5,260  7,692    106,345  14,250  120,595 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

  2015   2018 
  Mainland
China		 Other Total   Mainland China Other Total 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

The Group

        

Revenue

        

Sales to third parties

   41,980  35,983  77,963    46,051  57,975  104,026 

Inter-segment sales

   292,656  4,696  297,352    381,740  4,542  386,282 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 
   334,636  40,679  375,315    427,791  62,517  490,308 

Production costs excluding taxes

   (114,848)  (9,177)  (124,025)    (118,979)  (9,761)  (128,740) 

Exploration expenses

   (17,045)  (1,335)  (18,380)    (17,767)  (959)  (18,726) 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (112,566)  (22,753)  (135,319)    (120,378)  (33,008)  (153,386) 

Taxes other than income taxes

   (23,727)  (5,050)  (28,777)    (30,140)  (6,262)  (36,402) 

Accretion expense

   (5,720)  (230)  (5,950)    (5,483)  (195)  (5,678) 

Income taxes

   (15,629)  (1,290)  (16,919)    (25,991)  (10,114)  (36,105) 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Results of operations from producing activities

   45,101  844  45,945    109,053  2,218  111,271 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Equity method investments

        

Share of profit for producing activities of associates and joint ventures

   —    (4,188)  (4,188)    —    3,867  3,867 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total of the Group and equity method investments results of operations for producing activities

   45,101  (3,344)  41,757    109,053  6,085  115,138 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

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Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves at December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 is based on the prices used in estimating the Group’s proved oil and gas reserves,year-end costs, currently enacted tax rates related to existing proved oil and gas reserves and a 10% annual discount factor. “Future cash inflows” are net of value-added taxes. Corporate income taxes are included in “future income tax expense”. Other taxes are included in “future production costs” as production taxes.

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The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves at December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 is as follows:

 

   RMB 

The Group

  

At December 31, 20172020

  

Future cash inflows

   5,287,2724,366,906 

Future production costs

   (1,909,8901,470,460) 

Future development costs

   (571,125445,462) 

Future income tax expense

   (594,085441,668) 
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

   2,212,1722,009,316 

Discount at 10% for estimated timing of cash flows

   (1,187,646947,035) 
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   1,024,5261,062,281 
  

 

 

 

 

   RMB 

The Group

  

At December 31, 20162019

  

Future cash inflows

   4,585,8225,872,624 

Future production costs

   (1,896,0441,947,039) 

Future development costs

   (553,558640,281) 

Future income tax expense

   (447,997746,506) 
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

   1,688,2232,538,798 

Discount at 10% for estimated timing of cash flows

   (931,4121,213,729) 
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   756,8111,325,069 
  

 

 

 

 

   RMB 

The Group

  

At December 31, 20152018

  

Future cash inflows

   5,443,5346,234,378 

Future production costs

   (2,181,4232,087,979) 

Future development costs

   (444,553556,893) 

Future income tax expense

   (567,946809,594) 
  

 

 

 

Future net cash flows

   2,249,6122,779,912 

Discount at 10% for estimated timing of cash flows

   (1,188,2371,397,846) 
  

 

 

 

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

   1,061,3751,382,066 
  

 

 

 

At December 31, 2017, RMB 979,330 (December 31, 2016: RMB 731,206, December 31, 2015: RMB 1,023,933) of standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves located within mainland China and RMB 45,196 (December 31, 2016: RMB 25,605, December 31, 2015: RMB 37,442) of standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves located overseas.

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At December 31, 2020, RMB 1,028,640 (December 31, 2019: RMB 1,278,180, December 31, 2018: RMB 1,320,478) of standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves located within mainland China and RMB 33,641 (December 31, 2019: RMB 46,889 , December 31, 2018: RMB 61,588 ) of standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to proved oil and gas reserves located overseas.

Share of standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows of associates and joint ventures:

 

December 31, 20172020

   17,3458,573 

December 31, 20162019

   13,55020,356 

December 31, 20152018

   19,71224,805 

Changes in Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

Changes in the standardized measure of discounted net cash flows for the Group for each of the years ended December 31, 2017, 20162020, 2019 and 20152018 are as follows:

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2017 2016 2015   2020 2019 2018 
  RMB RMB RMB   RMB RMB RMB 

The Group

        

Beginning of the year

   756,811  1,061,375  1,595,704    1,325,069  1,382,066  1,024,526 

Sales and transfers of oil and gas produced, net of production costs

   (232,387)  (167,108)  (209,600)    (215,390)  (303,222)  (308,217) 

Net changes in prices and production costs and other

   367,132  (370,257)  (716,150)    (358,008)  (87,046)  510,325 

Extensions, discoveries and improved recovery

   77,249  81,248  157,220    112,834  134,631  129,824 

Development costs incurred

   38,613  32,918  49,064    39,238  53,450  39,725 

Revisions of previous quantity estimates

   14,555  (61,816)  (121,809)    (138,772)  (17,380)  10,018 

Accretion of discount

   76,860  113,324  172,090    146,137  149,693  103,225 

Net change in income taxes

   (74,307)  67,127  134,856    156,122  12,877  (127,360) 

Net change due to purchases and sales of minerals in place

   (4,949)   —     —   
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

End of the year

   1,024,526  756,811  1,061,375    1,062,281  1,325,069  1,382,066 
  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

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