November 23, 2016
H. Roger Schwall
Office of Natural Resources
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549-7010
Re: | PetroChina Company Limited | |
SEC comment letter dated November 15, 2016 | ||
File No. 1-15006 |
Dear Mr. Horowitz,
I refer to your letter to Mr. WU Enlai, dated November 15, 2016, relating to PetroChina Company Limited’s Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2016 and our response letter dated September 29, 2016.
We are in the process of collecting the relevant information and endeavor to respond to you as soon as possible. As we need additional time to prepare the response, we respectfully request an extension of the deadline to December 22, 2016.
Should you have any additional questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Fang WEI or me (hko@petrochina.com.hk; phone number: +852.2899.2010; fax number: +852.2899.2390), or our attorneys, Yang Ge (email:yang.ge@shearman.com; telephone: +86.10.5922.8027) and Matthew Bersani (email:Mbersani@shearman.com; telephone: +852.2978.8096).
Very truly yours,
/s/ WU Enlai
WU Enlai
Secretary to the Board of Directors