PetroChina (PTR) Q3 Earnings Miss Despite Upstream Strength

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Chinese energy giant PetroChina Company Limited announced third-quarter 2019 earnings per ADR of 68 cents that missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.45 and were below the year-ago profit of $1.69.

One of China’s big three oil giants, the other two being Sinopec and CNOOC Limited (CEO - Free Report) , PetroChina’s earnings were dragged down by lower commodity prices, weaker downstream results and massive gas import losses.  

However, the country’s dominant oil and gas producer’s total revenue for the quarter rose 1.8% from the year-ago period to RMB 618,143 million on higher oil and gas production.

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