Oil output of China’s top producer drops slightly, gas production increases 12%

Petroleum News Staff

PetroChina, China's largest oil producer, said it produced 191.1 million barrels of crude oil during the first quarter of this year, down 1 million barrels from the same period in 2002. At the same time, the company’s output of natural gas increased 12.8 percent to 184.5 billion cubic feet, China Da....