Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam)has reported an oil and gas production output of 22.1 million tonnes in thefirst 11 months of 2018, surpassing its target by 5.4 percent and fulfilling 96.8percent of its yearly plan.
The firm’s oil production in the period reached 12.84 million tonnes,exceeding the target by 5.6 percent.
Along with oil and gas, the firm also enjoyed high production of otherproducts, including 18.99 billion kWh of electricity, 1.477 million tonnes ofnitrogenous fertilizer, and 8.53 million tonnes of petroleum.
In the January-November period, thanks to high outputs and higher oilprices than expectation, total revenue of the group hit 542.34 trillion VND(23.32 billion USD), exceeding the target by 16.8 percent and surpassing theyearly plan by 2.2 percent.
The firm contributed 108.12 trillion VND (4.64 billion USD) to the Statebudget in 11 months, 46.7 percent higher than its target for the whole year.
Particularly, at the end of November, many member companies of the groupcompleted their goals, with three companies exceeding their yearly financialtargets from 30-63 percent, namely BSR, PVGas and PVTrans.-VNA