Financial indicators continued to outperform targets, with total group revenue for November reaching VNĐ89 trillion (US$3.7 billion), exceeding the monthly target by 59 per cent.
The group said it earned a total revenue of VND193.7 trillion, reaching 38 per cent of its yearly target. PVN’s pre-tax profit in the first quarter reached VND13.6 trillion, or 39 per cent of its full-year target.
The Viet Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) achieved its production target but suffered reduction in revenue due to lower crude oil prices in the first quarter of this year.
Fitch Ratings has assigned the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group''s (PetroVietnam or PVN) first-time long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ''BB'' with a positive outlook.
PetroVietnam (PVN) has proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade approve the reduction of its ownership in PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (PVD) from 50.4 per cent to 36 per cent.
Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company (BSR) reported pre-tax profits of VND1.3 trillion (US$57.1 million) in the first quarter of 2018, up 46 per cent compared to the quarterly target.
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), or PVN, produced 9.23 million tonnes of oil in the first seven months of this year, exceeding the target set for the period, said the group’s CEO Nguyen Vu Truong Son.
The Viet Nam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) surpassed its business targets by as much as 4 to 16 per cent in the first three months of the year, especially in oil exploitation.
Affiliates of oil and gas giants PetroVietnam (PVN) and ExxonMobil on Friday signed a US$10 billion framework agreement to build a power plant using natural gas extracted from the Ca Voi Xanh (Blue Whale) field in Quang Nam Province.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam (PVN) plans to invest
VND500 billion (US$2.3 million) in building an oil dump and logistics
port system.