SINGAPORE, Jan 16 (Reuters) -
* PetroChina Co Ltd 0857.HK , China's leading energy firm,
expanded its oil and gas trade in 2019, recording a rise of
nearly 5% from prior year to exceed 500 million tonnes oil
equivalent, according to a statement posted on the website of
parent firm China National Petroleum Co on Thursday.
* PetroChina International, better known as Chinaoil, the
trading
arm under the state-run PetroChina, achieved "significant"
growth in pre-tax profit last year, the report stated, without
providing any numbers.
* Exports of refined fuel hit a record of more than 18
million
tonnes, with first shipments of gasoline to Nigeria and India
and first diesel shipment in larger 90,000-tonne vessel to
Europe. * Natural gas imports, including pipeline gas and liquefied
natural gas shipped in tankers, exceeded 69 billion cubic
metres, the statement said, without giving a comparison to last
year's numbers.