PetroChina : CLARIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT - Form 6-K

CLARIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT

PetroChina Company Limited (the "Company") noted some media reports on 19 January 2022 concerning PetroChina Fuel Oil Company Limited.

PetroChina Fuel Oil Company Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China found in its routine audit that PetroChina Fuel Oil Company Limited had violations in crude oil trading. The Company has always been actively cooperating with the investigation, carefully checking its internal control systems, improving its relevant policies for crude oil trading and conducting the rectification of relevant issues. At present, the production and operation of the Company have not been affected.

The Company would like to remind all the investors that all the information about the Company will be and only be officially published through designated media, i.e., China Securities Journal, Shanghai Securities News, Securities Times, Securities Daily, the websites of Shanghai Stock Exchange (http://www.sse.com.cn) and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (http://www.hkexnews.hk). Investors are advised to invest rationally and beware of investment risks.

By order of the Board

PetroChina Company Limited

Company Secretary

Chai Shouping

Beijing, the PRC

20 January 2022

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Dai Houliang as Chairman; Mr. Hou Qijun as Vice Chairman and non-executive Director; Mr. Duan Liangwei, Mr. Liu Yuezhen and Mr. Jiao Fangzheng as non-executive Directors; Mr. Huang Yongzhang and Mr. Ren Lixin as executive Directors; and Ms. Elsie Leung Oi-sie, Mr. Tokuchi Tatsuhito, Mr. Simon Henry, Mr. Cai Jinyong and Mr. Jiang, Simon X. as independent non-executive Directors.