An Oil Behemoth Is Worth Less Than Its Energy Reserves In the Ground

  • State-run PetroChina is cheapest among global firms: Bernstein
  • No valuation model can justify its share price, Jefferies says

  

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PetroChina Co. looks cheap on many levels, perhaps none more so than comparing it to the value of its reserves beneath the Earth’s surface.