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- PTT Public Company Limited (PTT PCL), Thailand's state-owned SET-listed integrated petroleum and natural gas company founded in 1978 as the Petroleum Authority of Thailand and corporatized in 2001, serves as the national energy champion with headquarters in Bangkok and operations spanning Thailand, Asia, Europe, and the United States; it explores and produces petroleum and natural gas, procures and transmits natural gas via extensive submarine pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand and a nationwide network, distributes and separates gas, manages LNG ports and storage, markets petroleum products including crude oil, lubricants, aviation and marine fuels, and lube oils through procurement, storage, and retail at PTT-branded service stations; it also engages in petrochemical production and trading including polymers, biochemicals, paraxylene, oleochemicals, nonwoven fabrics, and medical consumables, electricity generation and distribution alongside steam and chilled water for industrial use, international trading of petroleum and petrochemicals, new businesses such as Café Amazon coffee chain across Southeast Asia and online car services, infrastructure including gas separation plants and real estate development, and sustainability initiatives encompassing wind power, ethanol from sugarcane, and plastic waste cleanup technologies. The company operates through key subsidiaries and affiliates including PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited for upstream activities, PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited for petrochemicals and refining, Thai Oil Public Company Limited for refining, and PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited for downstream marketing. In recent developments, PTT invests 25 billion baht in 2025 infrastructure such as gas pipelines and ports from its five-year 55 billion baht capex plan to enhance core business potential, ceased its electric vehicle operations to reallocate funds toward refining and exploration partnerships with a strategic shift under Project Genesis to optimize its petrochemical and refinery portfolio through long-term alliances while retaining control, with shortlisting of partners targeted by end-2025 and deals closing in 2026; it strengthened LNG market competitiveness via a partnership with Centrica in June 2025, became the first Southeast Asian firm in J.P. Morgan's plastic waste cleanup investment program in October 2025, and secured the top Most Valuable Thai Brand ranking for the fifth year amid Q2/1H 2025 profit adjustments.