Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that full year 2002 financial results for PTT Exploration and Production Public Co. Ltd. (PTTEP; local currency rating BBB+/Stable/--; foreign currency rating BBB-/Positive/--) are in line with Standard&Poor's expectations for the Thai oil and gas company. In 2002, PTTEP's sales, including revenue from pipeline transportation, grew by 7% to Thai baht (THB) 30.2 billion (US$708 million) over the preceding year, while net profit rose by 11% to THB12.1 billion, primarily on the back of higher gas sales volumes and the inclusion of its share of profits from its 34% investment in Indonesian upstream company, Medco Energi (B+/Stable/--). Funds from operations were sizable at about THB17 billion. High cash levels of THB16.3