2019-09-16 14:50:00
CHINA'S OIL THROUGHPUT UP 7%
PLATTS - Crude oil throughput at China's domestic refineries rose 6.9% year on year to 54 million mt in August, or 12.77 million b/d, preliminary data released Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
Over the first eight months of 2019, total crude throughput at refineries across China was 5.9% higher year on year at 424.16 million mt, or 12.79 million b/d, NBS data showed.
In the upstream segment, China's crude production in August rose 1% year on year to 16.18 million mt, or an average of 3.83 million b/d.
Total crude output also increased 1% year on year to 127.49 million mt over January-August, averaging 3.85 million b/d, the data showed.
As for natural gas, August output rose 6.6% year on year to 13.8 Bcm, bringing the total output over January-August to 114.10 Bcm, up 9.3% year on year.
Detailed data, including production figures for oil products, is expected to be released by the NBS in the next few days.
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Earlier:
2019, September, 10, 17:40:00
CHINA'S GAS IMPORTS UP 10%
Over January-August, China imported a total of 63.04 million mt, or 86.93 Bcm of natural gas, up 10.3% from 57.15 million mt, or 78.81 Bcm, during the same period last year, according to the customs data.
2019, September, 5, 14:55:00
CHINA'S NUCLEAR POWER UP
The share of nuclear power generation in China has picked up over the last three years, and nuclear power growth will displace thermal coal in China by 22 million mt in 2019, Citi analysts said in a note Thursday.
