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Refinery output rises to near peak rates
    2020-06-16  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

CHINA’S crude oil throughput in May rose 8.2 percent from a year earlier as independent refiners increased their processing to meet the recovery in fuel demand following the easing of coronavirus lockdowns.

China processed 57.9 million tons of crude oil last month, equivalent to about 13.63 million barrels per day (bpd), data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released yesterday showed. That is the second-highest volume ever on a tons basis, down from 58.51 million in December.

That is compared with 13.1 million bpd in April and is the fourth-highest per barrel rate ever. The record is 13.78 million bpd also in December.

For the first five months, throughput totalled 261.39 million tons, or about 12.55 million bpd, 1 percent below year-ago levels because of large processing cuts in February and March.

China’s independent plants, making up roughly one-third of national refinery throughput, were running their plants at 76 percent in May, near the same rates as before the coronavirus outbreak began, according to data from China Sublime Information Group, to take advantage of high margins after the cost of imported crude oil fell.

“The strong growth in May throughput is bolstered by the normalization of the Chinese economy and low oil prices,” said Seng Yick Tee, senior director at consultancy SIA Energy.

May processing rates were limited as PetroChina’s Dalian Petrochemical Corp. and Sinopec Corp.’s Tianjin Petrochemical Corp. were undergoing overhauls. The two plants have a combined processing capacity of 660,000 bpd.

The NBS data also showed China’s crude oil output was 16.46 million tons in May, or 3.88 million bpd, up 1.3 percent from the same month a year earlier. (SD-Agencies)

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