2024-04-25 18:14:41
Companies in the oil and gas sector of China in January – March increased oil production by 2.3% year on year (to 53.48 million tons), and natural gas production by 5.2% (to 63.2 billion cubic meters). This was reported by the State Statistical Office of the People’s Republic of China, Day.Az reports with reference to TASS.
As follows from the disseminated report, China’s average daily oil production in March reached 593 thousand tons, gas – 700 million cubic meters. m. In the first quarter, Chinese companies increased their oil refining volume by 2.4%, to 182.46 million tons.
As for the import of these energy resources, over three months China imported 137.36 million tons of oil (an increase of 0.7% compared to the same period last year) and 32.79 million tons of gas (an increase of 22.8%).
According to calculations by the General Administration of Customs of the PRC, the Chinese side in 2023 increased oil imports by 11% (to 563.99 million tons), gas – by 9.9% (to 119.97 million tons). Russia is a leading exporter of energy resources to China, which last year purchased 107 million tons of oil from Russia (an increase of 24%) and 8 million tons of liquefied natural gas (an increase of 23%). Supplies via the Power of Siberia gas pipeline increased 1.5 times, to a record 22.7 billion cubic meters. m.
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