National Bureau of Statistics: June crude oil production remains stable

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in June, output of raw coal produced by above-scale industrial enterprises (hereinafter referred to as above-scale industry) fell year on year, crude oil production remained stable, natural gas production turned from decline to growth, and power generation recorded steady growth.

Raw coal production fell year on year. In June, the output of raw coal by above-scale industry was 380 million tons, down 9.7% year on year; daily average output was 12.7 million tons.

From January to June, the output of raw coal by above-scale industry was 2.37 billion tons, down 1.7% year on year.

Crude oil production remained stable. In June, the output of crude oil by above-scale industry was 18.12 million tons, down 0.5% year on year; daily average output was 604k tons.

From January to June, the output of crude oil by above-scale industry was 109 million tons, up 0.9% year on year.

The decline in crude oil refining widened. In June, the refining volume of crude oil by above-scale industry was 51.24 million tons, down 17.7% year on year; the decline widened by 8.6 percentage points compared with May; daily average refining volume was 1.71M tons.

From January to June, the refining volume of crude oil by above-scale industry was 344 million tons, down 4.9% year on year.

Natural gas production turned from decline to growth. In June, natural gas output by above-scale industry was 21.4 billion cubic meters, up 1.1% year on year; May saw a decline of 2.2%; daily average output was 0.71 billion cubic meters.

From January to June, natural gas output by above-scale industry was 133 billion cubic meters, up 1.6% year on year.