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Throughput at China’s State-Owned Refineries to Fall in Feb: OilChem

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China’s state-owned refineries’ planned throughput for Feb is set to fall of 5.21% on the month to 39.42m mt, according to OilChem.

  • The fall is primarily attributed to the fewer calendar days in Feb.
  • CDU utilisation rates are expected to rise by 1.01 percentage points on the month to average 77.02%. This is the second consecutive monthly increase amid no planned maintenance at state-owned refineries for Feb.
  • 17 refineries plan to lower run rates, while 30 will raise rates.
  • OilChem added that planned refined product production from state-owned refineries is 23.43m mt in Feb.
  • According to OilChem figures, gasoline production is down 4.2% on the month to 9.66m mt, while gasoil production is down 10.4% to 9.34m mt. Jet fuel is down 5.59% to 4.22m mt.
  • CDU utilisation rates are likely to decline in March and April amid the start of planned maintenance at several refineries, OilChem said.

Source: OilChem

Source: OilChem

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