BEIJING, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — China’s crude oil production, processing and imports registered strong expansion in August, official data shows.↳
The country produced 17.47 million tonnes of crude oil last month, up 3.1 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).↳
China’s total imports of crude oil stood at 52.8 million tonnes, surging 30.9 percent over one year earlier, the NBS said.↳
The data also shows that the country processed 64.69 million tonnes of crude oil in the same period, jumping 19.6 percent from the same period of 2022.