(MENAFN- QNA) China's crude oil output totaled 155.84 million tonnes in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 0.4 percent, according to data from the country's top economic planner.
During the January-September period, China refined 340.68 million tonnes of crude oil, up 3.7 percent year on year. Refined oil production rose 4.9 percent to 212.11 million tonnes, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a statement quoted by Xinhua news agency.
Apparent consumption of refined oil, calculated as production plus imports minus exports, increased 2.8 percent from a year earlier to 200.29 million tonnes.
In a separate statement, the planner said natural gas output totaled 93.2 billion cubic meters in the first nine months, an increase of 8 percent year on year.
China's imports of natural gas saw an increase of 9.3 percent to 42.4 billion cubic meters, while apparent consumption came in at 129 billion cubic meters, the commission said.
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