SINGAPORE/BEIJING :China has issued a third batch of 2023 crude oil import quotas, raising the total volume in the first half of this year to 194.1 million tonnes, up 20 per cent from the same period last year, according to six people and documents on Wednesday.Thirty-three companies, mostly independent refin
SINGAPORE/BEIJING :China has issued a third batch of 2023 crude oil import quotas, raising the total volume in the first half of this year to 194.1 million tonnes, up 20 per cent from the same period last year, according to six people and documents on Wednesday.
That compares to 52.69 million tonnes issued by Beijing in June last year and a total released quota of 161.72 million tonnes over the first half of 2022.Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co，a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical, was granted 20.0 million tonnes in the new round of issuance. Hengli Petrochemical and Shenghong Petrochemical received 3.0 million tonnes and 8.0 million tonnes, respectively.
Chinese independent refineries have been boosting imports of discounted crude oil essentially from Russia, Iran and Venezuela over the past months to improve refining margins amid lacklustre fuel and petrochemical demand in the country.
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