BEIJING -- China's crude oil output grew 0.4 percent year-on-year to 32.08 million tons in the first two months of this year, official data showed.
The Jan-Feb output also represented a 4.1 percent growth compared with the level in the same period of 2019, as well as annual average growth of 2 percent over the past two years, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
PetroChina employees conduct daily inspections on equipment at a facility in Puyang, Henan province. [Photo by Tong Jiang/For China Daily]
As one of the world's largest oil buyers, China imported 89.57 million tons of crude oil in the reporting period, up 4.1 percent year-on-year.
About 114.24 million tons of crude oil was processed in January and February, up 15 percent year-on-year and 10.6 percent from two years ago, NBS data showed.
China's crude oil output expanded by 1.6 percent year-on-year to 195 million tons in 2020, with full-year imports posting a 7.3-percent surge.
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