In August, the year-on-year decline in the output of raw coal from large-scale industrial enterprises (hereinafter referred to as large-scale industrial enterprises) narrowed, the growth rate of crude oil production accelerated, and the production of natural gas and electricity grew steadily.

1. Coal, oil and natural gas production and related situations

The decline in raw coal production narrowed. In August, the output of raw coal from industrial enterprises above designated size was 390 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.2%, a narrowing of 0.6 percentage points from the previous month; the daily average output was 12.6 million tons.

From January to August, the output of raw coal from industrial enterprises above designated size reached 3.17 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%.

Crude oil production growth accelerated. In August, the output of crude oil from industrial enterprises above designated size was 18.26 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, an acceleration of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month; the daily average output was 5.89 million tons.

From January to August, the output of crude oil from industrial enterprises above designated size reached 144.86 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.4 percent.

Crude oil processing grew rapidly. In August, the crude oil processing volume of the industrial enterprises above designated size reached 63.46 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%; the daily average processing volume was 2.047 million tons.

From January to August, the crude oil processing volume of industrial enterprises above designated size was 488.07 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.

Natural gas production has steadily increased. In August, the output of natural gas in the industrial sector reached 212 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%; the daily average output was 6.9 billion cubic meters.

From January to August, the output of natural gas in the industrial sector with a design capacity of over 100 million cubic meters reached 173.7 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.

2. Power production situation

The power production of industrial enterprises above designated size increased steadily. In August, the power generation of industrial enterprises above designated size was 93.63 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%; the daily power generation exceeded 30 billion kilowatt-hours for the first time, reaching 302.0 billion kilowatt-hours. From January to August, the power generation of industrial enterprises above designated size was 641.93 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. Excluding the reasons of the number of days, the daily power generation increased by 1.9% year-on-year.

Looking at the types of industries, in August, the growth rate of wind power in the above-scale industrial sector accelerated, the decline in hydropower expanded, and the growth rates of thermal power, nuclear power, and solar power generation slowed down. Among them, the year-on-year growth rate of thermal power in the above-scale industrial sector was 1.7%, a slowdown of 2.6 percentage points from July; the year-on-year decline in hydropower was 10.1%, an expansion of 0.3 percentage points from July; the year-on-year growth rate of nuclear power was 5.9%, a slowdown of 2.4 percentage points from July; the year-on-year growth rate of wind power was 20.2%, an acceleration of 14.7 percentage points from July; and the year-on-year growth rate of solar power generation was 15.9%, a slowdown of 12.8 percentage points from July.

As an integrated internet platform providing benchmark prices; On September 16th, the benchmark price of thermal coal by SunSirs was 720.00 RMB per ton, a decrease of 6.8% compared with the beginning of this month (772.50 RMB per ton)

On September 16th, the benchmark price of coking coal by SunSirs was 1,406.25 RMB per ton, a decrease of 0.88% compared with the beginning of this month (1,418.75 RMB per ton).

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