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Sinopec refines 13% more crude oil in 2010

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-22 10:38

BEIJING - China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec), the nation's largest oil refiner, said on?Friday that?it processed 211 million tons of crude oil in 2010, up 13.2 percent year-on-year.

The company produced 10.5 percent more diesel and 19.54 percent more kerosene to cope with the?surging demand.

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Sinopec produced 330 million barrels of crude oil last year, slightly higher than in 2009. The figure was unaudited.

Its natural gas output grew 47.6 percent year-on-year to 12.5 billion cubic meters.