China’s Crude Oil Output Up 0.3% in Nov

China, the world's second largest oil consumer, saw its crude oil output rise 0.3% year on year to 17.32 million metric tons in Nov this year, according to recent figures released by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Last month, the country processed 37.65 million metric tons of crude oil, 3.1% more than in the same month of last year.

In the first eleven months of this year, China's crude oil output rose 1.9% year on year to 190.37 million metric tons.

The country processed 404.16 million metric tons of crude oil in the eleven month period, 7.0% more than that in the same period of 2012, and saw its output of oil products climb 6.2% year on year to 248.78 million metric tons.

The country's apparent consumption of oil products grew 4.8% year on year to 240.43 million metric tons in the first eleven months.

(chinaknowledge.com, edited by Topco)