National Bureau of Statistics: Crude oil production remained stable in the first two months, power generation increased by 19.5% year-on-year

　　Chinanews.com, March 15th. The National Bureau of Statistics released on the 15th the energy production from January to February of 2021. From January to February, the production of coal, natural gas, and electricity for industrial enterprises above designated size increased faster than the same period last year, and crude oil production remained stable. .

Taking January-February 2019 as the base period, the two-year average growth of raw coal, crude oil, and electricity production was relatively stable, and the two-year average growth of natural gas production was relatively fast.

Data map: oil workers.

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　　The production and related conditions of raw coal, crude oil and natural gas are as follows:

　　The production of raw coal increased rapidly, with a slight decrease in daily average month-on-month.

From January to February, it produced 620 million tons of raw coal, a year-on-year increase of 25.0%, an increase of 17.1% over January-February 2019, and an average increase of 8.2% in two years; the average daily output was 10.47 million tons, a decrease of 880,000 tons from December of the previous year .

Imported 41.13 million tons of coal, a year-on-year decrease of 39.5%.

　　The comprehensive transaction price of port coal fell from a high level.

On February 26, the coal prices of 5500, 5000 and 4500 kcal in Qinhuangdao Port were 613 yuan, 550 yuan and 494 yuan per ton, respectively, which were 132 yuan, 124 yuan and 89 yuan lower than the highest price on January 22.

　　Crude oil production maintained a steady year-on-year growth, with an average daily increase in production month-on-month.

From January to February, 32.08 million tons of crude oil was produced, a year-on-year increase of 0.4%, an increase of 4.1% over the first two years of 2019, and an average increase of 2.0% in two years; the average daily output was 544,000 tons, an increase of 19,000 tons from December of the previous year .

Processed crude oil was 114.24 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 15.0%, an increase of 10.6% from January to February 2019, and an average increase of 5.2% in two years; the average daily processing rate was 1.936 million tons, an increase of 10,000 tons over December of the previous year.

　　Crude oil imports increased slightly, and international crude oil prices continued to rise.

Imported crude oil was 89.57 million tons, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year; international crude oil prices continued to rise. On February 26, the spot FOB price of Brent crude oil was US$65.86/barrel, up 30.8% from US$50.37/barrel on January 4.

　　The production of natural gas has grown relatively rapidly, and the daily average month-on-month has remained stable.

From January to February, natural gas production was 34.8 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, an increase of 22.5% from January to February 2019, and an average increase of 10.7% in two years; the average daily output was 590 million cubic meters, a decrease of 0.1 from December of the previous year. One hundred million cubic meters.

Imported 20.8 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 17.4% year-on-year.

　　The electricity production situation is as follows:

　　Electricity production has grown rapidly year-on-year, with an average annual growth rate of two years, and a decrease in the daily average month-on-month.

From January to February, power generation was 1,242.8 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%, an increase of 9.7% from January to February 2019, and an average increase of 4.7% in two years; the average daily power generation was 21.06 billion kWh, a decrease of 24.1 from December of the previous year Billion kilowatt hours.

　　In terms of varieties, in addition to hydropower, thermal power, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power all showed double-digit growth.

Among them, thermal power increased by 18.4% year-on-year. Based on January-February 2019, the two-year average growth was 3.9%; hydropower increased by 8.5%, and the two-year average decreased by 2.2%; nuclear power increased by 23.4%, and the two-year average increased by 9.9%; wind power An increase of 49.0%, an average increase of 21.9% in two years; an increase of 25.8% in solar power generation, an average increase of 18.7% in two years.