China’s crude oil imports rose in April and amounted to 32.32 million tonnes

Almaty. May 26. Silkroadnews – At the end of this April China’s crude oil storage reserves (excluding the strategic reserves) decreased by 3.68% compared with the March index, Xinhua news agency reported.

According to data Xinhua News Agency released on the oil price monitoring system the reserves of gasoline, diesel and kerosene decreased by 2.45% compared to the numbers recorded at the end of March. The gasoline storage reserves increased by 10.77%, diesel fuel and kerosene decreased by 10.62% and 0.26% respectively.

In April China’s net crude oil imports made 32.32 million tonnes, having grown versus March numbers. With this, though, “the black gold” production in the country decreased 4.51% to 16.59 million tonnes. At this time the country also observed a slight drop in the volume of crude oil refining.