Energy production in September of 2021

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2021-10-19 10:00 Print| Large| Medium| Small

In September, among the main energy products of industries above designated size, oil, gas and electricity all maintained growth, except that the production of raw coal decreased slightly. Taking September 2019 as the base period, the two-year average growth rate of raw coal production decreased, crude oil production increased steadily, and natural gas and power production increased rapidly.

I. Raw Coal, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production and Relevant Information

Raw coal production decreased slightly. In September, 330 million tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9 percent, a decrease of 1.8 percent over the same period in 2019, an average decrease of 0.9 percent in two years, and an average daily output of 11.14 million tons. 32.88 million tons of coal were imported, a year-on-year increase of 76.0 percent.

From January to September, 2.93 billion tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 3.7 percent, an increase of 3.6 percent over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 1.8 percent in two years; imported coal was 230.4 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.6 percent.

The comprehensive trading price of port coal rose. On September 24, the comprehensive transaction prices of 5500, 5000 and 4500 kcal thermal coal in Qinhuangdao Port were 1079, 980 and 857 yuan per ton respectively, up 194 yuan, 182 yuan and 151 yuan respectively compared with August 27.

Crude oil production accelerated slightly and processing capacity continued to decline. In September, 16.61 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 3.2 percent, a growth rate of 0.9 percentage point over the previous month, an increase of 5.7 percent over the same period in 2019, an average increase of 2.8 percent over the two years, and an average daily output of 554,000 tons; 56.07 million tons of crude oil were processed, with a year-on-year decrease of 2.6 percent, with the decline rate of 0.4 percentage point higher over the previous month, a decrease of 1.3 percent over the same period in 2019, an average decrease of 0.7 percent in two years, and an average daily processing of 1.869 million tons.

From January to September, 149.84 million tons of crude oil were produced, with a year-on-year increase of 2.5 percent, an increase of 4.3 percent over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 2.1 percent over the two years; 526.87 million tons of crude oil were processed, with a year-on-year increase of 6.2 percent, an increase of 9.4 percent over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 4.6 percent over the two years.

The decline in crude oil imports expanded and the international crude oil price rose. In September, the imported crude oil was 41.05 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 15.3 percent, with the decline rate of 9.1 percentage points of higher over the previous month; From January to September, 387.4 million tons of crude oil were imported, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8 percent. On September 30, the spot FOB price of Brent crude oil was 77.81 USD per barrel, up 5.9 percent from August 31.

The growth rate of natural gas production has slowed down. In September, the production of natural gas was 15.7 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 7.1 percent, a decrease of 4.2 percentage points over the previous month, an increase of 15.2 percent over the same period in 2019, an average increase of 7.3 percent in two years, and an average daily output of 520 million cubic meters.

From January to September, 151.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, with a year-on-year increase of 10.4 percent, an increase of 20.0 percent over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 9.6 percent over the two years.

Natural gas imports maintained rapid growth. In September, 10.62 million tons of natural gas were imported, with a year-on-year increase of 22.7 percent, and the growth rate was 10.5 percentage points higher than that of the previous month. From January to September, 89.85 million tons of natural gas were imported, with a year-on-year increase of 22.2 percent.

II. Electric Power Production

Power production has accelerated. In September, the power generation was 675.1 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 4.9 percent, the growth rate was 4.7 percentage points higher than that of the previous month, an increase of 10.5 percent over the same period in 2019, an average increase of 5.1 percent over the two years, and the average daily power generation was 22.5 billion kwh. From January to September, the power generation was 6,072.1 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 10.7 percent, an increase of 11.6 percent over the same period in 2019, and an average increase of 5.7 percent over the two years.

In terms of varieties, in September, the growth of thermal power and wind power accelerated, the growth of nuclear power and solar power slowed down, and the decline of hydropower narrowed. Among them, thermal power increased by 5.7 percent year-on-year, with September 2019 as the base period, with an average growth of 2.9 percent in two years; hydropower decreased by 0.3 percent, with an average increase of 10.6 percent in the two years; nuclear power increased by 4.3 percent, with an average growth of 5.8 percent in the two years; wind power increased by 19.7 percent, with an average increase of 15.4 percent in two years; solar power generation increased by 4.5 percent, with an average growth of 4.3 percent in the two years.

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of Industrial Enterprises above the designated size announced in that month by the calendar days of that month.

2. Statistical Coverage

The statistical caliber of the output data in the report is above the designated size of industry, and the statistical scope is industrial enterprises with annual main business income of more than 20 million yuan.

Because the scope of Industrial Enterprises above the designated size changes every year, in order to ensure that this year's data is comparable with the previous year's, the same period used to calculate the growth rate of various indicators such as product output is consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in this period, and there is a caliber difference between the data released last year.

3. Data Source

Import data comes from the General Administration of Customs, of which March data are express data; coal price data comes from China Coal Market Network; crude oil price data comes from the United States Energy Information Agency (EIA).

4. Conversion relationship of natural gas units: 1 ton is equal to 1380 cubic meters.

5. The two-year average growth rate refers to the growth rate calculated by geometric average method based on the corresponding number of the same period in 2019.