Energy Production in September 2023

In September, the production of main energy of industries above the designated size kept a year-on-year growth. Compared with August, the growth rate of raw coal and crude oil production slowed down, and that of natural gas production and power generation accelerated.

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

The growth rate of raw coal production maintained stable, and that of the import maintained rapid growth. In September, 390 million tons of raw coal were produced, up by 0.4 percent, a growth rate of 1.6 percentage points slower than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 13.10 million tons. The import of coal was 42.14 million tons, up by 27.8 percent year on year, a growth rate of 23.0 percentage points slower than that of the previous month.

From January to September, 3.44 billion tons of raw coal were produced, up by 3.0 percent year on year. The import of coal was 350 million tons, up by 73.1 percent year on year.

The growth rate of crude oil production increased steadily, and that of the import kept a rapid growth. In September, 16.87 million tons of crude oil were produced, up by 0.3 percent year on year, a growth rate of 2.8 percentage points slower than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 562,000 tons. The import of crude oil was 45.74 million tons, up by 13.7 percent year on year, a growth rate of 17.2 percentage points slower than that of the previous month.

From January to September, 156.72 million tons of crude oil were produced, up by 1.9 percent year on year. The import of crude oil was 424.27 million tons, up by 14.6 percent year on year.

The crude oil processing maintained rapid growth. In September, 63.62 million tons of crude oil were processed, up by 12.0 percent year on year, a growth rate of 7.6 percentage points slower than that of the previous month, with an average daily processing capacity of 2.121 million tons. From January to September, 554.84 million tons of crude oil were processed, up by 11.5 percent year on year.

The growth rate of natural gas production accelerated, and that of the import remained steady. In September, 17.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, up by 9.3 percent year on year, a growth rate of 3.0 percentage points faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 600 million cubic meters. The import of natural gas was 10.15 million tons, up by 0.4 percent year on year, a growth rate of 22.6 percentage points slower than that of the previous month.

From January to September, 170.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, up by 6.4 percent year on year. The import of natural gas was 87.77 million tons, up by 8.2 percent year on year.

II. Electric Power Production

The growth rate of power generation accelerated. In September, the power generation was 745.6 billion kWh, up by 7.7 percent year on year, a growth rate of 6.6 percentage points faster than that of the previous month, with an average daily power generation of 24.85 billion kWh. From January to September, the power generation was 6.6219 trillion kWh, up by 4.2 percent year on year.

From the perspective of energy sources, in September, the growth rate of thermal power changed from decreasing to increasing, that of hydropower and nuclear power generation accelerated, the decline of nuclear power generation narrowed, and the growth rate of solar power generation slowed down. Among them, the growth rate of thermal power generation increased by 2.3 percent year on year and decreased by 2.2 percent last month; that of hydropower generation increased by 39.2 percent, 20.7 percentage points faster than the previous month; that of nuclear power generation increased by 6.7 percent, 1.2 percentage points faster than the previous month; that of wind power generation decreased by 1.6 percent, the decline of it narrowed by 9.9 percentage points than that of the previous month; that of solar power generation increased by 6.8 percent, 7.1 percentage points slower than the previous month.

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 this year and last year.

3. Data Source

Import data comes from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, of which September data are express data.

4. Conversion relationship of natural gas units: 1 ton is equal to 1,380 cubic meters.