Energy Production in March 2023

In March, the production of main energy of industries above designated size kept a year-on-year growth. Compared with January to February, the growth rate of raw coal and natural gas was slowed down, crude oil and electric power production accelerated.

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

The growth rate of raw coal production increased steadily, and the import has increased sharply. In March, 420 million tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.3 percent, 1.5 percentage point lower than that from January to February, and the average daily output was 13.46 million tons. The import of coal was 41.17 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 150.7 percent, 79.9 percentage points faster than that from January to February.

From January to March, 1.15 billion tons of raw coal were produced, a year-on-year increase of 5.5 percent. The import of coal was 100 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 96.1 percent.

The growth rate of crude oil production increased slightly, and the import changed from decreasing to increasing. In March, it produced 18.18 million tons of crude oil, a year-on-year increase of 2.4 percent, 0.6 percentage point faster than that from January to February, and the average daily output was 587,000 tons. The import of crude oil was 52.31 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.5 percent, a decrease of 1.3 percent in January-February.

From January to March, it produced 52.36 million tons of crude oil, a year-on-year increase of 2.0 percent. The import of crude oil was 136.37 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent.

The growth of crude oil processing volume was accelerated. In March, 63.29 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 8.8 percent, 5.5 percentage point faster than that from January to February, and the average daily processing was 2.042 million tons. From January to March, 179.26 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year increase of 5.2 percent.

The growth rate of natural gas production was slowed, and the import changed from decreasing to increasing. In March, it produced 20.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas, a year-on-year increase of 4.0 percent, 2.7 percentage points slower than that from January to February and the average daily output was 660 million cubic meters. The import of natural gas was 8.87 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.1 percent, a decrease of 9.4 percent in January-February.

From January to March, 59.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.5 percent. The import of natural gas was 26.75 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.6 percent.

II. Electric Power Production

The growth rate of power production was accelerated. In March, the power generation was 717.3 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent, an increase of 4.4 percentage points faster than that from January to February, and the average daily power generation was 23.14 billion kwh. From January to March, the power generation was 2.0712 trillion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 2.4 percent.

From the perspective of varieties, in March, the growth of thermal power changed from decreasing to increasing, the growth of nuclear power and solar power accelerated, the growth of wind power slowed down, and the decline of hydropower expanded. Among them, thermal power increased by 9.1 percent year-on-year and decreased by 2.3 percent in January-February; nuclear power increased by 4.6 percent, 0.3 percentage points faster than that from January to February. Wind power increased by 0.2 percent, 30.0 percentage points slower than that from January to February; solar power generation increased by 13.9 percent, 4.6 percentage points faster than that from January to February. Hydropower decreased by 15.5 percent, 12.1 percentage points lower than that from January to February;

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.

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