China's Sinopec reports 1.82% rise in refining in H1
People Daily (Free subscription) | 07/21/2009
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.(Sinopec), the nation's largest oil refiner, said Tuesday that it processed 86.9 million tonnes of crude oil in the first half of 2009, up 1.82 percent year-on-year, despite the economic slowdown. Sinopec reported earlier that the amount of crude oil it refined fell 3.27 percent year on year in the first quarter. The company, also a leading oil producer, said in a...