p>China recorded around 1.89-mil mt of LPG output in October, hitting the second highest level of this year, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
The output was up 10.46% on month, higher than 6.1% of increase in crude throughput, mainly due to higher LPG output ratio of major refineries wrapping up maintenance on fluid catalytic crackers and gas fractionation units, market sources pointed out.
The country's crude throughput hit record-high of 37.04-mil mt in October, showed the NBS data.
China's LPG Output in Oct'10 | Unit: -mil mt | ||||
Oct'10 | MOM % | YOY % | Jan-Oct'10 | YOY % | |
LPG | 1.89 | 10.46% | 14.41% | 17.16 | 8.40% |
Crude Throughput | 37.04 | 6.10% | 12.20% | 347.95 | 13.90% |
LPG Output Rate | 5.10% | / | / | 4.93% | / |
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of PRC | |||||
