China independent refiners' January throughput beats expectations on firm gasoline sales

摘要

Despite the reduced number of working days in January, feedstock consumption at China's Shandong independent refineries surpassed industry expectations amid sharply improved refining margins. Shandong independent refineries' feedstock consumption was steady at around 8.99 million mt, or 2.12 million b/d, in January from a month ago, data from the local energy information provider JLC showed Feb. 9.