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Chinese refiners ramp up LSFO production in March

Guangzhou (JLC), April 13, 2026--Chinese refiners ramped up their LSFO production in March, as production margins improved amid surging LSFO prices and downstream demand increased.

04-13-2026 14:09:46

State-owned refiners' daily crude runs to hold roughly stable in March

Guangzhou (JLC), February 27, 2026--State-owned oil refiners are likely to keep their daily crude runs largely stable in March, despite new maintenance at a few units.

02-27-2026 18:32:28

State-owned refiners to boost crude runs in February

Guangzhou (JLC), February 9, 2026--State-owned oil refiners are likely to hike their crude runs in February amid much less refinery maintenance and seasonally strong demand for gasoline and jet fuel.

02-09-2026 18:27:26

State-owned refiners to boost clean oil product output in February

Guangzhou (JLC), February 2, 2026--Stated-owned refiners will raise their production of clean oil products (gasoline, diesel and jet fuel) in February, according to industry sources.

02-02-2026 18:58:43

Chinese refiners' crude runs continue to drop in December 2025

Guangzhou (JLC), January 19, 2026--Chinese refiners' crude runs continued to drop month on month in December 2025, due to weaker fuel demand, despite less maintenance.

01-19-2026 16:58:53

Chinese refiners' crude runs extend losses in November

Guangzhou (JLC), December 15, 2025--Chinese refiners’ crude throughput slipped further in November as gasoline demand turned seasonally weak and maintenance increased.

12-15-2025 14:50:02

Chinese refiners' crude runs retreat in October

Guangzhou (JLC), November 14, 2025--Chinese refiners’ crude runs retreated in October when gasoline demand weakened and refinery maintenance increased.

11-14-2025 16:02:35

Chinese refiners' crude runs extend gains in September

Guangzhou (JLC), October 20, 2025--Chinese refiners’ crude runs grew further in September, which is traditionally a strong month for fuel demand.

10-20-2025 19:18:02

Chinese refiners’ crude runs hit 17-month high in August

Guangzhou (JLC), September 15, 2025--Chinese oil refiners’ crude throughput hit a 17-month high in August 2025, when their unit maintenance dropped and fuel demand was relatively strong.

09-15-2025 15:32:00

Chinese refiners' crude runs retreat on month in July

Guangzhou (JLC), August 15, 2025--Chinese oil refiners reduced their crude throughput in July 2025, as diesel demand weakened in the month and gasoline demand did not rise as much as expected.

08-15-2025 17:12:28

Chinese refiners’ crude runs rebound sharply amid less maintenance in June

Guangzhou (JLC), July 15, 2025--Chinese oil refiners raised their crude runs sharply in June 2025, as their unit maintenance dropped and fuel demand was growing in summer.

07-15-2025 14:42:33

State-owned refiners to have much less unit maintenance in July

Guangzhou (JLC), June 30, 2025--State-owned oil refiners will have much less unit maintenance in July as more refineries come back online and no refinery is coming under maintenance.

06-30-2025 18:31:33

Chinese independent refiners’ operating rate drops modestly in May

Guangzhou (JLC), June 11, 2025--Chinese independent refiners' operating rate fell modestly in May 2025 when unit maintenance grew amid seasonally weak demand.

06-11-2025 16:00:13

State-owned refiners to see less maintenance in June

Guangzhou (JLC), May 14, 2025--Chinese state-owned refiners are expected to see less refinery maintenance in June, according to their plans.

05-14-2025 17:39:11

State-owned refiners’ gasoline and diesel production to diverge in May

Guangzhou (JLC), May 6, 2025--Stated-owned refiners plan to increase their production of diesel and gasoline in May, after drops in two consecutive months, also because of growing demand.

05-06-2025 17:49:08

Chinese refiners cut their daily bonded bunker fuel exports in Mar

Guangzhou (JLC), April 22, 2025--Chinese refiners cut their daily bonded bunker fuel exports in March, as their low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO) production declined.

04-22-2025 18:23:36

Chinese refiners cut their LSFO output in March

Guangzhou (JLC), April 14, 2025--Chinese refiners cut their LSFO output in March, because of bad margins and more unit maintenance.

04-14-2025 15:35:55

Chinese refiners cut their bonded bunker fuel exports in Jan-Feb

Guangzhou (JLC), March 25, 2025--Chinese refiners cut their bonded bunker fuel exports in January-February 2025, as domestic supply tightened and global bunker demand was relatively tepid.

03-25-2025 16:43:54

Domestic refiners produce more asphalt in Oct on seasonal demand

Beijing (JLC), November 20, 2024—China’s petroleum asphalt output totaled around 2.12 million mt in October, swelling by 217,000 mt or 11.4% month on month, JLC’s data showed.

11-20-2024 15:30:10

Chinese refiners cut fuel oil output in October

Guangzhou (JLC), November 18, 2024--Chinese refiners lowered their fuel oil output in October, due to tight quotas on low-sulfur fuel oil (LSFO) exports, also in tandem with a drop in their crude runs

11-18-2024 19:12:02

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