Energy production in April 2022

In April, the production of raw coal, crude oil and natural gas, the main energy products of industrial enterprises above designated size, maintained growth, while the production of electricity declined year-on-year. Compared with March, the growth rate of raw coal production has slowed down, the production of crude oil and natural gas has remained stable, the production of electricity has changed from growth to decline, and hydropower, wind power, and solar power have maintained rapid growth.

1. Production and related situations of raw coal, crude oil and natural gas

The production of raw coal has grown rapidly, and the import has changed from decreasing to increasing. The policy of increasing coal production and supply continued to advance, and raw coal production maintained rapid growth. In April, the production of raw coal was 360 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.7%, and the growth rate slowed down by 4.1 percentage points from the previous month, with an average daily output of 12.09 million tons. Imported coal was 23.55 million tons, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year, and a decrease of 39.6% in the previous month.

From January to April, the production of raw coal was 1.45 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%. Imported coal was 75.41 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 16.2%.



Crude oil production grew steadily, and imports turned from decline to increase. In April, 17 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%, and the growth rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than that of the previous month, with an average daily output of 567,000 tons. Imported crude oil was 43.03 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%, and a decrease of 14.0% in the previous month.

From January to April, 68.19 million tons of crude oil were produced, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. Imported crude oil was 170.89 million tons, down 4.8% year-on-year.




The decline in crude oil processing volume expanded. In April, 51.81 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year decrease of 10.5%, an increase of 8.5 percentage points from the previous month, and an average daily processing of 1.727 million tons. From January to April, 223.25 million tons of crude oil were processed, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%.

Natural gas production remained stable, and the decline in imports expanded. In April, the production of natural gas was 17.7 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 4.7%, and the growth rate slowed down by 1.6 percentage points from the previous month, with an average daily output of 590 million cubic meters. Imported natural gas was 8.09 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 20.3%, an increase of 12.5 percentage points from the previous month.

From January to April, the production of natural gas was 74.7 billion cubic meters, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%. Imported natural gas was 35.87 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.9%.



2. Electricity production

Electricity production has changed from increasing to decreasing. In April, the power generation was 608.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year decrease of 4.3%, and an increase of 0.2% in the previous month, with an average daily power generation of 20.29 billion kWh. From January to April, power generation reached 2.6 trillion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%.

In terms of varieties, in April, the decline in thermal power expanded, the growth rate of hydropower, nuclear power, and wind power slowed down to varying degrees, and the growth rate of solar power generation accelerated. Among them, thermal power decreased by 11.8% year-on-year, a decrease of 6.1 percentage points from the previous month; hydropower increased by 17.4%, a growth rate of 2.4 percentage points lower than the previous month; nuclear power increased by 0.9%, a decrease of 1.3 percentage points from the previous month; wind power increased by 14.5 percentage points %, 9.3 percentage points slower than the previous month; solar power generation increased by 24.9%, 8.1 percentage points faster than the previous month.


Notes

1. Indicator explanation

Average daily product output: It is calculated by dividing the total output of industrial enterprises above designated size announced in the month by the number of calendar days in the month.

2. Statistical scope

The statistical caliber of the output data in the report is all industries above designated size, and its statistical scope is industrial enterprises with an annual main business income of 20 million yuan and above.

Since the scope of industrial enterprises above designated size changes every year, in order to ensure that the data of this year is comparable with that of the previous year, the number of the same period used to calculate the year-on-year growth rate of various indicators such as product output is consistent with the statistical scope of enterprises in the current period, and is the same as that published in the previous year. There are discrepancies in the data.

3. Data sources

The import data comes from the General Administration of Customs, of which the data for April 2022 is the data of the express.

4. Conversion relationship between natural gas units: 1 ton is approximately equal to 1380 cubic meters.

Article source: National Bureau of Statistics