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Sinopec's H1 profit at lowest since 2008

CHINA Petroleum & Chemical Corp, Asia's biggest refiner, posted its lowest half-yearly profit since 2008 after the sale of fuels at state-controlled prices cut earnings.

Net income fell 41 percent to 24.5 billion yuan (US$3.9 billion) from 41.17 billion yuan a year earlier, the Beijing-based company known as Sinopec said in a filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange yesterday. The result beat a median estimate of seven analysts compiled by Bloomberg News that called for a profit of 22.9 billion yuan.

Sinopec's profit slide follows a drop in earnings for larger rival PetroChina Co, which said it expects fuel-pricing reforms in the second half to help cut losses from refining. Sinopec and parent China Petrochemical Corp have announced over US$40 billion in deals to acquire assets globally since 2009 to build up oil and gas production and diversify from refining.

PetroChina's profit dropped 6 percent to 62 billion yuan, while CNOOC Ltd, China's biggest offshore oil and gas explorer with no exposure to refining, said that net income declined 19 percent.



 

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