Output of China’s top oil producer rises

%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3EChina%20National%20Petroleum%20Corp.%20%28CNPC%29%2C%20the%20country%27s%20biggest%20oil%20and%20gas%20producer%2C%20said%20on%20Tuesday%20that%20its%20crude%20oil%20output%20from%20domestic%20blocks%20reached%20a%20record%20high%20of%20110.33%20million%20tonnes%20in%202012%2C%20up%202.79%20million%20tonnes%20from%20one%20year%20ago.%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3ECNPC%20said%20production%20from%20the%20Daqing%20oil%20field%20in%20northeastern%20China%20reached%2040%20million%20tonnes%20in%202012.%20Output%20from%20the%20Changqing%20oil%20field%20in%20northwest%20China%27s%20Shaanxi%20Province%20hit%2022.62%20million%20tonnes%2C%20up%202.6%20million%20tonnes%20from%202011.%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3EProduction%20from%20oil%20fields%20in%20Xinjiang%20Uygur%20Autonomous%20Region%20rose%20to%2018.39%20million%20tonnes%20last%20year%2C%20according%20to%20CNPC.%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3EAlso%20on%20Tuesday%2C%20China%20Petroleum%20and%20Chemical%20Corp.%2C%20the%20country%27s%20biggest%20oil%20refiner%2C%20announced%20that%20its%20crude%20oil%20output%20jumped%20by%20455%2C000%20tonnes%20and%20gas%20production%20increased%20by%202.3%20billion%20cubic%20meters%20in%202012.%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3EThe%20company%20said%20its%20oil%20and%20gas%20sales%20exceeded%20200%20billion%20yuan%20%2831.75%20billion%20U.S.%20dollars%29%20for%20the%20first%20time%20in%20the%20year.%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3EIn%202011%2C%20China%20produced%20203.6%20million%20tonnes%20of%20crude%20oil%20and%20consumed%20461.8%20million%20tonnes.%20%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E%0D%0A%3CP%3E%3CFONT%20face%3DVerdana%3E%3CBR%3E%uFF08xinhua%uFF09%3C/FONT%3E%3C/P%3E