High Oil Prices Deliver a Windfall for China’s Coal-to-Chemicals Industry

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China’s largest coal-to-chemicals producer, Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., reported record profits in the first half of the year due to high international crude oil prices. The surge in oil prices, partly linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, has strengthened the commercial viability of coal conversion to chemicals.

China’s biggest coal-to-chemicals producer reported record profits for the first half, raking in the equivalent of $1.4 billion as crude oil prices soared internationally, strengthening the business case for converting coal to chemicals. Bloomberg reported today that Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., which accounts for about a third of China’s coal-to-chemicals output, had an especially strong second quarter when oil prices spiked amid the Strait of Hormuz oil flows disruption. The first-half figure was an almost twofold increase on…