Before 2005, the primary consumers of fuel oil in China were the 

transport, petroleum refining, chemicals, construction materials, and 

power and heating industries. But as environmental policies tightened, 

the demand declined.

From 2005 to 2012, consumption by power and heating industries 

plunged. In 2012, petroleum refining and transport industries accounted 

for 51% and 40% of China’s fuel oil demand, respectively.

Since 2012, due to the widespread switch to alternative and clean 

energy, demand for industrial fuel oil – mostly by metallurgy and light 

industries – and for fuel oil by the electricity sector has been falling. 

Moreover, as independent refineries applied for and received higher 

import quotas for crude oils, fuel oil consumption in the petroleum 

refining industry has also shrunk significantly. However, this general 

downward trend is offset somewhat in recent years by the increasing 

demand due to deep processing of aromatics.

In 2019, about 69% of fuel oil consumed in China was marine 

fuels used for transportation, 24% was used as raw materials for 

petrochemical refining and processing, and the remaining 7% was 

used for the extraction of various aromatic solvents, bitumen blending, 

or as an industrial fuel (for boilers).

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