CHINA DATA: Crude throughput to dip in March, April amid maintenance

China’s crude throughput in April is set to fall further from March as both state-owned and small-sized independent refineries enter maintenance season, and despite integrated private plants increasing utilization, information collected by S&P Global Commodity Insights showed March 30. The average utilization at China’s state-owned refiners Sinopec, PetroChina, CNOOC and Sinochem fell to 81.1% in March from the three-month high…