At the start of the 2020, emissions from the oil industry in China amounted to * million metric tons of CO2, compared with * million in the same month the previous year. However, as the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) took their toll on the energy industry, emissions dropped. With much of China placed under strict lockdowns to stop the spread, energy demand fell. By March, emissions from oil had fallen to * million metric tons, but by the next month they had returned to pre-COVID levels. In comparison, emissions form the burning of coal surged past pre-COVID levels in May.
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Carbon Brief. (June 29, 2020). Monthly emissions produced by the oil industry in China from January to May 2020, compared with 2019 (in million metric tons of CO2) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 02, 2026, from /statistics/1129627/monthly-oil-emissions-in-first-half-of-2020-in-china/
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