28 April 2016, London — Sinopec Corp’s net profit jumped to almost $1 billion in the first quarter on improved refining margins, Asia’s biggest oil refiner said on Thursday.
The Chinese state-owned firm’s net profit rose to 6.19 billion yuan ($955.65 million) from 1.69 billion yuan a year earlier, it said.
Lower oil prices cut Sinopec’s 2015 net profit to 32.44 billion yuan from 46.47 billion in 2014.
*Winni Zhou & Nicholas Heath; Editing – Jason Neely – Reuters