China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation operates within the Petroleum refining sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares China Petroleum & Chemical with three other petroleum refiners in Asia: Reliance Industries Limited of India (2018 sales of 3.92 trillion Indian Rupees [US$56.34 billion] of which 78% was Refining), PetroChina Co Ltd (2.35 trillion Chinese Renmimbi [US$350.66 billion] ), and JXTG Holdings Inc which is based in Japan (10.30 trillion Japanese Yen [US$91.99 billion] of which 84% was Energy).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended December of 2018, sales at China Petroleum & Chemical were 2.69 trillion Chinese Renmimbi (US$400.68 billion). This is an increase of 24.1% versus 2017, when the company's sales were 2.17 trillion Chinese Renmimbi. The sales level in 2018 was fairly close to the level five years ago: in 2013, China Petroleum & Chemical had sales of 2.88 trillion Chinese Renmimbi. Sales of Exploration and Production saw an increase of 35.2% in 2018, from 69.17 billion Chinese Renmimbi to 93.50 billion Chinese Renmimbi.