China's seaborne oil imports return to 8 million barrels per day Wire: China stabilized its imports in the range of 8 million barrels per day, for the second month in a row, after the drop in seaborne crude oil imports to 6 million barrels per day in June. Customs statistics show that Chinese refineries refined about 14 million barrels of oil per day in September, and the production of oil reserves was still 700,000 barrels per day. Yes, it's slow Sorosh+ | Telegram Instagram.