Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia’s biggest refiner, posted net income of 20.2 billion yuan in the third quarter, the company known as Sinopec said in a statement today. That compares with a mean profit estimate of 20.8 billion yuan in a survey of six analysts compiled by Bloomberg.

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