Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. announced that, based on the information currently available to the company, it is expected that the net profit after tax of the group for the twelve months ended 31 December 2017 will decrease by approximately 25% to 35% as compared to that of the corresponding period in 2016, mainly due to the decrease in the Group's total new contract value in 2016, the decrease in investments in the domestic and overseas oil refining, petrochemical and new coal chemical industries in 2017, fierce competition in the engineering market and other factors.