The line graph illustrates how much oil customers used in 4 different regions from 2009 to 2015, with a prediction to 2030.
Overall, there are increases in the amount of oil consumed in China and the Middle East, while the figures for the USA and Western Europe and Japan have slight decreases. In addition, the US has by far the highest consumer of oil during the period.
In 2009, the oil consumption in the USA started at under 10 million barrels, after that, it reached a peak of 10 million barrels in 2015 and will decrease to 8 million barrels in 2030. Similarly, the figures for Western Europe and Japan are predicted to fall consistently, from 4 million barrels to around 3 million barrels in 2015 and 2 million barrels in 2030, respectively.
Turning next to other nations, around 2 million barrels of oil in the Middle East was consumed in 2009, then it climbed to 3 million barrels in the next 6 years, and a projection of a steady rise to 3 million barrels in 2030. Meanwhile, the figure for China grew from 2 million barrels to 4 million barrels in 2015, and it is expected to decline to around 3.5 million barrels at the end of the period.
