The graph indicates oil manufacturing and usage in China from 1982 to 2006.
Overall, it is evident that both oil production and spending experienced upward trends during the period. Besides, China’s oil consumption was more than the production at the end of the period.
In 1982, China produced exactly 2 millions of oil buckets every day. This figure was higher than that of oil usage, with nearly 1.8 millions of oil buckets. Then the oil consumption remained unchanged after 4 years, while the oil manufacturing climbed slightly to 3 millions of oil buckets.
There was a steady growth to approximately 3.6 millions of oil barrels in the oil production between 1986 and 2006. The consumption of oil also increased gradually to 3 millions of oil buckets in 1990, and then rose significantly to about 6.2 millions of oil buckets at the end of period, reaching a peak during the time.
