The line graph illustrates the oil manufacturing and consumption of oil in China from 1982 to 2006.
Overall, there was a clear imbalance between oil consumption and manufacturing in China. While the oil manufacturing remained unchanged for over 20 years period, the oil consumption in China rose steadily over the period.
Between 1982 to 1990, the oil production remain remained around 2 million of oil barrels. However, it has steady see increased by 1 million of oil barrels for 4 years and then remained unchanged over 4 year period. The oil manufacturing shown unchanged for over 8 years
Between 1994 to 2006, the oil manufacturing suddenly increased steadily to around 3 million of oil barrels in 1994 and it rose significantly to around 6.5 million the highest score of 6.5 million of oil barrels at the end of the period, while the oil consumption experienced only slight growth, reaching over 3.5 million of oil barrels in 2006.
