Oil Imports Raise Fresh Security Concerns--BP: China Becomes Second Largest Oil Consumer

摘要

@@ China has outpaced Japan to become the second largest oil consuming country in the world, chief economic analyst of BP Davis said when he recently briefed about the annual global energy statistics.China's oil demand rose 15.8 percent to 5.36 million barrels per day in 2002, exceeding the daily oil consumption of 5.34 million barrels by Japan. The United States is the largest oil consuming country in the world with the daily oil demand for 19.7 million tons.