China to become top oil importer by 2015: Merrill Lynch

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London—China is on target to overtake theUS as the world’s largest oil importer by2015 as internal production falls and demandcontinues to climb, Bank of America MerrillLynch said April 13.”China’s energy gap has been expand-ing at a startling rate in recent quarters, asdemand for thermal fuels has continued togrow amid lackluster domestic production,”the bank said in a report.“What’s more, we believe this gap ispoised to widen further.”