Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The U.S. Energy Information Administration or eia provides a basic overview, data and analysis of various countries.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/countries/country-energy-data.cfm?fips=CH

The U.S. Energy Information Administration or eia provides a basic overview, data and analysis of various countries.

As many of already know and according to the eia, China is the world’s second-largest consumer of oil behind the United States, and for the first time the second-largest net importer of oil in 2009. In addition China is the largest producer and consumer of coal in the world, making China the second largest energy consumer behind the United States. This is due to the fact that China has the world’s highest population and is steadily growing at an enormous rate.

Upon further investigation of the site I learned that “China consumed an estimated 8.3 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil in 2009, up nearly 500 million bbl/d from year earlier levels. During that same year, China

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/world/asia/31china.html?_r=1&ref=china

Monday, March 28, 2011

Where is China Getting its Oil?



Recent Headlines:
Chavez Wants to Send 1 billion barrels/day to China

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703921204576217073681492388.html

China Wants Russia's Arctic Oil:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/29/russia-transneft-pipeline-idUSLDE72S01V20110329

http://www.oilandgaseurasia.com/news/p/0/news/10944