VOL. XXXIX No. 58 4-November-1996GENERAL

China's Oil Imports To Reach 2.3-3.0Mn B/D by 2010 China's net oil imports are expected to jump from 1.1mn b/d in 2000 to somewhere in range of 2.3-3.0mn b/d in 2010, according to the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Robert Priddle, who was speaking in Beijing on 30 October to a gathering of energy officials, scholars and students. China has been a net oil importer since 1993 and it currently imports about 10% of its...