the line graph below shows the oil production and consumption in china between 1982 and 2006

The graph depicts the manufacturing and utilization of oil in millions of barrels per day in china from 1982 to 2006.

Overall, there was a slight rise in production during this period while consumption has a drastic surge. Although both were the same in the beginning year, consumption leads with a large margin at the end.

In the case of oil generation, a sudden increase can be seen between the years 1982 and 1986 from 2 to 3 million barrels per day. This was almost unaltered till 1994. However, the progression was slow and gradual later on with minimal increments between the years 1998 and 2006. It reached its peak of around 3.5 million in 2006.

Considering oil usage, it was consistent till 1990 around 2 million. Nevertheless, an exponential surge can be witnessed from 2 million in 1990 to well above 6 million in 2006 which was the highest point.