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ReutersReuters – 1 hour 39 minutes ago
An engineer walks past piles of oil tanks at a PetroChina's oil refinery
in Lanzhou, Gansu province, April 21, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
An engineer walks past piles of oil tanks at a PetroChina's oil refinery
in Lanzhou, Gansu province, April 21, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer
LONDON (Reuters) - China is due to overtake the United States to become the
world's biggest oil importer within a year and a half, Goldman Sachs said on
Monday.
U.S. oil imports have slid by 40 percent over the past several years as
technological innovation in areas such as shale gas has boosted output,
while demand has soared in China, Jeff Currie, head of commodities research
for the investment bank, told a strategy conference in London.
"Within the next 12 to 18 months, China's going to surpass the United States
as the biggest importer of oil in the world," he said.
(Reporting by Eric Onstad, editing by Jane Baird) |
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