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Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Reason Behind China's Interest in Canada's Oil Sands

The Reason Behind China's Interest in Canada's Oil Sands

Over the past two decades, Chinese oil consumption has quadrupled to nearly 10 million barrels per day. For the past decade they have been on a growth trajectory which has shown signs of slowing, but could nevertheless see them overtake the U.S. as the world’s top oil consumer by the end of the decade. As I have written before, I believe China’s economy will be the single-biggest long-term driver of oil prices over at least the next 5-10 years.As a result, China’s presence has been felt across the globe as they aggressively make…Read more...

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