The line chart depicts information about how much 
oil
 was produced and consumed in China from 1982 to 2006.
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Overall
, it is clear from the graph that there was an upward trend in both Linking Words
production
 and consumption of Use synonyms
oil
 during the given Use synonyms
period
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In addition
, Linking Words
oil
 consumption climbed significantly faster in comparison with its Use synonyms
production
 over 24 years.
At the beginning of the Use synonyms
period
, the figures for both Use synonyms
oil
 Use synonyms
production
 and consumption were nearly equal, at around 2 Use synonyms
million
 Use synonyms
oil
 barrels per day. After 8 years, the amount of Use synonyms
oil
 produced experienced a dramatic rise by 2 Use synonyms
million
 barrels and remained unchanged until 1994. Meanwhile, that of Use synonyms
oil
 consumed witnessed stability until 1900, after which it grew remarkably to 3 Use synonyms
million
 in 1994.
In the second haft of the Use synonyms
period
, the figure for Use synonyms
oil
 Use synonyms
production
 saw a slight increase to 3,5 Use synonyms
million
 barrels per day. Use synonyms
By contrast
, the amount of Linking Words
oil
 consumed grew steadily by 1 Use synonyms
million
 every 4 years and Use synonyms
finally
 reached a peak of 6 Linking Words
million
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at the end
 of the Linking Words
period
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