The line graph below shows the oil production and consumption in China between 1982 and 2006. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph below shows the oil production and consumption in China between 1982 and 2006.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph illustrates the
oil
production
and
consumption
in China
by
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1982 to 2006. The figures are given in millions of barrels.
Overall
, it can be seen that
the
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oil
production
and
consumption
are
upward
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trends. Looking first at
the
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oil
production
, the figure for
oil
production
stood at just above 2 before increasing significantly to 3 in 1986.
Following
this
, there was a period of stability in
oil
production
between 1986 and 1994.
Finally
, it rose negligibly to around 3.5 in 2006. Moving on to
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consumption
, it began at just under 2 in 1982 and
then
remained steady until 1990. After that, the figure jumped sharply in 1994. Following that, there was a rocket in the
consumption
and hit the highest point at 6 in 2006.
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