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

The line graph gives information about the amount of oil produced and consumed in China from 1982 to 2006.
It can be seen that, the overall trend was upwards. In general, the figure for oil consumption was higher than that for oil produced.
In 1982, the figure for oil consumption and produced were the same at about 2 millions of oil barrels per day. From 1982 to 1986, oil consumption witnessed a slight increase of 1 millions of oil barrels per day. Simlarly, there was a small growth in the oil production in the same period.
After increasing slightly in the next 8 years from 1986, the amount of oil consumed increased significantly to just over 6 millions at the end of the period. When it comes to oil production, there was a no change between 1986 and 1994, which was followed by a slight increase in 2006.