Xu, Jian; Zhang, Jin-Suo; Yao, Qin; Zhang, Wei - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 11, pp. 8329-8341
In 2013, China imported 282 million tons of crude oil with an external dependence of 58.1%, surpassing the USA as the world’s largest net oil importer. An import source diversification strategy has been adopted by China to ensure oil supply security and to prevent oil supply disruption....