> Overall Chinese oil demand continues to increase, with growth dominated by petrochemical feedstocks, which are converted into plastics and fibres rather than burnt as fuels.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/oil-demand-for-fuels-in-chi... (March 2025).

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bryanlarsen a day ago | parent | next [-]

https://energytracker.asia/china-oil-demand-dropped/

	▲	ksymph 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That article cites the iea one. Both lead back to this chart [0] which shows total oil demand is still rising. Demand for "gasoil gasoline and jet/kero" has fallen, but it is offset by still-growing demand for "petrochemical feedstocks". The former is used for fuel, while the latter used for plastics. [0] https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/components-of...

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kbutler 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Also from that article:

"while China was responsible for more than 60% of global increase in overall oil demand between 2013 and 2023, it represented less than 20% of last year’s rise, largely as a result of its slowdown in fuel use."

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nine_k 17 hours ago | parent [-]

...which means that oi consumption rises slower, not that it decreases, doesn't it?

	▲	marcosdumay 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, the article is very clear, right from the introduction that they are burning less oil as fuel in total. It also says they used more oil in total, pushed by applications where it's not burnt. But that number is incompatible with other sources, so there's probably some totaling errors there.