[kbutler]

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."

[nine_k]

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

[marcosdumay]

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.