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phantom power

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Tue Mar 5, 2013, 05:06 PM Mar 2013

China ousts the U.S. as the world’s main oil importer

For the first time in almost 40 years, the U.S. has lost its top net oil importer position to China according to preliminary figures published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Although not set in stone yet, the news is considered by specialists as a “once-in-a-generation shift that will shake up the geopolitics of natural resources.”

http://www.mining.com/china-ousts-the-u-s-as-the-worlds-main-oil-importer-99251/
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