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Author Downs, Erica Strecker, author.

Title China's quest for energy security / Erica Strecker Downs.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 68 pages) : illustrations
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Series Online Rand research documents
Research report (Rand Corporation)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Funding Sponsored by the United States Air Force. F49642-96-C-0001
Contents Introduction -- Energy demand and supply in China -- China's energy security activities -- Implications of China's energy security activities -- Conclusion.
Summary China's two decades of rapid economic growth have fueled a demand for energy that has outstripped domestic sources of supply. China became a net oil importer in 1993, and the country's dependence on energy imports is expected to continue to grow over the next 20 years, when it is likely to import some 60 percent of its oil and at least 30 percent of its natural gas. China thus is having to abandon its traditional goal of energy self-sufficiency--brought about by a fear of strategic vulnerability--and look abroad for resources. This study looks at the measures that China is taking to achieve energy security and the motivations behind those measures. It considers China's investment in overseas oil exploration and development projects, interest in transnational oil pipelines, plans for a strategic petroleum reserve, expansion of refineries to process crude supplies from the Middle East, development of the natural gas industry, and gradual opening of onshore drilling areas to foreign oil companies. The author concludes that these activities are designed, in part, to reduce the vulnerability of China's energy supply to U.S. power. China's international oil and gas investments, however, are unlikely to bring China the energy security it desires. China is likely to remain reliant on U.S. protection of the sea-lanes that bring the country most of its energy imports.
Subject Energy policy -- China.
Industries.
Business & Economics.
Politique énergétique -- Chine.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Energy.
SCIENCE -- Energy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Energy policy
China https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJcrd4RjtCBk4wfMhTwwG3
Industries.
Business & Economics.
Added Author Rand Corporation.
Project Air Force (U.S.)
Note At head of title: Project Air Force
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Other Form: Print version: Downs, Erica Strecker. China's quest for energy security. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2000 9780833028846 (DLC) 00059111 (OCoLC)44650859
ISBN 9780833048325 (electronic bk.)
0833048325 (electronic bk.)
1282451049
9781282451049
0833028847
9780833028846
Report No. RAND/MR-1244-AF
Standard No. AU@ 000051318938
DEBBG BV042961951
DEBSZ 421916281
GBVCP 1008653128
AU@ 000062590458

 
    
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