据美国东西方中心发表的最新调查报告,亚太地区继1991年超过西欧成为仅次于美国的全球第二大石油市场之后,去年的石油用量增长得更快。1992年,亚太地区平均每天消费石油1450万桶,比上年增长86.2万桶,即上升5.4%。预计亚太地区石油需求量1995年将增到每天1640万桶,并于本世纪末下世纪初增至 According to the latest survey released by the East-West Center of the United States, oil use in the Asia-Pacific region grew even faster last year after surpassing that of Western Europe in 1991 as the second-largest oil market in the world after the United States. In 1992, the average daily consumption of oil in the Asia-Pacific region was 14.5 million barrels, an increase of 862,000 barrels or 5.4% over the previous year. It is estimated that the oil demand in the Asia-Pacific region will increase to 16.4 million barrels per day by 1995 and will increase to the lowest century by the end of this century