India's Oil Addiction to Vault Nation Into Top 3 Global Guzzlers

The jump in energy consumption is reminiscent of the early days of China’s demand boom. That country’s growth in gross domestic product soared toward 10 percent in the first half of the 2000s, pushing oil use beyond Japanese demand in 2003. China’s economy will grow by an estimated 6.8 percent this year, according to the IMF.

--With assistance from Grant Smith in London.

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