Yergin: China's Russian oil imports surged from 1M to nearly 2M bpd
Dr. Daniel Yergin · Columbia Energy Exchange: Will Putin’s Energy Strategy Backfire? · Sep 22, 2022 · at 32:38
Energy historian Dr. Daniel Yergin discusses how discounted crude prices prompted China to expand its oil imports from Russia following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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“You know, it's interesting to see, since this crisis began, they're up to almost two million barrels a day on Of Russian oil now. And, you know, before they were kind of keeping it at a million barrels a day.”
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