China
consumed
roughly
10.14
million
barrels
per
day
of
oil
last
month,
according
to
Reuters'
calculations
based
on
preliminary
government
data.
February's
growth
rate,
however,
was
the
slowest
since
September,
partly
because
of
a
high
base
a
year
ago,
when
demand
hit
its
second-highest
on
record
to
that
point.
Fuel
demand
in
China,
a
key
driver
for
global
oil
markets
for
more
than
a
decade,
rose
at
its
slowest
rate
in
four
years
in
2012
as
the
world's
second-largest
economy
expanded
less
rapidly.
Demand
started
to
recover
modestly
from
late
last
year
amid…
