Chinese escort oil transportation

Chinese actively considering sending ships to Somalia to escort activities, and Chinese welcome the international community in the fight against Somali pirates to carry out effective cooperation, support the countries concerned in accordance with international law and the resolutions of the Security Council to send warships to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia to the manner is consistent. Prior to this, many countries America, Britain and Japan have sent warships to escort, Somali pirates.

And Chinese intends to send warships to escort, mainly from the international responsibility, protect the oil safety point of view.

China oil serious security problems. Chinese oil reserves of the world total low, relative to the total population scale and the GDP scale, which belongs to the "lean oil country". According to the world bank, China crude oil reserves accounted for 2.43% of the world total, natural gas reserves accounted for 1.20% of the world total. Per capita fossil fuel is only the world average of 56%, the per capita recoverable reserves of oil and natural gas is only the world average of 8%. Expert analysis thinks, Chinese will usher in the peak oil in 2015 -- oil production peaked and began to fall. Across the peak oil, China will face great challenges: oil and gas shortage will further aggravate the oil consumption will rely more on imports. But Chinese economic growth, industrialization and city development, the demand for oil is rigid growth. According to the current exploitation rate, China will run out of oil in 14 years. Oil and gas reserve resources serious shortage. China oil import dependency so continuously improve, currently has close to 50%.

But at the same time, crude oil import channels we are relatively single. In the current crude oil imports, imports of 5 countries from the Middle East and Africa area crude oil accounted for about 75%; the import of crude oil and 90% of oil from the sea shipping needs, including 90% Offshore Shipping by outer bear, which makes Chinese crude oil transportation heteronomy, once war, diplomacy, or other pirates can resist the risk, Chinese oil transportation safety will be in a very passive situation. Excessive dependence on the Middle East and Africa area oil and single sea transport routes, the fragile security Chinese petroleum importation.

Chinese oil import security, not just security sources of oil, the oil import source is stable and reliable, can ensure enough supply, also refers to the import price security, i.e. price stability, not quite large landing fluctuations, as well as the transportation security, is the source of imports to domestic transportation safety. Transportation security includes route security, transport ship safety, the carrier share security, but mainly the airline safety. Transport related key channel, canal, pipelines and other nodes must be safe and smooth.

And the waters off Somalia is exactly the important channel of oil transportation, the north take the Gulf of Aden, Southeast of India ocean choke, China from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya cooperation in the exploitation of the share of oil and imported oil, must from there through. Pirates robbed highway there, no doubt a great threat to the China petroleum security. No doubt, China sending more warships to the waters off the Somali coast for escorting operations, it is worth looking forward to.

However, Chinese petroleum marine transportation safety, not just off the coast of Somalia, and India ocean, Arabia sea, hall with wooden support channel. Long distance transportation, the great risk, especially the narrowest point is only 1.5 miles of the throat roads across the Malacca Straits, pirates, America garrison, the situation is complex, may be not measured at any time. Chinese oil transportation artery is facing enormous potential threat, once appear accident, domestic has off the oil. Chinese in addition to stepping up the strategic petroleum reserve, in multi channels, imports of oil transportation under the crucial moment Kung Fu, it is very necessary to send warships to escort.