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global demand over the period. China now consumes 13.6% of the world's total energy.
Outside China, world energy demand rose by 2.8%, the fastest percentage increase since 1996 and approximately twice the rate of the previous two years.
Oil consumption in 2004up 3.4% -showed the fastest rate of growth since 1978. Rising Chinese demand accounted for over a third of this increase.
Oil output also rose, exceeding 80 million bpd for the first time in 2004. Outside OPEC, production increased by 965 000 bpd in 2004, well above the 10-year average. Russian production once again rose fastest, with output up nearly 750 000 bpd. Angola, Chad, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea and Kazakhstan were also key growth areas. In Iraq production increased by 677 000 bpd to 2 million bpd.
World nuclear consumption grew by 4.4% in 2004 with recovery in Japan accounting for half of the growth. Globally, capacity and efficiency increased and US nuclear output grew 3.2% to its highest ever level.
Global hydroelectric generation rose by 5% in 2004. Growth was strong in China, up 16.6% as new capacity came online, and in Europe and Eurasia, with recovery from drought and better rainfall. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy is available at www.bp.com/statisticalreview.
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