委内瑞拉、中国和美国的原油纽带（Crude oil links between Venezuela, China and the United States）.doc

委内瑞拉、中国和美国的原油纽带（Crude oil links between Venezuela, China and the United States） Crude oil links between Venezuela, China and the United States After 1970s, the energy issue became the headlines again. European imports of Russian gas have been subject to more rigorous scrutiny due to continued unrest in Ukraine. Recently, China and Russia signed a multi billion year natural gas agreement, highlighting the growing economic and political cooperation between the two neighboring countries. At the same time, the United States is at the heart of the shale oil revolution, transforming the energy market and political landscape in the United States and around the world. However, although people may not have noticed, but the United States and Chinese and Venezuela between countries based on energy (there is interaction between the three countries), the resulting geopolitical influence is very great. Venezuela has proved the worlds largest oil reserves, more than Saudi Arabias oil reserves, and even more than Iran and Iraqs oil reserves and the two countries. The United States and China are the worlds two largest economies and oil importers, and Venezuelas two largest oil partner. In 2013, China and the United States bought more than half of the countrys total oil exports from venezuela. However, some special Venezuelan oil, crude oil is overweight, which means that the carbon rich oil in Venezuela, so the financial and environmental costs brought about its development process is far higher than other types of oil. Venezuela is unique in other ways. Although Venezuela is rich in energy resources, it remains mired in economic and social problems, which are closely related to its divided political system. Therefore, the characteristics of Venezuelas oil and politics have brought enormous policy challenges to China and the United states. But for both governments, these challenges are also opportunities for the two countries to work together to slow down the climate impacts of heav