Research Article

Optimization of Crude Oil Trade Structure: A Complex Network Analysis

Table 3

The variance of the top 10 countries with node degrees in minimum spanning trees of crude oil trade before optimization during 2010 and 2016. The light gray spaces represent the major crude oil exporting countries (see Table 5 for the countries in the selected sample).

Top2010201120122013201420152016

1RURURURURURURU
2SASASASASASASA
3USUSUSCNCNCNZA
4CNCNCNKZUSUSCN
5AUKZCOUSZAKZUS
6NGNGKZAEAUAUKZ
7KZAEINZAKZZAIT
8ZACOAEJPAEITBR
9LYBRJPNGITCOIN
10BRAUZAININNGMX