Oil prices haven’t proved immune as commodities prices tumble amid jitters about China’s economy, with key global benchmarks trading around six-year lows . That is despite Chinese crude demand remaining remarkably robust. Chinese oil data might even be expected to be pushing up prices. The country’s crude imports jumped 22% in July compared with a year ago, to 7.25 million barrels a day, according to customs data. That sort of surge might prove unsustainable, but China’s oil imports could still rise by over 7% this year, according to Citi Research. China’s oil thirst looks all the stronger when compared with its appetite for other energy sources. Demand for coal in the world’s second-largest economy has slipped this year, for example. Even so, oil-market participants blame China for the latest leg-down in oil prices. The selloff was triggered by the plunge in China’s stock markets and the yuan’s devaluation earlier […]