Iraqi oil exports to the US decline last week


The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced, on Sunday, a decline in Iraq’s oil exports to the United States during the past week.

The EIA stated in a table that “the average US imports of crude oil from 10 major countries amounted to 5.744 million barrels per day, an increase of 343 thousand barrels per day compared to the previous week, which recorded 5.401 million barrels per day.”

The EIA added that “Iraq’s oil exports to America amounted to 152 thousand barrels per day during the past week, recording a decrease of 113 thousand barrels per day compared to the previous week, as exports amounted to 265 thousand barrels per day.”

The EIA indicated that “the largest source of oil to the United States during the past week was Canada, followed by Mexico, then Colombia and Venezuela.”

According to the table, “US imports of crude oil continued from Ecuador, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Libya.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency