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Iraq’s oil exports to US declined last week

 Iraq’s oil exports to US declined last week

Oil tankers dock at a floating platform to be supplied with oil. Photo: Oil and Gas Middle East

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States declined last week.

The EIA mentioned that the average US imports of crude oil during the past week from nine major countries reached approximately 5.41 million barrels per day, a decline of 33,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week, where US oil imports reached around 5.44 million barrels per day, Shafaq News reported.

Iraq’s oil exports to the United States reached 91,000 barrels per day last week, a decline of 153,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week, when Iraq’s oil exports to the US were 244,000 barrels per day.

The EIA indicated that most of the United States imports of crude oil during the past week came from Canada at an average of 3.87 million barrels per day, followed by Mexico with an average of 263,000 barrels per day, and Saudi Arabia with an average of 321,000 barrels per day.

The United States imported an average of 316,000 barrels per day from Colombia, 147,000 barrels per day from Brazil, 146,000 barrels per day from Ecuador, and 136,000 barrels per day from Nigeria.

According to the EIA, the United States did not import crude oil from Russia in the past week.