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Iraq’s crude oil exports to the U.S. has trumped those from Saudi Arabia last week, despite a marginal decline in the rate of supply, data by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Sunday.
Drawing on a recent data chart, the EIA illustrated that the average daily crude oil imports by the U.S. from its top nine suppliers stood at 5.953 million barrels last week. This marked a surge of 143 million barrels per day over the preceding week, which registered a daily intake of 5.810 million barrels.
Despite the overarching uptick in imports, Iraq’s crude oil exports to the U.S. saw a marginal decline. The EIA’s data indicated that exports settled at an average of 304,000 barrels per day last week, a mere dip of 1,000 barrels from the 305,000 barrels per day the week before.
Canada remains the predominant oil exporter to the U.S., with a staggering 3.505 million barrels per day. Mexico followee with an average daily export of 901,000 barrels, Ecuador at 363,000 barrels, and Nigeria, closely tailing Iraq, with 307,000 barrels per day.
Saudi Arabia’s average daily exports to the U.S. were pegged at 285,000 barrels, trailed by Brazil at 130,000 barrels, Libya at 85,000 barrels, and Colombia at 75,000 barrels.
