EIA: Iraq ranks fifth in US crude oil imports

Shafaq News/ Iraq ranked as the
fifth-largest crude oil exporter to the United States last week, according to
the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The EIA reported on Sunday that the
average US crude oil imports from ten key countries reached 5.093 million
barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 262,000 bpd from the previous week’s average
of 4.831 million bpd.

Iraq’s oil exports to the US totalled 141,000
bpd last week, a decrease from the previous week’s 170,000 bpd.

Canada continued to lead US oil imports, averaging
3.386 million bpd, followed by Mexico with 369,000 bpd, Nigeria with 276,000
bpd, and Saudi Arabia with 152,000 bpd.

The US also imported 117,000 bpd from
Colombia, 115,000 bpd from Venezuela, 99,000 bpd from Brazil, 82,000 bpd from Ecuador
and 56,000 bpd from Libya.