Iraq ranks second among top oil exporters to US

Shafaq News – Baghdad/Washington

Iraq emerged as the second-largest
supplier of crude oil to the United States last week, according to data
released Sunday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The EIA report showed that total US
crude oil imports from nine key countries averaged 5.351 million barrels per
day (bpd) during the past week—a decrease of 274,000 bpd compared to the
previous week’s 5.625 million bpd.

Canadian exports dominated with
3.996 million bpd, followed by Iraq at 273,000 bpd. Brazil came next with
249,000 bpd, while Colombia and Saudi Arabia delivered 179,000 and 178,000 bpd,
respectively.

Other contributors included Mexico
(165,000 bpd), Libya (105,000 bpd), Ecuador (103,000 bpd), and Nigeria (85,000
bpd), while Venezuela recorded no exports.