Iraq’s oil exports to US increased last week


The US Energy Information Administration ( EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraq’s oil exports to America rose during the past week.

The EIA said in a table, ‘The average US imports of crude oil during the past week from eight major countries amounted to 5,241 million barrels per day, down by 406 thousand barrels per day from the previous week, which amounted to 5,647 million barrels per day.’

It added, “Iraq’s oil exports to America amounted to 239,000 barrels per day last week, an increase of 116,000 barrels per day from the previous week, which amounted to 123,000 barrels per day.”

The EIA noted that “most of America’s oil imports during the past week came from Canada, followed by Saudi Arabia, then Brazil and Colombia.”

According to the table, ‘the amount of American imports of crude oil continued from Mexico, Ecuador, and Nigeria.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency