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U.S. oil imports, exports down last week: EIA
HOUSTON, July 18, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – U.S. crude oil imports and exports
both decreased during the week ending July 12, the U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.8 million barrels per day (b/d) last
week, down 470,000 b/d from the previous week, while crude oil exports
averaged about 2.5 million b/d, down about 514,000 b/d from the previous
week, according to the Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 7.1 million
b/d, down 1.38 million b/d year-on-year, while crude oil exports averaged
about 3.1 million b/d, up about 880,000 b/d year-on-year.
In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook released last week, EIA said the
U.S. crude oil and petroleum product net imports will average 0.6 million b/d
in 2019, down from an average of 2.3 million b/d in 2018.
EIA also forecast the United States will be a net exporter of crude oil
and petroleum products at a rate of 0.1 million b/d by the fourth quarter of
2019 and by an average of 0.5 million b/d in 2020.
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