BCN-20 U.S. oil imports up, exports up last week: EIA

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U.S. oil imports up, exports up last week: EIA

HOUSTON, Sept. 6, 2019 (BSS/Xinhua) – U.S. crude oil imports and exports
both increased during the week ending Aug. 30, the U.S. Energy Information
Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.

U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.90 million barrels per day (b/d) last
week, up by 976,000 b/d from the previous week, while crude oil exports
averaged about 3.06 million b/d, up by about 42,000 b/d from the previous
week, according to the Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.94 million
b/d, down by 992,000 b/d year-on-year, while crude oil exports averaged about
2.89 million b/d, up by about 1.38 million b/d year-on-year.

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