The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced the continued halt of U.S. imports of Iraqi crude oil for the fifth consecutive week, according to its weekly report released today, Sunday.
U.S. oil imports from 10 major countries rose to about 6 million and 127 thousand barrels per day during the last week, an increase of 827 thousand barrels per day compared to the previous week.
Canada topped the list of suppliers with 3 million and 928 thousand barrels per day, followed by Venezuela with 618 thousand, then Colombia with 376 thousand, and Mexico with 305 thousand barrels per day.
Guyana came in fifth with 281 thousand barrels per day, followed by Saudi Arabia with 227 thousand, Brazil with 167 thousand, Argentina with 141 thousand, and Nigeria with 84 thousand, while the data recorded no oil shipments from Iraq.
Daily oil consumption in the United States is about 20 million barrels, making it the largest global consumer of crude oil.