Iraq resumed crude oil exports to the United States last week, shipping 38,000 barrels per day. This followed a complete halt in flows during the preceding week, confirmed Sunday by data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Iraq consequently ranked
ninth among major crude oil suppliers to the U.S. for that period. Canada maintained its absolute dominance, leading the list significantly with daily deliveries of 4.011 million barrels. Venezuela was second, supplying 598,000 barrels per day; Saudi Arabia third with 379,000
barrels daily. Mexico secured fourth with 210,000 barrels, and Brazil was fifth, averaging 137,000 barrels per day. Ranks six to ten included: Colombia (sixth) at 111,000 barrels per day, Ecuador (seventh) at 101,000 barrels per day, Nigeria (eighth) at 71,000 barrels
per day. Iraq (ninth) again supplied 38,000 barrels per day, and Libya (tenth) 1,000 barrels per day. These figures highlight U.S. refineries' continued heavy reliance on Canadian supplies for most imported crude oil needs, versus modest, varying volumes from other global
producers.
