Despite its increased oil imports, the US has stopped buying Iraqi crude for the fifth week.
Despite its increased oil imports, the US has stopped buying Iraqi crude for the fifth week.
2026-11-01
Shafaq News – Washington / Baghdad
U.S. imports of Iraqi crude oil were zero for the fifth consecutive week last week.
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, reviewed by Shafaq News Agency, showed that the average U.S. imports of crude oil from the top ten countries reached 6.127 million barrels per day last week, an increase of 827,000 barrels per day compared to the previous week, which recorded 5.3 million barrels per day.
The data indicated that Canada topped the list of the largest suppliers of crude oil to the United States with an average of 3.928 million barrels per day, followed by Venezuela with an average of 618,000 barrels per day, then Colombia with an average of 376,000 barrels per day, and Mexico with an average of 305,000 barrels per day.
Guyana came in fifth with an average of 281,000 barrels per day, followed by Saudi Arabia with an average of 227,000 barrels per day, then Brazil with an average of 167,000 barrels per day, Argentina with an average of 141,000 barrels per day, and Nigeria with an average of 84,000 barrels per day, while US imports did not record any quantity of Iraqi crude oil during the past week.
The United States consumes approximately 20 million barrels of oil daily, making it the world’s largest consumer of oil.
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