Iraq achieves a significant leap in its oil exports to America, surpassing Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced on Thursday that Iraq’s oil exports to the United States totaled more than 7 million barrels during November, an increase of more than 2.5 million barrels over the previous month.
The administration stated in a table seen by Shafaq News Agency that “Iraq exported 7.920 million barrels of crude oil to America during the month of November, up from the month of October, in which Iraqi oil exports amounted to 4.495 million barrels.”
She added that “Iraq exported an average of 149,000 barrels per day of crude oil to America during the first week of November, while it exported an average of 92,000 barrels per day in the second week, an average of 397,000 barrels per day in the third week, and an average of 435,000 barrels per day in the fourth week.”
The U.S. Energy Information Administration explained that “Iraq ranked third in its exports to America last month, after Canada, which ranked first as the country exporting the most oil to America, followed by Mexico.”
The administration noted that “Iraq came in first place among Arab countries as the largest exporter of oil to America, ahead of Saudi Arabia, which came in second with exports of 7.380 million barrels, and Libya came in third with exports of 1.440 million barrels.”
Shafaq.com