Iraq increases its oil exports to America to 195,000 barrels per day

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Sunday that Iraqi oil exports to the United States increased last week.

In its weekly report, the EIA stated that "U.S. crude oil imports averaged 4.889 million barrels per day (bpd) last week from nine major countries, a decrease of 181,000 bpd from the previous week's average of 4.708 million bpd."

The report added that "Iraqi oil exports to the U.S. averaged 195,000 bpd, an increase of 103,000 bpd from the previous week's average of 92,000 bpd."

The EIA also noted that "the largest source of U.S. oil imports last week came from Canada, averaging 3.442 million bpd, followed by Saudi Arabia at 403,000 bpd, Mexico at 322,000 bpd, and Colombia at 206,000 bpd."

According to the table, "US imports of crude oil from Brazil averaged 200,000 barrels per day, from Nigeria 183,000 barrels per day, from Libya 97,000 barrels per day, and from Venezuela 37,000 barrels per day, while no quantity was imported from Ecuador."