U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Top 15 Countries, Jun 2012 -- EIA

by David Rachovich

U.S. Crude Oil Imports (thousand barrels per day)#, Jun 2012 - EIA

Rank	Country	Jun 2012	May 2012	Jun 2011
1.	Canada	2,460	2,378	2,073
2.	Saudi Arabia*	1,456	1,465	1,164
3.	Mexico	862	956	1,108
4.	Venezuela*	750	821	1,012
5.	Iraq*	649	675	559
6.	Colombia	491	398	272
7.	Nigeria*	471	371	813
8.	Angola*	346	256	373
9.	Russia	252	106	335
10.	Kuwait*	249	405	238
11.	Brazil	243	197	269
12.	Ecuador*	236	186	219
13.	Algeria*	127	143	110
14.	Libya*	93	65	34
15.	Cameroon	64	31	32
OPEC		4,378	4,388	4,574**
All Countries		9,101	8,909	9,235

 #Excluding oil imports into the U.S. territories.

*OPEC member.

**OPEC total includes also imports from the United Arab Emirates – 35,000 barrels per day and from Qatar – 18,000 barrels per day.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Aug 30, 2012

(Monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in June 2012 shows that two countries exported more than 1 million barrels per day to the United States – Canada and Saudi Arabia. Canada accounted for 27 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports in June 2012. The top five exporting countries accounted for 68 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports in June 2012 while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 88 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top five sources of U.S. crude oil imports for June 2012 were Canada (2,460 thousand barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1,456 thousand barrels per day), Mexico (862 thousand barrels per day), Venezuela (750 thousand barrels per day) and Iraq (649 thousand barrels per day)---please see EIA, June 2012 Import Highlights. Also please see my posts "U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Top 15 Countries, Dec 2011." And "U.S. Crude Oil Imports from Top 15 Countries, Dec 2010." – D.R.)