Definition: This entry is the total oil imported in barrels per day (bbl/day), including both crude oil and oil products.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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US Lauds India for Reducing Iranian Oil Imports
ABC News - 5/24/2013 10:39:42 AM
U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy ... according to the Press Trust of India news agency. However, India is reliant on imported crude and is reluctant to completely stop imports from Iran. India's waiver from the sanctions runs ...
US boom transforming global oil trade
WOOD - 5/22/2013 10:16:26 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market. The threat of chronic oil shortages is all but gone, U.S. dependence on Middle ...
Erdogan: No decision yet on oil imports from Iran
Marketwatch - 5/19/2013 2:13:13 PM
DUBAI--Turkey, a major buyer of oil and gas from Iran, has not decided yet whether it will make further cuts to its crude imports from Iran, but the country has already significantly reduced its imports the Persian state, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ...
US Oil Imports: Reliance On Top 5 Foreign Supplies Hits 15-Year High
International Business Times - 5/23/2013 2:22:48 PM
Saudi Arabia imports averaged almost 1.4 million barrels a day in 2012, up 14 percent from the previous year and the highest level since 2008. Mexican crude oil exports into the U.S. followed the opposite path, dropping below 1 million barrels a day for ...
India's April Iran oil imports drop 34.2 pct vs March -trade
Reuters Group PLC - 5/22/2013 8:33:13 AM
The U.S. has already granted fresh waivers to Japan and 10 European countries but has so far left out China and India, Iran's biggest clients. U.S. and European Union sanctions aimed at choking the flow of oil money into Iran and forcing Tehran ...
With U.S. Awash in Oil, Keystone Argument Weakens
Bloomberg - 5/23/2013 7:09:07 PM
That means an additional 1.4 million barrels of U.S.-produced oil will be available each day--about twice as much as the Keystone would bring in from Canada. Although the United States will still need foreign oil for years to come, declining ...
The U.S. Imports More Oil Than Drugs From Mexico
The Motley Fool - 5/18/2013 11:54:14 PM
While it's true that we import a lot of our oil, there's a bit more to the story, especially when you look at the trade between the U.S. and Mexico. Last year ... trade was so beneficial to both sides. As far as an investment in the Mexican-American ...
UPDATE 1-S.Korea's Iran crude imports for April down 44.4 pct y/y
Reuters Group PLC - 5/22/2013 5:34:16 AM
The world's No.5 crude buyer and one of ... South Korea had been expected to import about 190,000 bpd - or 5.7 million barrels - of Iranian oil in April, according to preliminary loading data obtained by Reuters. U.S. and European Union ...
Turkish PM says no decision yet on further Iran oil import cuts
Chicago Tribune - 5/17/2013 6:11:49 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of Western sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's ...
OIL MARKET IS BEING RESHAPED BY U.S. BOOM
Utsandiego - 5/19/2013 12:04:22 PM
“It will affect relationships between countries. Most leaders believe they ... the political and economic benefits of lower U.S. imports, however. Because the oil market is global, a supply disruption in the Middle East would send prices higher ...
OPEC to Keep Exports Stable Amid Supply Glut, Oil Movements Says
Bloomberg - 5/23/2013 3:27:13 PM
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will keep crude shipments little changed into early next month as abundant inventories cap demand, tanker tracker Oil Movements said. The group that supplies about 40 percent of the world’s oil ...
Philippines' March imports post biggest drop in nearly a year
Reuters - 5/24/2013 1:14:12 AM
Imports of electronic parts in March fell 0.6 percent from a year earlier, an improvement from a 12.6 percent drop in February. - In 2012, imports rose 1.9 percent, well below the central bank's growth forecast of 7 percent. Exports rose 7.6 ...
Lebanon to import Iranian oil and LPG
MENAFN - 5/19/2013 9:34:03 AM
It's worth mentioning that Lebanon will be the second Asian country to import ... in the country could lower property prices more in the future, reported Gulf Daily News, citing Akhbar Al ... May 19 2013 Saudia receives 777-300ER Boeing plane,MENAFN ...
Finance ministry agrees to pay Rs 1 lakh-crore compensation to oil companies
Economic Times - 5/23/2013 5:18:46 AM
Kelly Services released has its annual Indian Salary Guide 2013-14 ... NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has agreed to pay 100,000-crore cash compensation to state oil-marketing companies for the full financial year 2012-13, which means that the government ...
Global oil boom forcing Saudi Arabia to cut oil production
fuelfix.com - 5/23/2013 12:46:45 AM
Saudi Arabia has cut crude oil production this year and will have to cut it further if it wants to prevent a significant drop in the global oil price, according to the latest Global Crude Oil Outlook from Energy Security Analysis Inc. The ...
