EIA: US crude imports from Iraq zero for seventh week

Shafaq News- Baghdad/ Washington

US crude oil imports from Iraq stood at zero barrels per day for the seventh consecutive week in the week ending August 7, with no Iraqi crude reaching the American market since late June, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.

Canada remained the largest US crude supplier at 4.406 million bpd, followed by Venezuela at 743,000 bpd and Mexico at 303,000 bpd. Ecuador supplied 212,000 bpd, Brazil 198,000 bpd and Colombia 186,000 bpd, while imports from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Libya stood at 100,000, 39,000 and 36,000 bpd, respectively.

Iraq, OPEC's second-largest producer, averaged 179,000 bpd in US-bound shipments in 2025. The halt reflects disruption to Iraq's export routes since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, 2026, through which Iraq previously routed roughly 90% of its crude.