U.S. imported +8 million oil barrels from Iraq in June, EIA says

Shafaq News/ U.S. crude oil imports from Iraq averaged 273 thousand barrels per day (bpd) in June, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its monthly report.

According to the report, June imports from Iraq amounted to 8.19 million barrels, down from 9.114 million barrels (average 294 thousand bpd) in May.

Iraq's oil exports to the U.S. averaged 555 thousand bpd in the first week of May, then it dropped to 100 and 76 thousand bpd in the second and third, respectively. It rose to 362 thousand bpd in the fourth week.

Iraq ranked fourth among the United States' top crude oil suppliers behind Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia.