Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug.28
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The volume of petroleum import of the US from OPEC countries averaged 3.645 million barrels per day as of the first five months of 2017, compared to averagely 3.368 million barrels per day in the same period in 2016, according to the Monthly Energy Review of the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The average volume of petroleum import of the country from OPEC stood at 2.800 million barrels per day in the first five months of 2015, said the report.
The US imported 3.793 million barrels of oil per day from OPEC countries in January, 3.445 million barrels per day in February, 3.592 million barrels per day in March, 3.737 million barrels per day in April and 3.644 million barrels per day in May 2017, according to the EIA.
This is while the volume of petroleum import from non-OPEC countries stood at 6.697 million barrels per day in first five months of 2017, as compared to 6.585 million barrels per day in the same period in 2016.
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