VOL. XXXV

NO. 23

9-MARCH-1992

Supply/Demand

US Crude Oil Imports from OPEC Decline by 5% in 1991

United States crude oil imports from OPEC declined by 176,000 b/d or 5.06%last year from 3.477mn b/d in 1990 to 3.301mn b/d in 1991, according to dataderived by MEES from API statistics (for details of imports by country and company see tables below). Overall US crude oil imports also declined 223,000 b/dor 3.76% from 5.935mn b/d in 1990 to 5.712mn b/d in 1991. OPEC's share of UScrude imports...