VOL. XXXIV

NO. 5

5 NOVEMBER 1990

Iraq

Iraqi Oil Exports to the US Peaked in August

Iraqi crude oil exports to the US in August, which were shipped prior to the2 August invasion of Kuwait, rose to 910,873 b/d, compared to average Iraqi oilexports of 697,000 b/d during the first seven months of the year, according tofigures released by the American Petroleum Institute (API).

Total US crude oil imports in August were 5.82mn b/d, with OPEC countriesproviding 3.78mn b/d or 65% of the total. During the...