The United States sent over 11 million barrels a day of oil and refined products for sale during the week of reconciliation that ended Wednesday, August 24. About Wrote The Bloomberg agency cited data from the US Department of Energy.
It is noted that the indicator has become a record for the entire observation history since February 1991.
Foreign diesel sales increased by 20% and raw material exports exceeded 4 million barrels per day for the second week in a row for the first time since 2015.
Bloomberg writes that Washington is ramping up the sale of energy resources amid a crisis caused by the decline in Russian oil and gas sales. Europe is the main destination of US energy exports.
On August 24, The Telegraph newspaper WroteA tanker with Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) arrived in the UK for the first time since 2016 as part of a replacement of energy carriers from Russia.
This week at Bloomberg WroteCrude oil supplies from Russia rose to 3.41 million bpd last week in the period through August 19, almost completely reversing the previous decline.