据美国合众国际社9月19日华盛顿报道,美国石油学会(API)19日在其月度报告中表示,美国8月份的原油进口是近20年来的最低水平。
API在有关美国能源行业发展趋势的报告中说,美国8月份平均日进口760万桶原油,同比减少6.2%,创下了1996年8月以来的最低原油进口量纪录。
报告说,美国8月份石油产品总进口量同比大幅减少10.2%。
API说,导致美国8月份原油进口量减少的原因是国内原油产量大幅增加。美国8月份平均日产860万桶原油,是近30年来最高的原油月产量。促使美国8月份原油产量大幅增加的功臣是北达科他州和得克萨斯州。
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API: Oil imports at historic low
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. imports of crude oil in August were the lowest they've been in almost 20 years, the American Petroleum Institute said.
API said in its monthly report on trends in the U.S. energy sector crude oil imports of 7.6 million barrels per day in August, the last full month for which data are available, was 6.2 percent less than last year and the lowest level for August since 1996.
Total imports of petroleum products were down 10.2 percent year-on-year.
August crude oil production of 8.6 million bpd, meanwhile, was the highest for the month in nearly three decades. Production was boosted largely by output from North Dakota and Texas.