HOUSTON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil imports increased, while exports decreased during the week ending Aug. 2, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Wednesday.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged 7.15 million barrels per day (b/d) last week, up by 485,000 b/d from the previous week, while crude oil exports averaged about 1.87 million b/d, down by about 709,000 b/d from the previous week, according to the EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.92 million b/d, down by 1.21 million b/d year-on-year, while crude oil exports averaged about 2.57 million b/d, up by about 740,000 b/d year-on-year.