28OCT2019 - NEWS - US crude oil exports have passed a new milestone

The latest data shows the US now exports crude oil to more destinations than it imports from. The change is another key indicator of the growth in US crude oil exports in the last 10 years

Crude oil exports from the USA in the first seven months of 2019 reached as many as 31 different destinations (countries, territories, autonomous region) per month. This overtakes the 27 destinations that were the source of crude oil imports in the first seven months of 2019, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2009, the United States imported crude oil from as many as of 37 sources per month.