{"id":51685,"date":"2019-07-25T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T09:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?p=51685"},"modified":"2019-07-24T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:13:44","slug":"saudi-arabia-exported-more-crude-oil-to-china-less-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/saudi-arabia-exported-more-crude-oil-to-china-less-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia exported more crude oil to China, less to US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Jeff Barron<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=40172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Energy Information Administration<\/a> on July 24, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s crude oil production approached a four-year low in May 2019, averaging an estimated 9.9 million barrels per day (b\/d), more than 1 million b\/d lower than its all-time high in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Production in Saudi Arabia dropped following a December 2018 agreement by members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to cut crude oil production.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s crude oil exports, especially to the United States, have also fallen. However, some countries\u2014in particular, China\u2014have increased their imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/images\/2019.07.24\/main.svg\" alt=\"Saudi Arabia crude oil production and exports\" width=\"588\" height=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Energy Information Administration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/steo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Short-Term Energy Outlook<\/a>\u00a0(July 2019),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/supply\/monthly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petroleum Supply Monthly<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/supply\/weekly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weekly Petroleum Status Report<\/a>; Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI); China\u2019s General Administration of Customs; Japan\u2019s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Korea National Oil Corporation; Taiwan\u2019s Bureau of Energy; and Bloomberg L.P.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"source\"><\/div>\n<p>Four Asia-Pacific countries that publish crude oil imports by country of origin\u2014China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan\u2014collectively imported an average of 3.5 million b\/d of crude oil from Saudi Arabia in 2018. China\u2019s, Japan\u2019s, and Taiwan\u2019s 2019 year-to-date crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia are larger than their 2018 annual averages, but South Korea\u2019s have declined slightly, based on data through May 2019.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia have declined year-to-date through April 2019 compared with the 2018 average by more than 0.2 million b\/d, averaging 0.6 million b\/d for the first four months of 2019.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&amp;s=W_EPC0_IM0_NUS-NSA_MBBLD&amp;f=W\">Weekly estimates through July 12<\/a>\u00a0show continued declines, indicating that U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia averaged about 0.5 million b\/d in May and in June.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 588px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/images\/2019.07.24\/chart2.svg\" alt=\"Saudi Arabia crude oil exports to selected countries\" width=\"588\" height=\"276\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>U.S. Energy Information Administration,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/supply\/monthly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Petroleum Supply Monthly<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/supply\/weekly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Weekly Petroleum Status Report<\/a>; China\u2019s General Administration of Customs; Japan\u2019s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry; Korea National Oil Corporation; Taiwan\u2019s Bureau of Energy; and Bloomberg L.P.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"source\"><\/div>\n<p>These recent changes in crude oil trade patterns are partially a result of long-term structural trends within China and the United States and partially a result of recent oil market dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>From 2010 through 2018, EIA estimates that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/steo\/data\/browser\/#\/?v=30&amp;f=A&amp;s=0&amp;start=2010&amp;end=2018&amp;map=&amp;linechart=~PATC_CH&amp;maptype=0&amp;ctype=linechart\">total Chinese petroleum consumption<\/a>\u00a0increased from 9.3 million b\/d to 13.9 million b\/d and that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/outlooks\/steo\/data\/browser\/#\/?v=29&amp;f=A&amp;s=0&amp;start=2010&amp;end=2018&amp;maptype=0&amp;ctype=linechart&amp;linechart=~PAPR_CH&amp;map=\">Chinese domestic production<\/a>\u00a0increased from 4.6 million b\/d to 4.8 million b\/d. As a result, China\u2019s need to meet incremental oil consumption has been met\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=34812\">primarily by imports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia have gradually increased in recent years, and in March 2019, reached 1.7 million b\/d, the highest level for any month since at least 2004. Other countries, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=30792\">Russia and Brazil<\/a>, have been exporting more crude oil to China, however, and Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia as China\u2019s largest source of crude oil on an annual average basis in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. crude oil imports, on the other hand, have steadily decreased as domestic crude oil production has increased. In addition, U.S. crude oil imports from OPEC members have declined following increases from other countries, especially Canada. Canadian crude oil can be a substitute for certain OPEC grades and can have lower transportation costs when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/petroleum\/weekly\/archive\/2019\/190227\/includes\/analysis_print.php\">shipped by available pipeline capacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabian crude oil exports to China increased recently, in part, because of the start-up of a new 0.4 million b\/d refinery in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-oil-refinery-hengli\/chinas-hengli-boosts-saudi-oil-buys-as-new-refinery-ramps-up-idUSKCN1SC0TX\">Dalian, Liaoning Province<\/a>, which has a supply agreement with Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia\u2019s national oil company. Saudi Aramco also has a supply agreement with a 0.4 million b\/d refining and petrochemical complex in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogj.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/aramco-to-partner-on-zhejiang-petrochemical-s-integrated-complex.html\">Zhejiang Province<\/a>, which started trial operations this year.<\/p>\n<p>Recent global oil supply issues could keep Saudi Arabian crude oil exports to China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan relatively high in the coming months. These four jurisdictions were all initially granted significant reduction exceptions (SREs) for Iranian crude oil imports through May 2019. However, because SREs were not renewed, each country will likely need an alternative to Iranian crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>As a partial substitute for Iranian barrels, crude oil imports to these countries from Saudi Arabia could stay near first-quarter 2019 levels for the coming months. Saudi Arabia\u2019s support of maintaining current OPEC production cuts through March 2020, however, will likely reduce the Saudi Arabian crude oil available for export.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Saudi Arabia\u2019s seasonal increase in domestic\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=39693\">crude oil consumption for power generation<\/a>\u00a0could reduce available crude oil export volumes this summer. The increase is dependent on the weather, but higher domestic consumption could be a more significant factor in determining the level of Saudi Arabian crude oil exports in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Jeff Barron This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 24, 2019. Saudi Arabia\u2019s crude oil production approached a four-year low in May 2019, averaging an estimated 9.9 million barrels <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/news\/saudi-arabia-exported-more-crude-oil-to-china-less-to-us\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabia exported more crude oil to China, less to US\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[322,91,14,2099,1459],"class_list":{"0":"post-51685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-china","10":"tag-featured","11":"tag-oil-exports","12":"tag-us-crude"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Saudi Arabia exported more crude oil to China, less to US - 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