Energy Mechanics · Crude · Imports by origin

Where imported crude
comes from

CRUDE · IMPORT MIX
RELEASE · EIA WPSR · CIMS
VINTAGE · —
NEXT WPSR · —
FLOWS · MB/D · BY COUNTRY
STATUS · LOADING
Even with record domestic production, the U.S. still imports — mb/d of crude — largely heavy, sour grades that Gulf Coast refineries are configured to process. Canada dominates the mix via pipeline (Western Canadian Select). OPEC's share of U.S. imports has collapsed from ~70% in 2008 to under 15% today.
Crude oil flow color identifies each flow
SOURCE · COUNTRY U.S. IMPORTS GRADE MIX Canada PIPELINE · HEAVY SOUR (WCS) — mb/d Mexico TANKER · HEAVY SOUR (MAYA) — mb/d Saudi Arabia TANKER · MEDIUM SOUR (ARAB) — mb/d Colombia TANKER · HEAVY SOUR (VASCONIA) — mb/d Iraq TANKER · MEDIUM SOUR (BASRAH) — mb/d U.S. IMPORTS · MB/D — EIA · WCEIMUS2 BY GRADE · MB/D Heavy sour — canada + mexico + venezuela Medium sour — saudi + iraq Light sweet — guyana + nigeria + algeria OPEC share — Canada alone — Top 3 share — Σ COUNTRIES = U.S. IMPORTS TOTAL · Gulf refineries built for HEAVY SOUR, hence Canada's edge
Total imports
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mb/d · all origins
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Canada share
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— of total imports
OPEC share
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vs ~70% in 2008
Import dependency
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imports ÷ refinery inputs
SOURCE · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Company-Level Imports (CIMS), monthly country-of-origin detail. Country shares and grade mix are scaled allocations of the EIA weekly imports total until the monthly CIMS series is wired into update_data.py. Grade classification follows EIA crude assays (light/medium/heavy and sweet/sour by sulfur).

Related · World oil transit chokepoints → (Hormuz, Malacca, Suez, Bab el-Mandeb, etc. — where global oil trade narrows to a few ships wide).
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