Do you have a source for your data? Not sure your math works out...
Jan 2020: 18,637
Feb 2020: 17,806
Mar 2020: 20,008
Q1 2020 total (thousands of bbls): 56,541
Jan 2021: 20,104
Feb 2021: 12,691
Mar 2021: 22,938
Q1 2021 total (thousands of bbls): 55,733
That is a decrease of about 800k bbls QOQ. When you consider imports as a percentage of overall consumption Russian import share has declined even more.
For those who are curious about the numbers...
@blbronco -
Q1 2018 (thousands of bbls): 31,299
Q1 2019 (thousands of bbls): 28,249
Davidalllen, you have validated who we all think you are. Nothing more than a Google nerd. Your source is bogus. When you come to this board with bullshit sources you really demean yourself with us that know the subject matter. You must do better or shut the **** up and stop feeling you need to respond with flimsy google searches. In case you have not heard, you can't believe everything you read on the internet. The EIA is a US government funded organization that traditionally gets everything wrong and issues numerous corrections over long periods of time. To my knowledge no authority reports market statistics to EIA without specific request and then the minimum is provided. The most credible crude oil market reports (available to us free of charge) such as production per country, storage or stocks, shipping/transportation, orders/futures, deliveries, etc. is S&P Global Platts in London. Most of this data is provided in very detailed reports that are for sale by subscription.
from S&P Global Platts - 16 April 2021
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US imports of Russian crude and petroleum products were at their highest level in almost a decade last year, and a similar pattern is playing out in 2021.
In January, the US imported 648,000 b/d of Russian crude and products, the highest monthly volume from its rival producer since June 2012, EIA data shows.
US imports of Russian oil averaged 538,000 b/d in 2020 from 520,000 b/d in 2019 and their highest since 2011 when they averaged 624,000 b/d, according to the EIA. Demand for Russian crudes such as Urals and Varandey have also picked up in recent months.
Total Russian oil imports are even higher than flows from key ally Saudi Arabia. The EIA data shows the US has imported more oil from Russia than Saudi for at least six consecutive months to January 2021.
"It looks and feels to me that this is a pull by US refiners looking to replace some of its heavy oil supplies that were lost by other sources," Finely said.
"This is not a strategic push by Russia as such, it is purely an economical and market-driven trend," he added.
The bulk of these flows have been delivered to ExxonMobil's 560,500 b/d Baytown plant, Valero's 335,000 b/d Port Arthur and 340,000 b/d St. Charles facilities, and Chevron's 356,400 b/d Pascagoula and 269,000 b/d El Segundo refineries, according to data from S&P Global Platts trade flow software cFlow.
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