While
deliveries of crude oil from Angola to the United States (US) have averaged
around 116,000 barrels per day (bpd) since the start of 2014, imports from
Nigeria have seen a steeper fall with just 75,000 bpd, according to data from
the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical arm of US Energy
Department.
US
annual imports of Angolan crudes are on track to surpass imports of Nigerian
crudes for the first time since the EIA started tracking such data in 1973,
Platts analysis of EIA data showed.
The
most recent yearly data shows Angolan exports to the US down 59 percent from a
peak of 534,378 bpd in 2006, while Nigerian exports fell 75 percent over the
same period.
“Right
now, the US is no more importing from us because
