00:24 DJS Japan's July Oil Imports Increase 0.8% To 21.93 Million Kiloliter
00:24 DJS Japan's July Oil Imports Increase 0.8% To 21.93 Million Kiloliters
TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Japan's crude oil imports increased 0.8% in July
1998 from a year earlier to 21.93 million kiloliters, or 4.6 million barrels a
day, officials at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said
Wednesday.
The United Arab Emirates was Japan's main crude source in July,
supplying 6.15 million kL, or 1.29 million b/d, 5% more than in July 1997.
The second-largest supplier that month was Saudi Arabia, at 4.89
million kL, or 1.03 million b/d, up 23.1% from a year before.
Qatar was third, shipping 2.22 million kL, or 465,409 b/d, up 63.8%,
and Iran sold 2.10 million kL, or 440,252 b/d, down 5.6% from the
corresponding month of 1997, the officials said.
The processing of crude oil at Japanese refineries rose 0.7% in July
from a year before to 20.74 million kL, or 4.35 million b/d, the ministry
officials said.
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