HOUSTON, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. crude oil imports decreased while exports increased during the week ending Aug. 15, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report released on Wednesday.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.497 million barrels per day (b/d) last week, down by 423,000 b/d from the previous week, while crude oil exports averaged 4.372 million b/d, up by 795,000 b/d from the previous week, according to the Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.379 million b/d, down by 2.3 percent from the same four-week period last year.
During the same period, crude oil exports averaged about 3.491 million b/d, down by 14.6 percent year on year.
The United States has been one of the world's important oil producers in recent years with the help of its shale oil production growth.
