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West African Crude Oil Imports to Texas Refineries

 

West African Crude Oil Imports

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Crude oil imports from West Africa enter the ports of Houston and Texas City via shuttle tankers that carry
appproximately 500,000 barrels of crude oil in their cargo tanks. These shuttle tankers take on
their crude cargo from supertankers approximately 60 miles offshore at the lightering area.

Click here for excellent slide show regarding offshore GOM lightering operations.
courtesy Skaugen PetroTrans

 

Lightering Areas

 

Houston Crude Oil Terminals


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Daily Imported Barrels of Nigerian and African Crude Oil
October 2007 EIA data

Nigeria

0.193 mmbdp

Angola, Cameroon, Congo

0.031 mmbpd

 

 

Houston crude imports



Only 15 % of the total amount of Nigerian imported crude oil entering
in the United States arrives in the Port of Houston. For example, over a
third of Nigerian crude arrives at the Sunoco refineries on the east coast.

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‪Nigwrian Imported Crude Oil

 

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The second largest importer of Nigerian Crude is ConocoPhillips.

Conoco Nigerian Production and Exploration

 

 

African Crude Oil Terminals


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Page Created on ... December 29,2007