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Saudi crude oil exports rise to 6.5m barrels per day

Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah. Saudi oil exports rose in February Reuters
Aramco's oil field in the Empty Quarter, Shaybah. Saudi oil exports rose in February

Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in February rose to 6.55 million barrels per day (bpd) from 6.07 million bpd in January, official data showed on Tuesday.

The world’s largest oil exporter’s crude output for February was at 8.95 million bpd, up from 8.92 million bpd in January.

Saudi refineries’ crude throughput was at 2.62 million bpd in February, up 0.16 million bpd from January’s 2.46 million bpd, the data showed.

Direct crude burning increased by 8,000 bpd to 283,000 bpd in February, having fallen in January by 4,000 bpd from December to 275,000 bpd.

Saudi Arabia and other members of Opec provide monthly export figures to the Joint Organisations Data Initiative, which publishes them on its website.

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