According to preliminary petroleum statistics for November released by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy on December 30, crude oil imports totaled 1236 million kiloliters (a 13.1% increase compared to the same month last year), exceeding the previous year's figures for the second consecutive month.
The countries from which imports are, in descending order of volume, Saudi Arabia (420 million kl, down 11.9%), the United States (416 million kl, up 1125.6%), the United Arab Emirates (314 million kl, down 29.9%), Mexico (30 kl, no record for the same month of the previous year), and Ecuador (12 kl, no record for the same month of the previous year).
The dependence on the Middle East was 60.7%, a decrease of 35.1 percentage points compared to the same month last year, marking the ninth consecutive month of decline.
Fuel oil production fell to 1094 million kiloliters (down 3.4%), the first decline in four months compared to the previous year. By fuel type, gasoline, naphtha, and jet fuel production exceeded the previous year's figures, but kerosene, diesel fuel, and heavy fuel oil A and B/C were below the previous year's levels.
Fuel oil inventories fell to 904 million kiloliters (down 10.8%), the first time in three months that inventory has been below the previous year's level. Broken down by fuel type, heavy fuel oil A was above the previous year's level for the same month, but gasoline, naphtha, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, and heavy fuel oil B and C were below the previous year's level.
