Japan Imported 16.45 M Barrels of UAE Crude in June

Thursday, 2nd August 2018
by Editorial Team

030629-N-4790M-002 Central Command Area of Responsibility (Jun. 29, 2003) — Commercial oil tanker AbQaiq readies itself to receive oil at Mina-Al-Bkar Oil terminal (MABOT), an off shore Iraqi oil installation. AbQaiq is the first commercial vessel to receive a post-war shipment of crude oil for export at Mabot. AbQaiq is scheduled to take on an estimated 2 million barrels of crude oil. U.S. Navy and coalition forces are helping to provide security, enforcing an exclusionary perimeter around the terminal. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Andrew M. Meyers. (RELEASED)

Japan’s crude imports from the UAE for June stood at 16.456 million barrels, 22.9% of the country’s total crude imports, TradeArabia reported.

According to data released by the Agency of Energy and Natural resources in Tokyo, Japan’s total crude imports for June stood at 71.860 million barrels, meaning the UAE imports represent nearly one quarter of Japanese crude for the month.