Saudi crude oil supply to China set to fall in September, sources say
State oil firm Saudi Aramco will ship about 43 million barrels to China in September, or 1.43 million barrels per day (bpd), a tally of allocations to Chinese refiners showed.
This is down from 1.65 million bpd allocated in August.
(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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