Saudi oil exports soar to 6.17M bpd in April: JODI
Saudi Arabia's oil exports climbed by 7% month-on-month (MoM) to nearly 6.17 million barrels per day (bpd) last April, the Joint Organizations Data Initiative's (JODI) data showed.
On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, Saudi crude exports increased by 3%.
The Kingdom's total output rose 1% MoM in April, reaching 9.01 million bpd.
Local crude consumption dipped 11% MoM to about 2.84 million bpd for the same month.
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