Gulf Coast ship delays hit crude imports

摘要

New York-Shipping delays in the Houston, Sabine and Calcasieu ship channels along th Gulf Coast caused US crude imports to plummet 696,000 b/d to 8.902 million b/d last week, and inventories to drop a marked 6.3 million barrels to 329.107 million barrels, according to data released December 20 by the Energy Information Administration.