Mexico Seeks New Home for Its Oil as Gulf Coast Turns to Canada
- Nation sending crude to Asia, Europe as U.S. demand drops
- Declining output, more domestic demand cut shipments abroad
The Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) Antonio Dovali Jaime refinery in Salina Cruz, Mexico, on May 26, 2016.
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Shipments of crude to the U.S. from Mexico fell to a new low last week, extending a trend that goes back to when the Energy Information Administration began compiling preliminary weekly import data in June 2010.
Imports totaled 290,000 barrels a day in the week ended April 14, a 43 percent weekly drop that may have been triggered by weather-related closings at Mexico’s key export ports this month. But the shipments have been sinking for years. The 52-week average through April 14 was 561,000 barrels a day, down from about 630,000 a year earlier.