Nigeria Imported 1.25 Million Barrels Of Kerosene From The US In 2015 – Report

A report by the Energy Information Administration, an arm of the US Energy Department, has disclosed that Nigeria was the second-largest importer of kerosene from the United States last year.

The country, which is Africa’s biggest crude oil producer, also took in the third-largest volume of the US jet fuel in 2015.

The report said Nigeria imported 1.25 million barrels of the US kerosene from January to December, while other products imported from the US by Nigeria include Liquefied Petroleum Gas, lubricants, petroleum coke, fuel ethanol and finished motor gasoline.

The report also revealed that the country imported 1.72 million barrels of the LPG; 290,000 barrels of lubricants; 121,000 barrels of petroleum coke, 161,000 barrels of fuel ethanol and 616,000 barrels of finished motor gasoline, the EIA data showed.

Nigeria bought a total of 1.427 million barrels of the US kerosene in 2014. In 2013, 1.040 million barrels were imported; 272,000 barrels in 2012; 1,000 barrels in 2009; 4,000 barrels in 2008, and 1,000 barrels in 1995.

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