Bloomberg Mexico processed the lowest amount of crude in decades in late June and early July, based on preliminary numbers, after a fire and flood took the country’s largest refinery offline last month. State-owned Pemex refined 695,000 barrels a day of crude, equivalent to about 42 percent of Mexico’s refining capacity, July 1 to July 16, according to the company’s …

BEIJING / Reuters Russia was China’s biggest crude oil supplier for a fourth straight month in June, its longest streak ever in the top spot, data from the General Administration of Customs showed. China’s total crude oil imports reached 36.11 million tonnes in June, or 8.79 million barrels per day (bpd), making the country the world’s largest buyer for a …

Bloomberg The biggest US oil import hub wants to grab a piece of surging North American crude exports. Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the only terminal along the US Gulf Coast able to handle a fully laden supertanker, is gauging interest from shippers in sending crude overseas on the world’s biggest ships by early next year. Ports are competing to fill …