Saudi Arabia boosted oil exports in 2015 as the world’s largest crude shipper ended its first year of a plan to defend market share with global supplies on the rise. Crude exports averaged 7.39 million barrels a day last year, 4 percent higher than 7.11 million barrels a day a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from the Joint Organisations Data Initiative. Shipments in December were 7.5 million barrels a day compared with 7.7 million barrels in November, JODI data released on Thursday showed. Saudi Arabia led the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in November 2014 to refrain from cutting production to boost prices in the face of growing supplies from the U.S. to Canada and Russia. With Brent close to 12-year lows, Saudi Arabia and Russia offered this week to freeze output near record levels as long as others follow suit. “The customers who stockpiled crude […]