Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, maintained its exports at close to a year-high of 9.373 million b/d in December as the kingdom dipped into its crude stockpiles, data released Monday by the Joint Organisations Data Initiative showed. Saudi Arabia’s crude production fell to a three-month low of 9.594 million b/d in December but exports were stable, with the OPEC member having managed to boost shipments sharply towards the end of the year after the September 14 attacks. The kingdom has had to bolster its production to replace inventories drawn in the wake of the Abqaiq attacks in September. Stockpiles hit a 15-year low of 152.5 million barrels that month. Saudi […]