China’s independent refineries ramped up US crude imports in July, picking up 1.37 million mt in the month, while at least 965,000 mt of North American crude cargoes are waiting to be discharged for the private companies in August, according to market information collected by S&P Global Platts. The US crude shipments in July consisted of 545,000 mt of Alaskan North Slope crude, 392,000 mt of WTI, 270,00 mt of WTI Midland, and 125,000 mt of West Texas Light. About half of the July US crude barrels could have counted as official imports for June, but the cargoes were cleared and discharged after a month-long […]