South Korea’s crude oil imports from the US in October fell for the sixth consecutive month, while local refiners continued to favor Middle Eastern crude, lifting October Saudi oil shipments by more than 30% from a year earlier, preliminary customs data showed on Nov. 16. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now South Korean refiners imported 1.192 million mt, or 8.74 million barrels of US crude in October, down 37% from 13.88 million barrels received in the same month last year, customs data showed. Over January-October, US crude imports fell to 92.91 million barrels, down 17.5% from the same period last year. On the contrary, South Korea’s crude imports from its top supplier […]