Highlights US refiners have options if flows are disrupted: Platts Analytics Russian reliance rose after US sanctioned Venezuela’s PDVSA Russia was the No. 3 oil supplier to the US in November after Canada and Mexico, US Energy Information Administration data showed Jan. 31, as the Ukraine crisis threatens to disrupt the flows. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now S&P Global Platts Analytics expects any disruption in the Russian crude to have minor impacts, as US refiners could backfill by easing exports of US Gulf Coast sour crudes such as Mars. Lower US imports of Russian oil feedstocks would have a bigger impact, but Gulf Coast refiners could run Canadian or Latin American heavy grades at a cost to margins. The US imported 595,000 b/d of Russian crude and refined products in November for an average of 696,000 b/d from January-November, according to EIA. […]