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April 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports
slipped more than 2% in February data from the Joint
Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Monday.
The country's crude exports fell to 7.46 million barrels per
day (bpd) in February from 7.66 million bpd in January.
Meanwhile, the world's largest oil exporter's crude
production was little changed at 10.45 million bpd in February.
Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said that
the kingdom is voluntarily cutting its oil production by 500,000
barrels per day from May until the end of 2023.
Despite the output cut, state oil giant Saudi Aramco will supply full crude contract volumes loading in May
to several North Asian buyers, several sources with knowledge of
the matter said.
Saudi's domestic crude refinery throughput decreased by
0.134 million bpd to 2.443 million bpd in February, while direct
crude burn rose 17,000 bpd to 329,000 bpd.
Monthly export figures are provided by Riyadh and other
members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC) to JODI, which publishes them on its website.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday that it
sees 2023 demand at a record 101.9 million barrels per day, up 2
million barrels per day on last year and on par with its
prediction last month.
While, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has
predicted that non-OPEC countries will account for a higher
percentage of oil production gains this year and next, a
reversal of the last two years.
(Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru)
