US crude exports fell by 156,000 b/d in December, to 442,000 b/d, after exports into Eastern Canada dried up, a S&P Global Platts analysis of US Census Bureau data released Tuesday showed. US crude exports to Canada declined by 155,000 b/d, to 196,000 b/d, as flows from New York and Maine dropped to zero after averaging 187,000 b/d in October and 25,000 b/d in November. Crude exports from New York into Canada averaged 137,000 b/d over 2016 and are most likely rail shipments of Bakken crude. Statistics Canada data confirms that Canada slashed its US crude imports in December, bringing in more Nigerian, Algerian and Saudi Arabian cargoes, while total imports were down by 145,000 b/d at 593,000 b/d. The Statistics Canada data shows that New Brunswick imports from the US fell to zero in December, with the province’s US imports averaging 35,000 b/d in 2016 and shipments arriving […]