{"id":17947,"date":"2026-08-07T06:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=17947"},"modified":"2026-08-07T06:04:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:04:43","slug":"u-s-oil-imports-from-saudi-arabia-drop-to-zero-for-the-first-time-in-four-decades-amid-gulf-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/17947\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Oil Imports from Saudi Arabia Drop to Zero for the First Time in Four Decades Amid Gulf Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia fell to zero in July, marking the first time since 1985 that the United States has not imported Saudi crude, following disruptions to the kingdom\u2019s oil exports and escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roydad Naft, citing Russia Today Arabic (RT Arabic), preliminary data released by the U.S. Department of Energy show that Saudi crude oil imports into the United States declined to zero in July, an unprecedented development in nearly four decades.<\/p>\n<p>The report said U.S. refineries had been importing more than 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Saudi crude earlier this year. However, exports from Saudi Arabia were disrupted following heightened tensions and military confrontations between the United States and Iran, as well as interruptions to oil shipments through the Persian Gulf and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, bringing imports to a complete halt.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Phillips 66 has reduced the share of Middle Eastern crude in the feedstock for its refineries to less than 1%, reflecting a significant shift in the company\u2019s sourcing strategy.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, U.S. imports of Venezuelan crude have risen sharply to around 600,000 bpd, compared with approximately 100,000 bpd at the beginning of the year, underscoring Washington\u2019s growing reliance on alternative suppliers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia fell to zero in July, marking the first time since 1985 that the United States has not imported Saudi crude, following disruptions to the kingdom\u2019s oil exports and escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36,19,16,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-17947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17949,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17947\/revisions\/17949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17947"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=17947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}