Refiners Valero and Shell both imported foreign crude at the US’ Louisiana Offshore Oil Port terminal this month, a rare move for the former in 2018 and an even less frequent move for Shell, according to US Customs and S&P Global Platts Analytics data.
Valero imported 1.448 million barrels of 29.8 API Basrah Light into LOOP on the tanker British Vantage on September 14, Valero’s first crude import at the terminal since January.