Crude oil imports averaged more than 5 million barrels per day for a month for the first time in December, up by more than a fifth from November at 21.26 million tons, while the total for 2009 rose 13.9 percent to 203.4 million tons.
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: EEP) reported that the Phase 6 expansion of its North Dakota crude oil system is complete and was placed into service Jan. 1.
OnTuesday, it was reported that Japan's Cosmo Oil Co Ltd (5007.T) plans to cut its crude oil processing volumes for January-March by 4.6 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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