Crude Oil Imports by Transportation Type

(Updated as of August 2022)

Graph of Crude Oil imports by Transportation Type, data reflected in table below
March 2022 22,756 5,206 109 28,071
February 2022 22,619 3,092 101 25,812
January 2022 26,862 1,957 57 28,876
December 2021 23,712 2,760 207 26,679
November 2021 26,920 5,031 193 32,144
October 2021 23,672 7,716 221 31,600
September 2021 28,666 6,004 147 34,817
August 2021 28,972 6,181 94 35,247
July 2021 25,565 6,598 40 32,203
June 2021 24,831 4,812 162 29,805
May 2021 23,591 8,328 92 32,011
April 2021 23,153 5,823 149 29,125
March 2021 20,722 3,534 94 24,350
February 2021 19,669 6,496 222 26,387
January 2021 15,824 8,629 82 24,535
December 2020 17,547 5,944 106 23,597
November 2020 13,708 9,913 168 23,789
October 2020 17,785 2,937 0 20,722

Source:

  • In thousands of barrels.
  • California Energy Commission data, produced from Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act (PIIRA), The Port Import/Export Reporting Service (PIERS), and State Lands Commission (SLC).           
  • Please note that total California crude oil imports will not match that shown on other pages. The PIERS, PIIRA, and SLC data all give different totals by different breakdowns. This graph is the result of staff analysis reconciling between those sources.

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