Reuters - Record U.S. crude exports, rising shale output boosts oil flow to Houston

May 12, 2023 – Reuters

Record U.S. crude exports, rising shale output boosts oil flow to Houston

By Arathy Somasekhar

HOUSTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Oil pipelines from the top U.S. shale field to Houston that have run half empty are filling again as rising output has absorbed most of the space on lines to the main south Texas export hub in Corpus Christi.

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…Crude export volumes from Corpus Christi accounted for about 60% of all U.S. oil exports in 2022, from 28% four years earlier, according to RBN Energy's weekly Crude Voyager report. Houston's share fell to 22% from 33% during the same period.