Saudi Arabia crude exports rise by 36,000 bpd in April: JODI

Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in April rose by 36,000 barrels per day (bpd) month-on-month to 7.177 million bpd, official data showed on Monday.

The country's crude output rose by 20,000 bpd month-on-month to 9.807 million bpd, while direct crude burn rose 10,000 bpd to 280,000 bpd.

Domestic refinery crude throughput rose 106,000 bpd to 2.598 million bpd in April, the data showed.

Saudi Arabia's demand for oil products rose 19,000 bpd to 2 million bpd and oil products exports fell 80,000 bpd to 1.393 million bpd in April.

Monthly export figures are provided by Riyadh and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), which published them on its website.