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Heavy crude has an API gravity <= 27. Light crude has an API gravity >= 35. Medium crude has an API gravity between 27 and 35. Sweet crude has 0.5 sulfur content or less. Sour crude has more than 0.5 sulfur content.

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) petroleum imports data are available at the company level. The data source is the Form EIA-814, "Monthly Imports Report."

For more information, read the full report: EIA's U.S. Crude Oil Import Tracking Tool: Selected Sample Applications