Help Needed: Top 5 Countries from which We Import Oil

02/20/2006 | Woodstock

[Woodstock]

Help 16 year old son on pro-ANWAR Drilling persuassive paper. What are the top 5 countries from which we import oil?

[thackney]

Start with spelling it correctly.

ANWR, not ANWAR

[TomServo]

Google.

[thackney]

U.S. Imports by Country of Origin

Use the pick box at the top of the page to choose between Crude Oil only and/or Refined Products.

[mewzilla]

Try this: the Energy Information Admin :)

[oh8eleven]

Help 16 year old son on pro-ANWAR Drilling persuassive paper.
Have we become so lazy that he not only can't go to the school library for a little honest research, he can't even find it himself on the Internet?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Canada is number one.

Mexico and Venezuela are in the top five. I assume Saudi Arabia and Kuwait would be the other two in the top five.

[Rick_Michael]

Mexico 2...not a huge suprise.
Russia is barely seen...that's suprising.

[Mobile Vulgus]

One thing, though. Most of the oil we get from the Mid East is from the cartel OPEC. That means we don't go directly to one country or the other for their oil. We get it from their pooling of resources. I am pretty sure this is true and if it is, then that means we should not say we get oil "from" any particular mid eastern country because what we get comes from all of them.

[thackney]

That means we don't go directly to one country or the other for their oil. We get it from their pooling of resources. I am pretty sure this is true

That is not true. OPEC does not combine oil sales and never has.

[Woodstock]

Canada is number one. Mexico and Venezuela are in the top five. I assume Saudi Arabia and Kuwait would be the other two in the top five.

This is right where I am...I am just trying to double check his information.

[Woodstock]

One thing, though. Most of the oil we get from the Mid East is from the cartel OPEC. ... then that means we should not say we get oil "from" any particular mid eastern country because what we get comes from all of them.

Good point...he had middle east, in general...I was ready to name them.

[delacoert]

Why not learn for yourself and teach your son how to do an internet search?

All three of the following google search string yield the same top result:

• import oil top
• "US imports" oil top
• "US imports" +oil +top

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Looked it up and the top ten are....

:drum roll:

1 Canada

2 Mexico

3 Saudi Arabia

4 Venezuela

5 Nigeria

6 Iraq

7 Angola

8 Kuwait

9 United Kingdom

10 Ecuador