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To: kabar
Saudi Arabia represents about 10% of our imported oil. Canada provides almost twice a much.

I'm not sure where you get that math. Saudi Arabia provides 15% of our imported oil, Canada provides 19% or about 28% more than Saudia Arabia. Most of our imported oil comes from OPEC.

10,092 MBPD All Countries
5,417 MBPD OPEC
4,675 MBPD Non OPEC
2,147 MBPD Persian Gulf
1,882 MBPD Canada
1,465 MBPD Saudi Arabia
1,386 MBPD Mexico
1,173 MBPD Venezuela
1,028 MBPD Nigeria

43 posted on 01/24/2008 8:07:02 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: thackney
The same place you do. These figures vary from month to month and I am including crude oil and products. The point is that Saudi Arabia is among the top five oil suppliers to the US, but 10 to 13% is not a big deal. The Saudis send far more of their oil elsewhere.

In October the US imported 401,452 million bbls of crude oil and products a month worldwide with 43,394 coming from Saudi Arabia. That works out to 10.8%.

Total Crude Oil and Products

Most of our imported oil comes from OPEC.

True, but it is about 50-50. Of course OPEC includes Nigeria and Venezuela. In terms of crude oil and products, then we get most of our supplies from non-OPEC countries.

48 posted on 01/24/2008 8:25:08 AM PST by kabar
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