[The Great RJ]

Gee wasn’t it just a few years ago when the US was a net exporter of oil and didn’t need to import oil from the Gulf? Now we’re are again dependent on imported oil and the Iranian Navy is making fools of us.

[Shady]

BINGO!

[Go Gordon]

Gee wasn’t it just a few years ago when the US was a net exporter of oil and didn’t need to import oil from the Gulf?

No, we were never a net exporter. In October 2019 our domestic production of oil peaked at just under 13 million barrels per day. In 2019, we consumed 19.4 million barrels per day. We got close, and much of the imported oil came from our neighbor, but we were not a net exporter of oil. In total energy consumption, the US produced more energy than it used. In May 2011, the US became a net exporter of refined petroleum products. But that's different than a net exporter of oil.

[semimojo]

Gee wasn’t it just a few years ago when the US was a net exporter of oil and didn’t need to import oil from the Gulf?

We're a net exporter as of 2022.

"The resulting total net petroleum imports (imports minus exports) were about -1.26 million b/d, which means that the United States was a net petroleum exporter of 1.26 million b/d in 2022."