Where Does Our Imported Oil Come From?

We keep hearing about how we are heavily dependent on Middle Eastern Oil, and we are funding the terrorists etc, etc, etc. I did some poking around to find out just what we import and export. Here is what I found:

Here is the data from the Energy Information Administration (US Government site)

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country	May-08
CANADA	1,840
SAUDI ARABIA	1,579
MEXICO	1,116
VENEZUELA	1,030
NIGERIA	851
IRAQ	583
ANGOLA	464
ALGERIA	440
BRAZIL	318
KUWAIT	263
COLOMBIA	245
ECUADOR	162
RUSSIA	119
LIBYA	96
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	93

Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country	May-08
CANADA	2,265
SAUDI ARABIA	1,604
MEXICO	1,209
VENEZUELA	1,166
NIGERIA	909
ALGERIA	611
IRAQ	583
ANGOLA	476
RUSSIA	407
VIRGIN ISLANDS	336
BRAZIL	332
COLOMBIA	278
KUWAIT	263
UNITED KINGDOM	218
NORWAY	176

Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories.

From the chart above, it looks like about 30% of our crude oil comes from the Middle East with only 17% coming from the Saudis and only 6% coming from Iraq.

But here are the members of OPEC: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a group of twelve states made up of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, Angola, Venezuela and Ecuador. Based on the chart above, we get about 60% of our oil from OPEC producers.

And here is another chart showing our exports by OPEC and Non-OPEC countries.

The US also happens to export oil and here is where it goes.

According to this webpage(on the right side of the page) - the US is the third highest producer of oil and the largest consumer and importer of oil.

Top World Oil Consumers, 2006
(thousand barrels per day)

Rank	Country	Consumption
1	United States	20,687
2	China	7,201
3	Japan	5,159
4	Russia	2,811
5	Germany	2,665
6	India	2,572
7	Canada	2,264
8	Brazil	2,217
9	Korea, South	2,174
10	Saudi Arabia	2,139
11	Mexico	1,997
12	France	1,961
13	United Kingdom	1,830
14	Italy	1,732
15	Iran	1,686

It's interesting information to say the least.
The forecasts are also pretty fascinating reading.

U.S. Energy Consumption by Fuel (1980-2030)
(quadrillion Btu)


One thing is clear - we should shift our sources of energy and continue to develop new technologies.