The myth that the U.S. is threatened because it gets most of it's oil from the Middle East is used as a fear factor by Republicans.---BBB
Canada is US' biggest supplier of oil. Here's 2006 data of sources of oil imports of the US from the Trade Stats Express database of the Department of Commerce
IMPORT OF 211--OIL & GAS in thousands ($ USD)
World Total 258,789,930
Canada 59,476,325
Mexico 30,695,595
Saudi Arabia 30,401,941
Venezuela 28,973,489
Nigeria 26,899,598
Algeria 13,472,285
Angola 11,406,949
Iraq 11,172,388
Ecuador 5,347,383
Trinidad and Tobago 4,599,279
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Source(s):
http://tse.export.gov/MapFrameset.aspx?M...
Crude Oil Imports From Persian Gulf 2006
Department of Energy's list of crude oil imports from the Persian Gulf in 2006.
Released on August 28, 2006
It should be noted that several factors influence the source of a company's crude oil imports. For example, a company like Motiva, which is partly owned by Saudi Refining Inc., would be expected to import a large percentage from the Persian Gulf, while Citgo Petroleum Corporation, which is owned by the Venezuelan state oil company, would not be expected to import a large percentage from the Persian Gulf, since most of their imports likely come from Venezuela. In addition, other factors that influence a specific company's sources of crude oil imports would include the characteristics of various crude oils as well as a company's economic needs. While, in general, crude oil is fungible, i.e., one crude oil can be substituted for another, many refineries are optimized by refining crude oil with specific qualities (e.g., the API gravity, the amount of sulfur in the crude oil, etc.). Also, depending on the global crude oil market condition at the time, the price difference between heavy and light crude oils varies, thus changing the economic dynamics for different refineries. Therefore, many factors determine the source of a company's crude oil imports.
JANUARY - JUNE 2006
(Thousand Barrels)
Totals: 1,814,134 385,221 21%
Company Total Persian Gulf % Persian Gulf
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VALERO MKTG & SUPPLY CO 232,985 71,364 31%
EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP 232,295 63,911 28%
CONOCOPHILLIPS CO 222,107 18,867 8%
CHEVRON CORP 151,395 52,707 35%
SUNOCO INC 133,135 0 0%
MOTIVA ENTERPRISES LLC 112,088 88,383 79%
MARATHON ASHLAND PETRO LLC 87,685 39,013 44%
CITGO PETRO CORP 82,505 0 0%
FLINT HILLS RESOURCES LP 74,745 1,978 3%
BP PRODTS N AMER INC 74,167 8,378 11%
SHELL OIL CO 64,542 0 0%
LYONDELL CITGO REFG LP 47,362 1,550 3%
TOTAL PETROCHEM USA INC 30,760 13,053 42%
TESORO PETRO CORP 27,356 1,030 4%
PDV MIDWEST REFG LLC 25,420 0 0%
SHELL US TRADG CO 18,733 0 0%
BP WEST COAST PRODTS LLC 18,638 7,831 42%
CHALMETTE REFG LLC 18,012 0 0%
ASTRA OIL CO INC 15,829 0 0%
TESORO HAWAII CORP 15,299 5,250 34%
CITGO ASPH REFG CO 14,060 0 0%
KOCH SUPPLY & TRDG CO 12,124 3,350 28%
UNITED REFG CO 11,555 0 0%
SHELL CHEM LP 10,381 0 0%
CHS INC 8,709 0 0%
PLAINS MKTG LP 8,647 0 0%
SINCLAIR OIL CORP 8,242 0 0%
FRONTIER OIL & REFG 7,411 0 0%
GIANT YORKTOWN INC 7,145 0 0%
MURPHY OIL USA INC 6,512 1,011 16%
HUNT CRUDE OIL SUPPLY CO 6,093 2,864 47%
ARON J & CO 5,166 0 0%
LION OIL CO 4,550 4,550 100%
ERGON REFG INC 3,157 0 0%
SHELL OIL PRODTS US 2,741 0 0%
SEMPRA ENERGY TRADING CORP 2,704 0 0%
MONTANA REFG CO 1,346 0 0%
SUNCOR ENERGY (USA) INC 1,161 0 0%
EDGINGTON OIL CO INC 1,084 0 0%
NCRA 1,007 0 0%
TIDAL ENERGY MKTG INC 701 0 0%
TRIGEANT LTD 697 0 0%
STATOIL MKTG & TRDG (US) INC 649 0 0%
FLYING J PETRO INC 590 0 0%
PARAMOUNT PETRO CORP 550 0 0%
VITOL S A INC 512 0 0%
PARAMOUNT PETRO CORP-WILLBRIDGE 484 0 0%
ENCANA CORP 398 0 0%
US OIL & REFG CO 380 131 34%
GLENCORE LTD 220 0 0%
ATLANTIC TRDG & MKTG INC 100 0 0%
Persian Gulf includes = Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates.