What country does the US buy the most oil from?
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the top four countries are\n\ncanada\nmexico\nsaudi arabia\nvenezuela\n\nin no particular order
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approx 24% is from the Persian Gulf, the rest is from other sources like venezuala and africa and here in the US.\n\nPlease see this chart that shows it all, at the bottom of the chart you can see total imported versus Persian Gulf:\n\nhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/crudebycountry.htm\n\n\n\nhttp://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickoil.html\n35% from US\n17% from Middle east\n32% from OPEC\n\n\n\n\nGovernment supplied information.\n\nMark as best answer, thanks!!!
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Japan.\n\nNah..just kidding.  The US, we export it...lol.
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The US was purchace from Russia in the mid 19th century.  It was called Seward's Folly because it was believed that there wasn't anything worth having.  If they would have known about the oil, they would have given Seward a medal
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In 2003 (latest data I could find), the US transformed 779,617 thousand tonnes of oil, of which 516,216 thousand were imported, meaning that 66.2% of our consumption was imported.\n\nEdit: I found more recent information. In the week of May 26th the US processed 15,519 barrels of crude oil a day, of which 10,842 barrels were imported, yielding 69.8%. In addition, the US imported 4,277 barrels a day of already processed products.
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You might be able to find something at the Energy Information Administration.\n\nThis site also gave some good info.\nhttp://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2922&context=lbnl\n\nFor info on Oil projections. \nhttp://www.neatideas.com/oil.htm\nor\nhttp://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2005/01/chp4pdf/fig4_6.pdf#search='oil%20price%20projection%202006'\n\nHope they help.
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I do, between China and Russia against America.\nIran gives all its oil the first 2 countries and none to America. China is expected to be the world's biggest economy by 2006. It has nuclear weapons, 1.2 Billion people, the world's biggest army.\nIt has great links with Russia, their biggest Arm's supplier.
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Because they buy Saudi oil
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Oil most likly. Look we caught saddam but bin laden is still free about 5 years later.
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Most likely the U.S. We have thousands of oil wells offshore,that are just drilled and capped off.Tens of thousands on dry land.And we've never touched Alaska,it has more than the rest of the U.S. combined.
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We are importing about half of what we use now. If you would like to choose which half of our nation cannot use oil, then we could quit importing.\n\nIt isn't a matter of how much oil is in the ground. We can't produce it fast enough, or refine it fast enough to more than marginally outpace demand.
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Quite simply NO that is not true.  There is plenty of oil and gas left.  Enough to last your lifetime and probably most of your kids lifetime.  However, the rate at which countries like China and India and other emerging economies are growing there is going to a strain on current levels of production.  This is why there is a huge amount of activity in the exploration and drilling sector right now, we see this future demand and are working to compensate.  However there are countries like the USA and Britian that consume much more than they produce, and the majority of their fields are depleted or on the down hill slope.  This is why they must forge alliances, you didn't think they fight these wars just in the name of freedom, but that's another question.  This is also why Bush has given the go ahead to drill in Alaska.  We know where almost all the oil and gas is, now it's just a matter of getting it out of the ground.  But we don't want to flood the market, because then everyone will think they can use as much as they want.  Then there is the politics, pipelines,environment,etc.  It's a delicate balance.  Any way, Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of hydrocarbons and still has the largest reserves.  Canada has the second largest reserves, but it is hard to produce because it is mostly tar sands.  Iran is third(friendly with China), Kuwait is fourth, Iraq is fifth(soon to be friendly with USA) others among top ten Nigeria, Venesuala, and others I remember off the top of my head.  In the future alternative fuels will have to be researched and put into common use.  Some of these we see already, such as hybrid cars, fuel cells, corn oil,processed fish fat can burn in diesel engines.  Nuclear fuel will be used for everyday power, solar power is not practical, takes up to much room, wind power is only practical on a small scale, and they need to be where it's windy, and since you lose power when it travels down lines, only windy places can utilize wind turbines.  My personal favorite is hyrogen power.  Although to volitile with current technology, it is abundant, powerful, and emission free.  By product is pure water.  All these will come to be as future governments covet what's left of the natural resources and we think about the environment a little more.  But there will be oil and gas to heat your homes and run your cars for many years to come.  So long as you got the money to fill the tank.
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Iraq still has very large reserves of oil, but due to old equipment and terrorists they don't export alot of it. This will improve over the next few years. Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia and Iran are on the decline even though they still export large amounts of it. At the present time the U.S. doesn't purchase any of Iraqs oil directly from them. All of Iraqs production is committed to Europe and Asia. Iraqs oil that comes to the U.S. is purchased from sources in Europe.
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Convince the usa government that theres vast amounts of oil to be had
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Same reason.\n\nThe US wants control (influence) of the entire oil-producing region, so that they can ensure a regular supply.\n\nIt's not about individual countries.
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US has the most money.\nPeople are always nice for money.
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Yes.\n\nThe largest reserves are found in the Middle East.  Saudi Arabia has the larges proved oil reserves at 160 billion barrels.  The other Persian Gulf countries of Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait also have some of the largest reserves in the world.  \n\nThe United States originally had a fairly large endowment of oil, much of which was located in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Alaska.  However, the U.S. has already consumed about 2/3 of this original amount making it the largest cumulative producer of oil.  \n\nThe western nations of Venezuela and Mexico also have substantial oil reserves.  In Europe, Russia has the largest oil reserves at 49 billion barrels.  Much of this is located around the Caspian Sea.  The United Kingdom also holds large reserves in the North Sea off the shore of Great Britain.  Other African countries such as Nigeria, Libya, and Algeria also have small amounts of oil reserves.