how many barrels of oil us imports, who are the largest suppliers?
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In February, the United States imported 277,104,000 barrels of crude oil.\n\nBelow is a current list of the top 15 countries that we import crude oil from, along with the number of barrels per day:\n\nFebruary 2006 Oil Imports\n----------------------------\nMEXICO:  1,774,000 \nCANADA:  1,700,000\nSAUDI ARABIA:  1,418,000\nNIGERIA:  1,342,000 \nVENEZUELA:  1,175,000\nANGOLA:  464,000 \nIRAQ:  444,000 \nECUADOR:  222,000 \nBRAZIL:  164,000 \nALGERIA:  163,000
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Oil imports to the US and the direct and indirect impacts upon US politics.  (Lots of info available)\n\nPopulation trends in the world and regionally.  Especially Europe.\n(big Islamic trend) CIA source books are available a great source\n\nMoney invested in ground breaking research (nano tech for example) Lots of source material
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42 US. Here's a link.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_(unit)
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the US gets it's oil from  OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires). This includes Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and many other middle eastern countires. \nSOme of the oil does come from the south ( texas for example). As to prices google it.
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well you need to know they are all members of OPEC the largest oil cartel. \n\ngoogle opec.
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Exxon Mobile, BP, Chevron, and Conoco Phillips
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If you are looking for US manufacturers, the best is Thomas Register http://www.thomasnet.com which is the most comprehensive resource for finding information on suppliers of industrial products and services in North America.\n\nThey also have a database of European manufacturers called Thomas Global Register http://www.tremnet.com/
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55 gal...no, we're not running out anytime soon. Just be prepared for european style prices until people start carpooling to work and trading in hummers/SUV's.\n\nChina & India are buying crude/crude futures like crazy. Nigeria & Argentina aren't producing to capacity. Katrina damaged a lot of US rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. \n\nWe still produce around half of the crude(which we turn to gas) we use daily. We also have "strategic reserves" of crude which we keep for things like wars but use when supplies get tight.\n\nSo we either reduce our demand, pay higher prices, or start drilling in Alaska and off our coast. I carpool with a coworker in a Miata. S*rew those OPEC countries- conserve!!!!
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In terms of world oil production only for 2004 (the latest figures published):\nSaudi Arabia:      13.1% of world oil production\nRussia:               11.9%\nUSA:                   8.5%\nIran:                    5.2%\nMexico:               4.9%\nVenezuela:          4.0%\nNorway:               3.9%\nCanada:               3.8%\nU.A.E.                 3.3%\nNigeria                 3.2%\nKuwait                 3.1%\n\nThere is no easy way to evaluate which country produced the most oil that was made into gasoline, just as there is no way to be certain that gasoline you are buying was made from oil from any particular country.\n\n\nThis data comes from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy. You can download the book from:
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All of the answers listed are contributing factors but are really reasons why the cost of OIL is so high, the largest problem is Refining.  There has not been a new refinery built in this country in over 50 years.  The way the current environmental laws are structured it is nearly impossible to build a new refinery in the United states.  You can have all of the oil in the world, if you cannot convert it to Gasoline it is not going to help with the supply of gasoline which drives the prices we pay.
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Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia  is the largest oil corporation in the world and the world's largest in terms of proven crude oil reserves and production.  \n Saudi Aramco is responsible for 99 percent of the Kingdom's proven crude oil reserves of 259,200 billion barrels (41.2 109m³) -- about a quarter of the world's total. That is more than double the total of Iraq, the country with the world's second largest reserves, and nearly 12 times the reserves of the United States.  Recent production has averaged some 8 million barrels (1,300,000 m³) per day. That is more than twice the output of the next highest producer and nearly five times greater than the largest U.S. oil company.\nthey expect to double the number of it's oil rigs by the end of this year.
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A barrel of oil would be ...\n\n42 U.S. gallons, 158.9873 litres,\napproximately 35 Imperial gallons (34.97231575 exactly). \n\nA beer barrel is different, about 117 L ... or a "lot of beer".
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Petroleum and petroleum products predominantly to the US
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First, there are several "grades" of crude oil.  Heavier oil products less gasoline and lighter crudes produce more.  The average is around 19 1/2 gallons of gasoline per barrel of crude.\n\n"The 42-gallon barrel of crude oil makes about 19½ gallons of gasoline, 9 gallons of fuel oil, 4 gallons of jet fuel, and 11 gallons of other products, including lubricants, kerosene, asphalt, and petrochemical feedstocks to make plastics. [See also this EIA page] That adds up to more than 42 gallons because of something called "refinery gain" - the processing and chemical changes increase the density and hence the volume of the refined components. So, crudely (pun intended), a $37 barrel of crude represents about 88 cents a gallon to start with. That 88c represents the cost of production plus producer profit. Go up from there."
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Esso, Gulf, Sinclare, American Oil, Pure
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The total demand for oil in the US in the 4th quarter of 2005 was 21.33 million barrels per day. China was second with a demand of 6.55 million barrels per day. Japan was third with 5.45 million barrels per day. Total world demand for oil was 84.39 million bb/d. \n\nThe total world supply for that quarter was 84.04 million barrels per day. The supply shortage was -0.35 million barrels per day. Now, since supply obviously is not as large as world demand, does anyone still wonder why gasoline prices are going up?
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ADM, Archer Daniels Midland is the largest domestic producer of ethanol:\n\nhttp://www.admworld.com/naen/fuels/petroleum.asp\n\nHere's a list of the domestic capacity of most major ethanol producers:\n\nhttp://www.ethanolmt.org/plants.html\n\nAnd an industry association:\nhttp://www.ncga.com/ethanol/main/production.htm