Flame of the Day (FotD)

[Mr.Moto]

Skordopordonikos, do you want to backtrack all the way to disavowing your OP?

[Sauron]

*Originally posted by Skordopordonikos *
The top sources of U.S. crude oil imports in November 2002 were Mexico (1.531 million barrels per day), Canada (1.485 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.474 million barrels per day), and Venezuela (1.438 million barrels per day). This is the first time since July 2002 in which Mexico was the leading source of U.S. crude oil imports. Rounding out the top ten sources, in order, were United Kingdom (0.632 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.556 million barrels per day), Angola (0.390 million barrels per day), Norway (0.388 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.380 million barrels per day), and Kuwait (0.230 million barrels per day). Of the 9.527 million barrels per day of crude oil imported into the United States during the month of November 2002, the top four countries accounted for 62% of these imports, while the top ten sources accounted for 89% of all U.S. crude oil imports. …

I looked it up, and according to one source OPEC supplies the US with 51% of our oil imports… I transposed the one stat for the one that was directly above it that related to Russia. doh. My apologies sir.

No apologies necessary. Thank you for the correction.

One note, though – you might want to be a little more discerning regarding the information you believe. You have figures in hand that patently prove OPEC provides the U.S. nowhere near 51 percent of its oil imports.