"The top sources of US crude oil imports for December were Canada (2.033 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.394 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.126 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.028 million barrels per day), and Nigeria (0.869 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Angola (0.553 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.519 million barrels per day), Ecuador (0.252 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.235 million barrels per day), and Brazil (0.208 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 9.419 million barrels per day in December, which is a decrease of (.504) million barrels per day from November 2008."
This is yet another article that i found really interesting and shocking. Every time i think of oil, i am like "o" the war in Iraq, but Iraq is #7 on this list with 519 Thousand Barrels per Day. Also out of the top three two are Mexico and Canada, where we take in 6x the amount per day compared to Iraq. So i am not saying i am supportive of a seeming standstill of a war in the Middle East, but why is it always compared to oil? I guess politics really is something you can't just take at face value without doing your research. Also on another note how is the growing unrest in Mexico going to affect Americans at the pump, i guess will just have to see.
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