The US is NOT an net exporter of oil.
We are a net exporter of REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS...
If you don't know the difference please hide your ignorance and STFU
U.S. energy independence relates to the goal of reducing the United States imports of petroleum and other foreign sources of energy. Energy independence is espoused by those who want to leave the U.S. unaffected by global energy
supply disruptions, and to restrict reliance upon politically unstable states for its
energy security. Energy independence is highly concerned with oil, the source of the country's principal
transport fuels.
In total energy consumption, the U.S. was between 86% and 91% self-sufficient in 2016.
[1] In May 2011, the country became a net exporter of
refined petroleum products.
[2] As of 2014, the United States was the world's third-largest producer of
crude oil, after Saudi Arabia and Russia,
[3] and second-largest exporter of refined products, after Russia.
[4]
As of March 2015, 85% of crude oil imports came from (in decreasing volume): Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia.
[5] Nineteen percent of imported oil comes from the Middle East.
[6] The fraction of crude oil consumed in the U.S. that was imported went from 35% immediately before the
1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60% in 2005, and then returned to 35% by 2013
[7] thanks to increased domestic production
[8] from the
shale oil boom.
[9] Beginning in the 1970s, exports of crude oil were illegal without a permit; in 2013, the United States physically exported a relatively small amount of oil, and only to Canada.
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