The U.S. exports fossil fuels. As of March, the latest data available, U.S. oil refiners were exporting more than 1.8 million barrels a day of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other refined products. The top five destinations for U.S. fuel were Mexico, Canada, the Netherlands, Chile and Singapore.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pe...X_mbblpd_m.htm


I wouldn't mind Drilling on ANWAR if ALL the oil actually STAYED in the US. Sadly it all just goes on the WORLD market to the highest Bidder....

:o

 

And they wonder why gas keeps going up.

 

I would bet most of that is refined products. Import crude and ship out refined.

 

Either way its still oil that we're not getting

 

most of what we export is low grade junk that is not worth refining into gasoline it has allot of contaminates and is only useful for refining into grease and the like that we don't have the capacity to refine because we cant build any more refineries.

 

Change the chart to the history of exported oil annualy. 1980 looks like the high; 2007 exporting 1/10th of 1980 and 1/4 of much of the 90's. The annual export of oil in 2007 totaled 510,000 barrels. How much oil does the US consume per day? I've read between 18-20 million barrels per day. We produce somewhere around 7-8 million barrels a day. Makes that export number seem really small.

 

I've been curious what those numbers where, just had not looked for them yet.

 

I thought we needed more Refining Capacity?

Jet fuel is Jet Fuel. This is not the "cheap" stuff.

I thought ANWAR would only produce an extra 700,000 barrels a day. We Export more than that!

How can we ever be "Energy Dependent" if everything we produce ourselves goes onto the World Market to the highest Bidder???

 

I think it is the undesirable part of the imports that is being placed back on the market.
Our own oil is a much better grade than Vensualla. So I read once opon a time! So please don't ask for references.