For those of you who still naively believe that we went to war in Iraq for their oil, the charts and statistics belwo should provide some food for thought.

Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries
March 2007 Import Highlights: Released on May 16, 2007
Preliminary monthly data on the origins of crude oil imports in March 2007 has been released and it shows that four countries have each exported more than 1.10 million barrels per day to the United States. Including those countries, a total of five countries exported over 1.00 million barrels per day of crude oil to the United States (see table below). The top five exporting countries accounted for 67 percent of United States crude oil imports in March while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 87 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for March were Canada (1.776 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.621 million barrels per day), Nigeria (1.290 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.231 million barrels per day), and Venezuela (1.036 million barrels per day). The rest of the top ten sources, in order, were Angola (0.696 million barrels per day), Iraq (0.523 million barrels per day), Algeria (0.501 million barrels per day), Kuwait (0.158 million barrels per day), and Brazil (0.178 million barrels per day). Total crude oil imports averaged 10.348 million barrels per day in March, which is a increase of 1.299 million barrels per day from February 2007.

Canada remained the largest exporter of total petroleum in March, exporting 2.297 million barrels per day to the United States, which was a slight decrease from last month (2.448 thousand barrels per day). The second largest exporter of total petroleum was Mexico with 1.747 million barrels per day.

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Mar-07 Feb-07 YTD 2007 Mar-06 Jan - Mar 2006

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CANADA 1,776 1,840 1,823 1,716 1,732
MEXICO 1,621 1,358 1,475 1,697 1,722
NIGERIA 1,290 1,061 1,156 1,114 1,191
SAUDI ARABIA 1,231 1,185 1,330 1,322 1,356
VENEZUELA 1,036 1,115 1,033 1,183 1,197
ANGOLA 696 451 570 510 465
IRAQ 523 325 464 476 487
ALGERIA 501 392 484 281 228
KUWAIT 288 158 208 111 111
BRAZIL 209 103 174 123 114
RUSSIA 193 49 92 34 25
ECUADOR 179 178 210 242 281
COLOMBIA 108 73 107 170 156
LIBYA 105 63 59 40 45
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) 79 41 58 0 10

Total Imports of Petroleum (Top 15 Countries)
(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Mar-07 Feb-07 YTD 2007 Mar-06 Jan - Mar 2006

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CANADA 2,297 2,448 2,404 2,254 2,276
MEXICO 1,747 1,507 1,610 1,801 1,823
VENEZUELA 1,285 1,359 1,277 1,530 1,516
SAUDI ARABIA 1,259 1,207 1,348 1,364 1,393
NIGERIA 1,346 1,102 1,198 1,195 1,249
ALGERIA 727 555 691 404 523
IRAQ 523 325 464 476 487
ANGOLA 708 464 586 522 477
VIRGIN ISLANDS 349 312 363 299 297
ECUADOR 179 185 213 242 287
RUSSIA 455 241 351 221 246
UNITED KINGDOM 288 268 249 299 231
NORWAY 164 131 133 209 205
COLOMBIA 121 85 119 170 178
BRAZIL 234 151 214 193 166

Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories.

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Sources of foreign oil

If securing sources of crude oil was our goal, then it would have been easier to invade Canada and Mexico.

Canadians are already almost like Americans. Call Canada "America light." The major differnece is that: 1. Canadians are generally more polite and 2. highway speed signs are in kilometers and not miles.

If we invade Mexico and make it the 51st or 52d state we would kill two birds with one stone: 1. ready access to plentiful crude oil and 2. overnight we fix the illegal immigration problem by making ALL Mexicans U.S. citizens.

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