[thackney]

We are stuck with the Saudis because WE are their BIGGEST CUSTOMER.

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I think that changed this year.

Saudi Arabia exported an average of 1.5 million bbl/d of total petroleum liquids to the United States in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 0.4 million bbl/d from the first quarter of 2013. Since 2012, Saudi Arabia has been the second-largest petroleum exporter annually, after Canada, to the United States. In 2013, after the United States, the next four top importers of Saudi crude and petroleum products according to GTIS were Japan (1.2 million bbl/d), China (1.1 million bbl/d), South Korea (0.9 million bbl/d), and India (0.8 million bbl/d).

http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=SA

Since the above was written, imports from Saudi have dropped to 1.0 million bbl/d

http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MTTIMUSSA2&f=M

[cloudmountain]

What you say is probably true.