“”What’s the administration’s problem with going in and taking out some of their oil infrastructure?””
Obama claims their exports of oil to us are extremely important. Gotta giggle at that one. According to the EIA the top 5 countries that import petroleum to the US measured in their last full year, 2022, are:
Canada - 60%
Mexico - 10%
Saudi Arabia - 7%
Iraq - 4%
Colombia - 4%
Totals to 85% of our oil imports
https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4213863%2C1
Tht means that Iran shares 15% of all the other countries that send us petroleum and less than 4%. I somehow don’t think some other little country would be very happy to send a little to us to make a little hard earned cash.
As usual, either Obama is lying trying to use fear as a weapon agaisnt the American people or he’s a damed fool (or both).
wy69
Correct, and those non-Canadian imports are not that much of our domestic usage. The imports do help our refineries with their blends, mostly, and also contribute to our exports of blends and refined products.
ALL petroleum products considered, the US is a net exporter.
It is a global market. Take Iranian oil off that market and prices rise globally.
Hitting Iran’s refined products though, makes a lot of sense, IF Saudi Arabia’s (etc.) oil production facilities can be defended.