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Basic Petroleum Statistics (data for 2005 except where noted)

Gallons of Oil per Barrel	42
Barrels of Oil per Metric Ton (U.S.)	7.33
U.S. Crude Oil Production	5,178,000 barrels/day
State Ranking of Crude Oil Production	Texas - 1,062,000 barrels/day
U.S. Crude Oil Imports	10,126,000 barrels/day
U.S. Crude Oil Imports from OPEC	5,587,000 barrels/day
Top U.S. Crude Oil Supplier	Canada - 1,633,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Product Imports	3,588,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Product Imports from OPEC	771,000 barrels/day
U.S. Net Petroleum Imports	12,549,000 barrels/day
Top U.S. Total Petroleum Supplier	Canada - 2,181,000 barrels/day
Top Oil Producing Countries & Exporters	#1 - Saudi Arabia
Top Oil Consuming Countries & Importers	#1 - United States
U.S. Total Petroleum Exports	1,165,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Consumption	20,802,000 barrels/day
Dependence on Net Petroleum Imports	60.3%
Crude Oil Domestic First Price wellhead price (2006)	$59.68/barrel
Motor Gasoline Retail Prices U.S. City Average (2006)	$2.64/gallon
Regular Grade Motor Gasoline Retail Prices U.S. City Average (2006)	$2.59/gallon
Premium Motor Gasoline Retail Prices U.S. City Average	$2.81/gallon
Federal Motor Gasoline Tax	18.4 cents/gallon
U.S. Motor Gasoline Consumption	9,159,000 barrels/day (384.7 million gallons/day)
Share of US Oil Consumption for Transportation	69%
U.S. Average Home Heating Oil Price	$2.05/gallon (excluding taxes)
Number of U.S. Operable Petroleum Refineries	149
U.S. Refiners Ranked Capacity (1/1/2006)	#1 - Baytown, Texas (ExxonMobil) 562,500 barrels/day
Top U.S. Petroleum Refining States	#1 - Texas 4,241,000 barrels/day
U.S. Proved Reserves of Crude Oil as of December 31, 2005	21,757 million barrels
Top U.S. Oil Fields 2005	Prudhoe Bay, AK
Top U.S. Producing Companies 2005	BP - 827,000 barrels/day
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve	685 million barrels
Total World Oil Supply (2006)	84,511,000 barrels/day
Total World Petroleum Consumption (2005)	84,538,000 barrels/day
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Basic Petroleum Statistics

[Philistone]

Try comparing apples with apples and then we’ll talk.

[DB]

Um, from your table:

US Crude Oil Production: 5,178,000 barrels/day
US Crude Oil Imports: 10,126,000 barrels/day

100 * Imports / (Production + Imports) = Import Percentage

100 * 10,126,000 / (5,178,000 + 10,126,000) = 66.2%

Now from the graphic Philistone posted as a percentage of total energy consumed in the US:

US Petroleum and NGPL = 14.9%
Imports of Petroleum and NGPL = 24.3%

100 * 24.3 / (14.9 + 24.3) = 62%

So Philistone’s graphic indicates 62% (in 2002) of all oil and gas used in the US was imported.

Your table indicates 66.2% (in 2005) of all oil used in the US was imported.

Essentially the same numbers other than one includes natural gas and they are from different years.

It is accurate to say from both sources that about 2/3 of our oil is imported.