The US Consumes about 20 million bbl per day.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/282716/oil-consumption-in-the-us-per-day/
And the US is now producing about 12.4 million bbl per day.
https://www.macrotrends.net/2562/us-crude-oil-production-historical-chart
So I guess we are a NET IMPORTER of 40% of our oil.
Not half.
“The US Consumes about 20 million bbl per day.”
Please issue a correction based on our conversations.