Can any Liberal tell me how much oil we import from Iraq?

Question

I am so tired of hearing that we went to war in Iraq for oil. It is hard to believe people after 6 years refuse to educate themselves. Allow me to help since you libs will not actually do the research instead of just spewing leftist talking points.

These are the statistics released for US Crude Oil imports for 2007

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

The top five exporting countries accounted for 68 percent of United States crude oil imports in July while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 86 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for July were Canada (1.797 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.469 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.434 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.167 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.890 million barrels per day).

Click on the link and look at the chart.... as a matter of fact you will see that we are importing LESS oil from Iraq this year than we did last year. How do you explain this?

And OPEC sets the price of oil so its not like we are discounted there...

And Finally... if we wanted to invade a country just for oil.... wouldn't Canada be the easy choice?

Look at the benefits...

They have next to zero military as WE protect them...

The cost would be much cheaper as they are next door.

No one cares about Canada and we would have little resistance.

We get most oil from them anyhow.

It would be cheaper to import.

Has common sense hit you people yet?

Bush Supporter... I am guessing by your super intelligent answer that you didn't even read the link or the question did you? Typical blinded "knee jerk" reaction... there for everyone to see at the top! Nice! and thanks!

Here to Help... your asking if I can't read???? Let me Highlight it again, since you obviously missed it... I know it's in the middle of the paragraph so it's hard to see, but here it is again...

The top five exporting countries accounted for 68 percent of United States crude oil imports in July while the top ten sources accounted for approximately 86 percent of all U.S. crude oil imports. The top sources of US crude oil imports for July were Canada (1.797 million barrels per day), Mexico (1.469 million barrels per day), Saudi Arabia (1.434 million barrels per day), Venezuela (1.167 million barrels per day), Nigeria (0.890 million barrels per day).

g & pip.... those are good points but they still don't wash out. The boys in the White House as with most Presidents and V.P.'s do not own have controlling interest in these companies while in office.

The price increase is due to the volatility of the area and escalated threats by terrorists. We are not running out of oil by any means... yet another myth. Here are the facts.... just do the math.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Oil_watch/World_Oil%20_Table.html

Excelent point Cola!

Jim C... relax... I am being sarcastic about Canada... I love Canada.

Here to help.... US TERRITORIES... such as the US Virgin Islands and so forth. These are in fact the import numbers for the US STATES... Again... you have to READ THE WHOLE THING..

Thanks any ways...

Answer 1

your link don't say? i'll look it up for you,if you need me to.
consider that it may have to do with what currency the oil is sold for and the oil may not be for us.

edit. here is the answer to the question if you read .

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

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CANADA 1,797 1,873 1,839 1,624 1,742
MEXICO 1,469 1,392 1,458 1,561 1,662
SAUDI ARABIA 1,434 1,501 1,421 1,264 1,400
VENEZUELA 1,167 1,135 1,117 1,191 1,161
NIGERIA 890 893 1,002 1,014 1,097
ALGERIA 520 504 500 413 314
IRAQ 460 573 475 592 553
ANGOLA 392 502 542 666 480
COLOMBIA 207 143 122 144 165
KUWAIT 197 263 196 155 162
LIBYA 165 144 81 104 61
UNITED KINGDOM 162 127 121 229 146
ECUADOR 159 166 189 170 264
BRAZIL 147 121 160 187 121
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 113 69 64 31 67

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

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CANADA 2,360 2,375 2,414 2,114 2,250
MEXICO 1,611 1,529 1,595 1,709 1,784
SAUDI ARABIA 1,436 1,534 1,443 1,313 1,442
VENEZUELA 1,386 1,364 1,360 1,467 1,455
NIGERIA 906 968 1,053 1,073 1,171
ALGERIA 730 709 722 743 606
RUSSIA 525 285 417 425 349
IRAQ 460 573 475 592 553
ANGOLA 404 514 556 695 501
VIRGIN ISLANDS 372 218 327 353 305
UNITED KINGDOM 369 345 321 340 294
COLOMBIA 231 164 138 156 185
KUWAIT 202 263 202 155 165
BRAZIL 198 159 207 279 177
LIBYA 184 170 116 116 81

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

Answer 2

I'm not a liberal, but it is easy to see how truly foolish you look posting that cr*p.

First of all, US oil companies can and do export oil to other countries. So even if the oil isn't coming to the US, the revenue generated by Iraqi oil is benefitting US oil companies.

Secondly, the oil companies DON'T want Iraqi oil on the market right now. To flood the market with Iraqi oil would be akin to shooting themselves in the foot. Not only would oil prices decline to pre-2001 levels, so would the billions in quarterly profit margins that the oil companies are reporting.

Third, the invasion of Iraq was purposely set up so that Iraqi oil fields would be slowly developed to replace those which are going dry in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. So in 10 years when both those countries have been pumped dry, Iraq should be at full production.

Before going off and making dumb half-****** statements, try asking a Geologist and/or an Economist what they think of the US invasion of Iraq.

Answer 3

It was about oil, but not necessarily the oil itself.

The Project for a New American Century (PNAC), a neo-conservative think-tank, wrote papers in the late 90's that advocated a strong U.S. presence in the middle east to protect our oil interests. That was one reason for the invasion.

In addition, we didn't like what Saddam was doing with the oil revenue. His military machine was built from petro-dollars, and it bothered us that our oil purchases were building his army.

Further, we underestimated the strength of the insurgency, and didn't anticipate them bombing the pipelines and causing the chaos that exists over there. Had things gone as planned (naively planned, by the way), Iraq wouldn't be #7 on that list, but considerably higher.

It was estimated that Iraq had the second largest petroleum reserves in the world, and we wanted them in friendly hands. Therefore, the invasion was about oil.

Answer 4

The important thing about Iraq is not the amount being imported right now. For obvious reasons, it would be much more expensive to export it at present than from, say Canada or Mexico.
The important thing is that Iraq has the second largest reserves of oil in the world. The idea of Iraq is to secure those reserves in the face of a growing Chinese and Russian economies.
Even Allan Greenspan let that one slip out recently.

Answer 5

Have you ever thought that maybe the price of oil has risen because A LOT more oil is being used - especially in China and India. Oil is a natural resource - prices don't go down when there is more demand -it goes up to conserve the resources.

China oil imports up 14.5%
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-01/13/content_782792.htm

India oil imports up 11.5%
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/may/08oil1.htm

Use some common sense people!

Answer 6

Enough oil to make a significant change in gas prices if we stop importing oil from Iraq...

Answer 7

No one cares about Canada? How about the 32 million of its
citizens........or all the blue states in the US......

As for the US protecting Canada...........isn't odd that the only country Canada has a border with is the US!

Answer 8

us forces are consuming oil locally which does not enter the import account.
US companies directly transport oil to other countries and make profits which are sent of US and not oil
oil is a slippery business and not understood by all.
simlistic answer have a lot more to explain. The legal answer are always suspect.

Answer 9

newsflash: Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Nigeria are all members of OPEC. to deal with any nation in OPEC regarding oil exportation is to deal with all of its members.

and yes, the plan was originally to pay for the entire Iraq war via US contractors and the revenue generated by their extracting oil from Iraq.

Answer 10

You can bet one of the reasons was to secure a stable middle east oil field that would be under our influence. But like most everything else about this war, we failed miserable to do that. And now the fact that Iraqi oil is essentially off the world market is one of the reason's gas is $3.00/gal instead of $1.25.