
Posted: 5/13/2002 11:02:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: How's this?
Companies that import Middle Eastern oil (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01). Shell 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 Exxon/Mobil 130,082,000 Marathon 117,740,000 Amoco 62,231,000
Companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: Citgo 0 barrels Sunoco 0 Conoco 0 Sinclair 0 BP/Phillips 0 This information is available from the Department of Energy. View Quote Wrong. Urban legend. That is why I suggested going to the DOE website and doing your own research. [url]http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/nogas.htm [/url] From that site: Wrong again. The DoE tracks oil imports by company each month, and although the raw data are a little hard to follow (fortunately, the DoE also provides an explanation of their symbols), for February 2002 the totals were as follows:
CITGO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national oil company of Venezuela, so naturally most of its crude oil comes from there. However, in February 2002 CITGO also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 1,342,000 barrels Kuwait: 437,000 barrels
Conoco imports primarily from Mexico, Venezuela, and Canada, and not from Middle Eastern countries. However, they are planning to merge with Phillips, which does import from Middle Eastern countries (see below).
BP imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 BP North America also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 470,000 barrels Kuwait: 415,000 barrels Saudi Arabia: 2,123,000 barrels Algeria: 3,853,000 barrels
Phillips also imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 Phillips imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 717,000 barrels Saudi Arabia: 1,100,000 barrels
Sinclair imports from Canada, not the Middle East.
Sunoco imports primarily from Canada, Angola, and Nigeria, not Middle Eastern countries.
So, "doing the math" and multiplying these monthly figures by $30/barrel and projecting them over the course of a year, supporting only the companies listed above would still be putting $3.76 billion dollars per year in the coffers of Middle Eastern countries.
View Quote The mind-numbing details of gas/oil importation are available here: [url=http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/historical/2002/2002_02/data/import.txt]Click here for boring numbers![/url]
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