Largest Oil-Exporting Countries to the U.S.

From the Energy Information Administration:

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Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries) (Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country	Nov-09	Oct-09	YTD 2009	Nov-08	YTD 2008
CANADA	1,984	1,858	1,927	2,028	1,949
MEXICO	951	1,015	1,099	1,296	1,192
NIGERIA	948	853	748	775	927
SAUDI ARABIA	837	938	998	1,487	1,514
VENEZUELA	809	879	983	1,080	1,040
IRAQ	458	499	460	476	636
ANGOLA	408	437	466	450	499
KUWAIT	287	104	188	292	207
BRAZIL	261	169	304	280	233
ALGERIA	219	327	272	381	319
COLOMBIA	216	282	261	160	181
RUSSIA	169	159	238	152	122
ECUADOR	150	174	182	222	210
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	136	32	95	124	75
LIBYA	116	67	66	63	71

I find it interesting that politicians and the media often talk about how the U.S. needs to break its reliance on oil from the Middle East. The data, however, shows we get more than 50% of our oil from our neighboring countries. Perhaps the politicians are trying to spur investment into alternative energy by skewing the situation into a national security problem.

One other thing to look out for: Follow the production rates in Canada's Alberta province oil-sand projects. If Canada begins to export more oil to the U.S., then movements in the price of oil will have a more dramatic effect than usual on the value of the Canadian dollar.