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How much oil consumed by the United States comes from foreign countries?

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) cannot determine precisely how much of the crude oil imported into (or produced in) the United States is consumed in the United States. Crude oil that is imported into the United States is usually refined into petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel, which are then consumed in the United States, exported, and/or added to inventories. Some imported crude oil may be added to (and mixed with domestic crude oil) in storage/inventories, some of which may later be re-exported (along with the domestically produced crude oil).

In 2022, U.S. crude oil production equaled about 11.911 million barrels per day (b/d), crude oil imports equaled about 6.281 million b/d, and crude oil exports equaled about 3.576 million b/d, with net crude oil imports equaling about 2.705 million b/d.

In 2022, U.S. total petroleum imports (including crude oil) equaled about 8.329 million b/d and total petroleum exports were about 9.520 million b/d. This was the third consecutive year (since at least 1949) that annual total petroleum exports were greater than total petroleum imports.

Learn more:
How much oil is consumed in the United States
How much petroleum does the United States import and export?
U.S. Imports by Country of Origin of crude oil and petroleum products
U.S. Company Level Imports of crude oil and petroleum products
U.S. Crude Import Tracking Tool for crude oil imports by grade and quality, source country, area of entry, and receiving refinery
U.S. Exports by Destination of crude oil and petroleum products
Petroleum—Trade Overview (Table 3.3a, graphs and data)
U.S. petroleum flow
Energy Explained: Oil Imports and Exports
Detailed historical data on U.S. petroleum imports and exports
Measuring U.S. Dependence on Foreign Oil: The What, Where, and When Factors
U.S. oil import dependence: declining no matter how you measure it
Articles on energy imports

Last updated: September 22, 2023, with data for 2022 from Petroleum Supply Annual, August 2023.


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