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Hi, The difference between demand and imports as far as the US is concerned is simply that the US consumes more oil than it produces, therefore the balance needs to be made up from imports. US oil compnaies don't sell on oil they buy from iraq or any-one else, they need it themselves to supply all those gas guzzling SUVs. The number one supplier to the US of foreign oil is Saudi Arabia, followed by Mexico, Venezuela, Canada and Iraq. Outside Saudi and Iraq, the US doesn't get too much oil from the mideast, not even from kuwait, but it gets about 1.4 million barrels a day from the saudis, and about 1 million barrels a day from iraq, together thats about 20-25% of total imports. About two-thirds of what iraq sells under the oil for food program goes to the US There's alot of myths surrounding oil and its influence on the US government policy, i personally think its overstated because US oil companies are busting to get in to Iran and Libya, which they are prevented from doing so by US unilateral sanctions. There's also other doemstic interests Bush contends with, such as the pro-Israeli lobby which don't want the sanctions lifted. I doubt very much the theory about the US wanting to control Europe's economy by controlling middle east oil, its all about meeting domestic demand, the US is alot more oil dependent that europe is, and it is alone the biggest market for oil in the world. The US would also suffer a shock if imports from saudi arabia suddenly dried up in the long term. But then again, it used to buy alot of the stuff from Iran and Libya, and if/when they come back the saudis could be less important. There is also a sleeping oil giant, Russia. Hope this helps, best Peter Kiernan ----- Original Message ----- From: "pjw8" <pjw8@dana.ucc.nau.edu> To: <soc-casi-discuss@lists.cam.ac.uk> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 5:15 PM Subject: [casi] Need help interpreting DOE Country Analysis Briefs (all countries;Middle East): Persian Gu lf region > Hallo friends, > Below is a link to the US Department of Energy latest stats > on imports of Gulf oil, including Iraq. > I've got some preliminary thoughts in mind, but would like > assistance from anyone who is good at sorting through > stats. > If I've got it right, the US is selling Iraqi oil ON to other > places, ie not just for its own consumption (difference > between "net" and "demand"?) I wonder how much profit it's > getting. > Also, W Europe is not as reliant on Gulf oil as I'd thought, > which raises questions about the theory that one of the reasons the US wants > to stay in the region is to maintain control over W Europe's > economy via Europe's reliance on Gulf oil. Whereas, with > Japan, it definitely is nearly 100 percent dependent on > Gulf oil. It still looks like the US is getting most of > the oil it needs for domestic consumption outside the Gulf, > however, debunking the myth that it needs to be in the Gulf > for national security reasons, Philippa Winkler > > > >===== Original Message From wmaster@eia.doe.gov ===== > ****** ****** ** ************************************* > ** ** * * *** U.S. Department of Energy ** > **** ** ****** * Energy Information Administration * > ** ** ** ** *** To unsubscribe/change address, ** > ****** ****** ** ** ***** see the message footnotes ***** > ************************************* > EIA, the Nation's clearinghouse for energy statistics. *********** > ****************************************************************** > > (NOTE: To best view this document, your email software should > be set to view the item in an 80 character format, using a > "non-proportional" font, e.g. courier) > ****************************************************************** > > An updated Country Analysis Brief on the Persian Gulf Region is now available. > To access this report, the World Wide Web address is: > > http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/pgulf.html > > The report provides information on the Persian Gulf region's oil and natural > gas > production, > exports, and other recent developments > > > -------------------------- To Unsubscribe ----------------------------- > You are currently subscribed to cabsme as: [pjw8@dana.ucc.nau.edu] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-cabsme-150020E@tonto.eia.doe.gov > Please do not use the reply button. > > ---------------------- To Change E-mail Address ------------------------ > 1. 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