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0 pointsdirtyid6y ago0 comments

US is the largest oil producer as of last year, they're on the way to being net exporter, they mostly import and finish Canadian oil. US is energy secure as of last year, which is why they've been so emboldened in ME. I do agree that cyber attacks and other costly blowback is on the horizon. This is certainly extremely troubling development.

E: Sorry account seems to be rate-limited?

US net exported crude and other petroleum in September and is projected to be sustained net exporter in the next year. I'm not suggesting they are completely inoculated against global energy market shift, but they have nominal guaranteed energy security because USNavy can protect all those transit routes. Whereas China, Japan, Korea, most of Europe with limited blue water projection capabilities would struggle very hard to maintain ME oil access if Iran decides to start tanker wars in the Hormuz.

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throwaway57526y ago

This US is nowhere close to net crude export. We export refined products and NGL. We have reduced dependency on ME crude, yes, but Mexican and Canadian market are priced internationally and are not captive sellers.

edit: to discourage deep threading they don't show the reply button in a thread for a cooling off period.

edit 2: the "US net exported crude and other petroleum [products] in September" statement does not appreciate "other petroleum products" part. The US imports lots of crude from Mexico and Canada (and the ME), and export the refined products because of the US's very large refining capacity and pipeline/terminal infrastructure. We also create NGL as a fracking byproduct since the lighter fractions don't have the domestic demand but can be collected and shipped in economically. This isn't even getting into the tail production economics of a fracking well and if it is viable long-term. In any case, the September news isn't as positive as it sounds.

nicholas736y ago

Canada is fairly captive...