Thursday, October 31, 2013

This a great explanation-US #1 in Oil: So Why Isn’t Gasoline $0.80 Per Gallon?

Guest Post: US #1 in Oil: So Why Isn’t Gasoline $0.80 Per Gallon? | Zero Hedge:
"To sum up why the price of gasoline is so high even though the US is producing so much more oil than before:

-The high cost of American oil production
-Even higher costs due to imported (non-Canadian) oil
-Obama not allowing cheaper Canadian oil to flow to the refineries via pipelines such as the Keystone XL
-The taxes on crude are used to fund Obama's green dream—his green-energy "legacy"—and his love for ethanol and the taxes at the pump will not decrease"
......................................Let's take a look at who the US buys the imported oil from. 
Country
Millions of barrels
exported to US per day
Canada
2.5–3
Saudi Arabia
1.2–1.5
Mexico
0.8–1.0
Venezuela
0.8
Kuwait
0.3–0.5

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