You can import whatever you like. Although standard motor oil in Mexico is 20w-50 and its very hard to find a US oil or a synthetic. I drove through the whole country last year and was forced to buy 1 quart of Castrol Syntec 5w-30 at a cost of $175.00mn, or about 16.50 at the time. Mexican motor oil is not good for most modern cars, or cars in general...
Approximately 551.52 million barrels, ranking 16th in the world.
We import most of our oil from Canada. We are also the world's number two EXPORTER of oil.
Import, form Saudi Arabia
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oil
to meet the gas and oil demands of the public
The US still produces a lot of oil, especially in Alaska and Texas. But we use more oil that we produce so we have to import oil from other countries such as Saudi Arabia and Mexico. In the US, oil companies are still looking for other wells with oil to replace the wells where all the oil has been recovered.
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US' oil imports from Canada equal 18.6% of total imports, while imports from Mexico equal 10.4%. In total, imports from both countries account for 29% of total oil imports.
In 1996, the US imported about 2,747,839,000 barrels of crude oil.
The US is vulnerable to OPEC because of the oil import. There is about 40% oil in OPEC countries.
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