Saudi Arabia is the second largest source of American petroleum imports. In the year in 2002, the kingdom supplied 14.3 percent of the United States’ imported oil and was surpassed only by Canada, who accounted for 18 percent of its southern neighbor’s oil imports.
The US’ sixth largest importer of petroleum was Iraq, with 4.6 percent of total imports, while
Algeria closed the top ten importers list, accounting for 2.7 percent of oil shipments, according to recently released information released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). — (menareport.com)
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