Hurricane Dean's Impact on Oil Infrastructure

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Check out this discussion of the situation as Hurricane Dean moves toward the world's second-largest oil field located in the U.S.'s second (after Canada) most important source of imported oil. Scroll down and click on "There's more..." under the map.

[whandley]

Don't worry Kenton, as long as "Dean" doesn't make to Saudi Arabia, we'll be fine!

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Saudi's are our 3rd most important source.

[whandley]

Yes, but OPEC does what Saudi tells them to. That makes them the most important oil producing country on the planet....

[whandley]

Looks like Saudi is in the #2 spot in total imports to the US, just behind our friends in Canada:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/p...nt/import.html