Check out this discussionof 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.
Don’t worry Kenton, as long as “Dean” doesn’t make to Saudi Arabia, we’ll be fine!
Saudi’s are our 3rd most important source.
Yes, but OPEC does what Saudi tells them to. That makes them the most important oil producing country on the planet…
Looks like Saudi is in the #2 spot in total imports to the US, just behind our friends in Canada: