Reducing U.S. Dependence on Middle Eastern Oil

The United States is the largest oil importer in the world, bringing in 13.5 million barrels per day (mbd), which accounts for 63.5 percent of total U.S. daily con­sumption (20.6 mbd). [1] Oil from the Middle East (spe­cifically, the Persian Gulf) accounts for 17 percent of U.S. oil imports, and this dependence is growing.

There is a broad consensus in America, from the President to the man on the street, that this situation is detrimental to the country

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