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WHY DOES THE USA EXPORT OIL?

The USA exports 1,048,000 barrels of oil a DAY. Yet we import 13,150,000 barrels of oil a day, making the USA the biggest Importer in the world. (more than the next 3 countries -combined). Does the US sell the oil for more than they pay for oil?

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  • MD
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    It costs a lot less to send the oil to a closer refinery, usually Canada, than it does to ship it across the U.S. to be refined. After being turned into fuel it is imported back to the states. Refinery capability is already maxed out in America. People aren't making money "on the spread", all the exported oil makes it way back - just in a different form.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    quality.

    all oil is not created equal.

    If you pulled 100 barrels of oil out of your back yard and someone offered you $85 per barrel and someone else offered you $55, would you pick the $55 price because it was in the US rather than Spain?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    because america is awsome (Dont question it)

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