Where Our Oil Comes From

Here's another graph I've created from data from the Statistical Abstract of the United States, showing America's sources of imported crude oil.





Some notable observations:

• The nation that supplies us with the most oil is Canada.
• Mexico's contribution dropped significantly in 2007. We can expect this to continue in the future, since its Cantarell oil field (the 3rd largest in the world) peaked in 2004 and is experiencing sharp drops in output.
• Saudi Arabia's contribution has been flat in recent years, as has Nigeria's.
• The "Rest of OPEC" includes Algeria, Angola, Iraq, Kuwait, and Libya. Only Algeria has shown significant growth since 2005.
• The "Rest of non-OPEC" includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Russia, and the U.K. Only Brazil has had an increasing contribution. The U.K.'s provision of 37 million barrels in 2007 was 46% of what it was in 2005 and 25% of what it was in 2002.