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Foreign Sources of Crude Oil Imports to California 2008

graph of sources of foreign crude oil sources to California

Source Barrels of Crude Oil in 2008 Percentage of Total Foreign Imports Percentage of Total Crude Oil in California
From All Sources*
SAUDI ARABIA 82,969,000 26.11% 12.65%
IRAQ 76,225,000 23.99% 11.62%
ECUADOR 62,507,000 19.67% 9.53%
BRAZIL 26,078,000 8.21% 3.98%
COLOMBIA 19,860,000 6.25% 3.03%
CANADA 9,401,000 2.96% 1.43%
ANGOLA 7,775,000 2.45% 1.19%
OMAN 4,009,000 1.26% 0.61%
VENEZUELA 3,802,000 1.20% 0.58%
KUWAIT 3,105,000 0.98% 0.47%
OTHER 22,068,000 6.94% 3.37%
Total Foreign Sources 317,799,000 100.00% 48.46%

* Total crude oil received by refineries from all sources includes in-state, Alaska and foreign sources. Total barrels in 2008: 639,189,000. (See other chart for more details.)

Source: Energy Information Administration. Please note that total of foreign oil receipts to refineries may not exactly match that shown on other pages. The Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act (PIIRA) data gives the breakdown by foreign, California and Alaska but not the foreign countries.




 

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