the use of the word petroleum does not include natural gas its all crude oil
they talk about barrels of petroleum and nobody ever heard of a barrel of natural gas
so I'll ask my question again
Produce 11
Use 19
where does the extra crude oil come from which we are supposed to be exporting
we use all most all crude oil produced and import the difference
I dont see any way we could be exporting 8 mil barrels of crude oil daily
where does it come from
Longhorn. Friend. The reason you don't see that is because it is something that seems to have been completely made up. By you. At no point have I said (or anyone one here said) that we are exporting that many barrels of crude, or that we are even exporting barrels of crude. You are asking a question that does not make any sense.
Here's the source of the 19 million stat. Note, it says "Only a small amount of crude oil is directly consumed in the United States." and "In 2021, the United States consumed an average of about 19.78 million barrels of petroleum per day." https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=33&t=6
Here is another breakdown: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=268&t=6
Here is a breakdown of our crude oil imports and exports: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=32&t=6
Here is a nice explainer about how we don't really know how much domestic oil is consumed in country: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=268&t=6
Most of this does not have to do with energy independence. If the aim is to equate production of unrefined oil with total usage of refined products, then we have a very long way to go, but we'd also be chasing a policy that would be about making numbers of two different things the same, which simply does not make much sense. That 11 million and 19 million are barrels of different things.