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Basic Petroleum Statistics (data for 2006 except where noted)
Gallons of Oil per Barrel
42
Barrels of Oil per Metric Ton (U.S.)
7.33
U.S. Crude Oil Production
5,102,000 barrels/day
State Ranking of Crude Oil Production Texas - 1,088,000 barrels/day
U.S. Crude Oil Imports
10,118,000 barrels/day
U.S. Crude Oil Imports from OPEC
5,517,000 barrels/day
Top U.S. Crude Oil Supplier
Canada - 1,802,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Product Imports
3,589,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Product Imports from OPEC
733,000 barrels/day
U.S. Net Petroleum Imports
12,390,000 barrels/day
Top U.S. Total Petroleum Supplier
Canada - 2,353,000 barrels/day
Top Oil Producing Countries & Exporters

#1 - Saudi Arabia

Top Oil Consuming Countries & Importers

#1 - United States

U.S. Total Petroleum Exports
1,317,000 barrels/day
U.S. Petroleum Consumption
20,687,000 barrels/day
Dependence on Net Petroleum Imports (2007) 
58.2%
Crude Oil Domestic First Price (2007 wellhead price)
$66.52/barrel
Motor Gasoline Retail Prices (2007 U.S. City Average)  
$2.85/gallon
Regular Grade Motor Gasoline Retail Prices (2007 U.S. City Average)  
$2.80/gallon
Premium Motor Gasoline Retail Prices (2007 U.S. City Average) 
$3.03/gallon
Federal Motor Gasoline Tax
18.4 cents/gallon
U.S. Motor Gasoline Consumption
9,253,000 barrels/day (388.6 million gallons/day)
Share of US Oil Consumption for Transportation
69%
U.S. Average Home Heating Oil Price 
$2.37/gallon (excluding taxes)
Number of U.S. Operable Petroleum Refineries
149
U.S. Refiners Ranked Capacity (1/1/2006) #1 - Baytown, Texas (ExxonMobil) 562,500 barrels/day
Top U.S. Petroleum Refining States #1 - Texas 4,337,026 barrels/day
U.S. Proved Reserves of Crude Oil as of December 31, 2006
20,972 million barrels
Top U.S. Oil Fields (2005)
Prudhoe Bay, AK
Top U.S. Producing Companies (2006)
BP - 827,000 barrels/day
U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
689 million barrels
Total World Oil Production (2005)
82,532,000 barrels/day
Total World Petroleum Consumption (2005)
83,607,000 barrels/day
   
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