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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rrufff who wrote (5445)	3/16/2004 12:24:36 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90947

Didn't Arm'Pit say she wanted a multinational force that included Europe? OECD Oil Imports from the Persian Gulf U.S. gross oil imports from the Persian Gulf fell during 2002, to around 2.3 million bbl/d (almost all of which was crude), from 2.8 million bbl/d in 2001. The vast majority of Persian Gulf oil imported by the United States came from Saudi Arabia (69%), with significant amounts also coming from Iraq (20%), Kuwait (10%), and small amounts (less than 1% total) from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Iraqi oil exports to the United States fell sharply in 2002, to around 442,000 bbl/d, compared to 795,000 bbl/d in in 2001. Saudi exports fell from 1.66 million bbl/d in 2001 to 1.55 million bbl/d in 2002. Overall, the Persian Gulf accounted for about 22% of U.S. net oil imports, and 11% of U.S. oil demand, in 2002. Western Europe (defined as European countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development -- OECD) averaged 2.3 million bbl/d of oil imports from the Persian Gulf during 2002. This represented a decrease of about 0.4 million bbl/d from the same period in 2001. The largest share of Persian Gulf oil exports to Western Europe came from Saudi Arabia (51%), with significant amounts also coming from Iran (27%), Iraq (13%), and Kuwait (6%). eia.doe.gov Or, restated, the US gets about 2.3% of its oil from Saudi, whereas Europe gets 51%. How likely is Europe to support action against Saudi?