United States Oil Supply Facts

Source: http://www.midwestfuels.com/supply.htm

Of the 36 oil-producing countries, the United States is the 2nd largest in the world. More than half of our nation's petroleum comes from our own 33
oil-producing states.

By comparison, more than half of our country's natural gas reserves are imported from foreign nations.

We enjoy an overabundance of crude oil, and world oil reserves are excellent. In addition, new advances in oil exploration and environmentally-sound production have enabled the United States and many other oil-producing nations to tap into natural oil resources that were previously unknown or considered impossible to acquire.

Oil Policies and Sanctions
(source is the Energy Information Administration unless otherwise noted)

Source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/security/policy.html

U.S. Domestic Policy

• Report of the National Energy Policy Development Group (May 2001)
  
• U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  
  The United States' first line of defense against an interruption in oil supplies.
  
  

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• State Energy Policies
  
  Web site of the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), with links to individual state web sites.
  

US Foreign Policy and Sanctions

• World Energy Sanctions
  
  Information on the current state of energy sanctions either in existence or pending against other countries.
  
  

Links to other United States government sites:

• White House Briefing Room
  
  From the White House Press Office and Press Secretary.
  
  
• US Economic Sanctions
  
  The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations and international narcotics traffickers based on U.S. foreign policy and national security goals.
  
  
• U.S. Policy in Middle East - North Africa
  
  Web site of the United States Information Agency (USIA).
  
  
  
• U.S. Central Command
  
  Web site of the U.S. Central Command, whose area of responsibility includes the Persian Gulf and the surrounding region.
  
  
• U.S. State Department, Office of International Energy and Commodity Policy
• United States Embassies and Consulates
  

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• Global Oil and Energy Sanctions
  
  Paper by Robert Ebel, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
  
  
• US Economic Sanctions: An Empirical Study
  
  George Washington Center for the Study of Globalization (GWCSG)
  
• Sanctions Project
  
  University of Notre Dame: Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
  

International Organizations

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• U.N. Security Council
  
  Web site for U.N. Security Council resolutions, presidential statements, press releases, and other documents.
  
  
• International Energy Agency
  
  Web site of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA, based in Paris, is an autonomous agency linked with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The IEA was established as an intergovernmental organisation in November, 1974 under the Agreement on an International Energy Program (IEP) after the oil shock of 1973/1974. IEA Member countries commit themselves to take effective measures to meet any oil supply emergency and, over the long term, to reduce dependence on oil.
  
  
• Oil Emergency Preparedness
  
  The Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) is responsible for all aspects of IEA oil emergency preparedness. The SEQ periodically tests and updates the IEA's emergency response mechanisms which were set up under the 1974 Agreement on an International Energy Program (IEP).