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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The United States is one of the world’s largest oil producers, producing enough crude oil for domestic consumption and exporting millions of barrels daily. In 2023, it exported just over 10 million barrels per day, or b/d, of petroleum to 173 countries and three US territories.

Yet, the US also imports roughly 8 million b/d, mostly heavy crude,60% of which comes from Canada, up from 33% in 2013. US oil refining capacity stood at 18.4 million barrels per day (b/d) as of Jan. 1, 2024. This may seem counterintuitive, but there are several reasons why the US still relies on imports.

That says that 60% of the oil the USA imports comes from Camada, not that the USA imports 60% of its oil from Canada.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry... what's the difference? Both are about how much of the oil the U.S. imports comes from Canada.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Maybe I'm not reading it the way others would. I would have understood "The US imports 60% of its oil from Canada" to mean that 60% of the oil the USA consumes comes from Canada, not 60% of the oil the USA imports. The oil consumed will include both domestically produced oil and imported oil.

[–] chuck@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I lost track isn't Canada a reliable exporter of medical isotopes too?

Edit hmm seems the us imports alot of those https://healthimaging.com/topics/medical-imaging/molecular-imaging/why-us-still-dependent-foreign-medical-isotope-production