Originally posted by JaTo:
I've no clue to what the inital numbers were meant to represent,
You have no clues about ANYTHING. (and that's ur biggest problem). Duck.
No comments. Just data, the way you like (and it is from DOE, if u need the same from another source will find for you)
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How dependent we are
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Regional Importers and Exporters
As one might expect, the worldâ??s three largest consuming regions -- North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific -- are all importers. All the other regions are exporters.
The Middle East still exports vastly more oil than any other region, despite the strong growth in production in other areas in recent years. This global dependence on Middle East oil makes the geo-political importance of the Middle East readily understandable.
Quote from Gov DOE agency
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Crude versus Products
Crude oil dominates the world oil trade. The risk-weighted economics clearly favor siting refineries close to consumers rather than close to the wellhead. This siting policy takes maximum advantage of the economies of scale of large ships, especially as local quality specifications are increasingly fragmenting the product market (see Demand). It maximizes the refinerâ??s ability to tailor the product output to the marketâ??s short-term surges such as those caused by weather, equipment outages, etc. In addition, this policy also guards against the very real risk that governments will impose selective import restrictions to protect their domestic refining sector.
In brief words:
Canada = Final product
Middle East = Crude Oil
Refinaries are located close by (Canada) and crude comes from Middle East. but since we are "actually" importing from Canada it seems they are the crude oil producer.
World Oil Reserves by Region
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Global Oil Supply by Region
The Mideast remains the largest oil-producing region, as shown in the accompanying graphs. Mideast dominance in oil reserves -- the estimated amount of oil that can be produced from known reservoirs -- is even more pronounced: the region holds about two-thirds of the one trillion barrels of global proved oil reserves (graph), so the region's critical role in world oil supply will continue and will grow. (The United States, by contrast, holds only 4 percent of global proved reserves.)
The above quote from 4th topic
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I actually have better tables (excel tables with real numbers, not bar graphs) but they are in my computer. I cannot find them online. To be honest, I don't fully believe DOE tables. They are biased. The situation is actually worse than they present.
Do yourself a favor Jato, keep your comments to topics you really know about it. Don't try guessing. you lose ur credibility.
Anything is POSSIBLE... sowing the seeds of love"
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