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    Die USA sind ein großer Ölexporteur. Warum importiert das Land den Großteil des Öls, das es verbraucht?


    Die USA sind ein großer Ölexporteur. Warum importiert das Land den Großteil des Öls, das es verbraucht?

    https://www.npr.org/2026/03/22/nx-s1-5752447/the-u-s-is-a-big-oil-exporter-so-why-does-it-import-most-of-the-oil-it-consumes

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    3. prlugo4162 on

      The US produces what is known as light sweet crudes. Long before anyone started drilling for oil in the US, big industry developed a system of refinement that requires heavy crude, which made sense 90 years ago when the Arab world was giving oil away. Today, it would take trillions of dollars in investment to upgrade our primary refining processes to light sweet.

    6. MsMisty888 on

      Canada, for example, has built the infrastructure to extract crude oil from the ground.
      Then, We pipe to the US who has the factories to process the crude into gas, etc

      Canada sells it to the US for cheap, then we buy it back for way more money after it is refined.

    7. Coolenough-to on

      Because it doesn’t. Last year, appx. 65-70% of the gas consumed in the US came from domestic crude.

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