Despite being the world’s largest oil producer and a net exporter, the United States remains vulnerable to high domestic fuel prices due to the global nature of the oil market. Because crude oil is a globally traded commodity, domestic prices are tied to international benchmarks rather than local supply levels. Furthermore, American refineries are primarily designed to process heavier foreign crude rather than the light sweet crude produced domestically, forcing the country to continue importing oil and exposing consumers to global market fluctuations.
- The United States produces more oil than any other nation, yet domestic gasoline prices remain tied to global market forces.
- Crude oil is a globally traded commodity, meaning its price is determined by international benchmarks such as Brent crude, regardless of where it is extracted.
- U.S. oil companies are privately owned entities that sell their products to the highest bidders worldwide, rather than prioritizing domestic markets at lower rates.
- Much of the refining infrastructure in the U.S. is optimized to process heavy crude oil imported from abroad, while the U.S. primarily produces lighter crude, which is exported.
- Decisions by global cartels like OPEC+ and geopolitical events directly impact U.S. fuel costs, as domestic supply cannot be isolated from the global energy market.
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A lot of the oil goes right into Don Jr.s hair!
Inflation being at 4.2% is simply false. The real number is much, much higher. You can honestly make up your own number because no government tells the truth about this — but it's way, way higher than 4.2%.
U.S. crude oil imports in 2024 averaged roughly 6–6.5 million barrels per day, while crude oil exports exceeded 4.1 million barrels per day, keeping net crude imports around 2.5 million b/d.
The largest source of imported crude oil is generally Canada, followed by countries such as Mexico and Saudi Arabia, though the mix changes over time.
big market and we are global ; Da
Americans have to pay more for oil to keep it here in America, or they will be outbid by foreign buyers.
thats pretty simple. oilprice is globally arranged.
Yeah but what about 😮
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20 million barrels per day is alot
The US may have oilfields but it's not like they're nationalized. Multinational oil companies extract the oil and the profits by selling it to the highest bidder.
air will be unbreathable one day ; who cares
Nobody knows more about petroleum chemical engineering than Donald J Trump.
I believe that Amerikkka imports some 4 million barrels a day from Canada. Supposedly, Amerikkka needs nothing from Canada.
Is it even true that the US doesn't need to import oil? I heard in another video that the oil the US produce in those shale fields are the wrong type of oil for a lot of their own refineries, and therefor export sweet light oil and import heavy sour oil they have refinery capacity for.
Oil is a commodity. Prices are set by the world market not the President.
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4.2% year over year for the month is indeed reasonable considering the temporary circumstances. Could have been much worse (and recently was). The US will be fine, despite the European press TDS. Why do I rarely see German news on DW? Is German economic news too inconsequential to report? Or too embarrassing? Always 'Trump/US bad". What is wrong with you, can you report anything else?
Oil prices are set by regulatorybodies and greedy companies
Importing oil is about refinement (aka jobs); the united states is one of the highest importers of crude oil for refinement
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That's why it either shows a lack of understanding by Trump or he thinks the US Consumers are ignorant. I think the latter.
Your title is misleading. do the math. every day, the US consumes 21 million barrels a day, while US produces 14 millions a day. US needs and has been importing 7 million barrels a day.
Im American and its getting horrible out here..people are losing there jobs which inturn losing there homes and can't afford grocery..the crazy part is,this inflation is hitting the MAGA States and counties the hardest
American Welle News?
When Trump states anything by now we all should know the opposite is much closer to the truth.