Another mythology to be dealt with is the Import portfolio for American oil Use. Most of it does not come from the Middle East and it never has. The image below is the situation as of January 2015 for the top 5 sources of import.



Over the last many years, the top 4 countries remain the same. Political instability in various regions generally rotates the 5th country between Ecuador, Iraq, Colombia, Kuwait, or Nigeria.

Click on this link to assess the current import situation: Near Real time data is available here