{"id":184744,"date":"2010-01-15T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/where-the-us-gets-its-oil-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-15T10:52:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T15:52:00","slug":"reminder-heres-where-the-us-gets-its-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/184744","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Here&#8217;s Where The US Gets Its Oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"center\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b5086c20000000000353d7c-557-425\/oil-countries-map.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Oil Countries Map\" width=\"557\" height=\"425\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/01\/oil_imports_security.html\">Center For American Progress<\/a> has a fascinating map that shows exactly how much oil the U.S. imports from &#8220;unsafe&#8221; countries, ten of which are on the <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/travel\/cis_pa_tw\/tw\/tw_1764.html\">State Department&#8217;s Travel Warning List<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, we spend about $1 billion per day overseas on oil.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, the U.S. imported 4 million barrels of oil a day (1.5 billion barrels total) from &#8220;dangerous or unstable&#8221; countries, at a cost of roughly $150 billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/01\/oil_imports_security.html\">Continue reading here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/where-the-us-gets-its-oil-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-entire-world-is-freezing-oil-at-15-month-high-2010-1\">The Entire World Is Freezing! 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