Crude Oil Imports into U.S., by Country of Origin: 1970 - 1989 _________Imports (mil. 42-gal. bbls.)_________Country of Origin 1970 1975 1980 1985 1987 1988 1989
Total 483 1,498 1,926 1,168 1,706 1,869 2,132
Canada 245 219 73 171 222 249 230
Mexico - 26 186 261 220 227 261
Norway - 5 53 11 25 23 46
Trinidad-Tobago (Z) 42 42 36 27 26 27
United Kingdom - - 63 102 111 93 58
OPEC 222 1,171 1,414 479 876 987 1,222
Algeria 2 96 167 31 42 21 22
Ecuador - 21 6 20 8 12 29
Gabon - 10 9 19 13 6 18
Indonesia 26 138 115 107 96 68 58
Iran 12 102 3 10 36 - -
Iraq - (Z) 10 17 30 126 161
Kuwait 12 1 10 1 26 29 57
Libya 17 81 200 - - - -
Nigeria 17 272 308 102 193 222 282
Qatar - 7 8 - - - -
Saudi Arabia 15 256 458 48 234 330 407
United Arab
Emirates 23 43 63 13 21 8 7
Venezuela 98 144 57 112 178 161 181
Other 16 35 95 109 225 264 288
- Represents zero.
Z=Less than 500,000 or less than .05%.
Source:1970-1975, U.S. Bureau of Mines; thereafter, U.S. Energy