For the first time in 35 years, no oil flowed from Saudi Arabia to the United States last week, according to EIA data, in a show that the US — at least for now — isn’t as reliant on oil from the Middle East like it used to be.
In October, according to the EIA, the United States imported 8.544 million barrels. In June, that figure was more than 36 million, although that figure was a bit of an anomaly as Saudi Arabia threatened to flood the US market with crude oil.
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