Reply #20: Oil of L.A. [View All]

[Barkley]

Gas prices in L.A. are rising too (I paid $1.73 this week)
despite increase supply from Iraq (see below).



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Iraqi oil reaches California

ChevronTexaco shipped 1.05 million barrels of Iraqi oil
to its El Segundo refinery, near Los Angeles. ConocoPhillips,
based in Houston, shipped 460,000 barrels of Iraqi crude to
Los Angeles.

Before the war, Iraq had been California's biggest source of foreign oil. It accounted for 20.1 percent of all the state's imports in 2002, or 6.09 percent of total supplies.

- Energy Information Administration



IRAQ'S PIPELINE TO CALIFORNIA
Iraq has historically been a big supplier of California's crude, accounting for one fifth of all the state's imports in 2002. The spigot was cut when the United States invaded Iraq in March, but it was restored in August.

-- Sources of oil in California

Foreign imports 30.3%
Domestic 69.7%.

-- Sources of foreign oil imports

Iraq 20.1%
Saudia Arabia 19.5%
Ecuador 13.7%
Mexico 8.4%
Angola 8.3%
Argentina 7.3%
Yemen 3.7%
Australia 3.5%
Others 15.4%

Source: California Energy Commission

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