Iraq oil exports to U.S. second lowest in near 4 yrs - Stealing oil is hard work

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http://fe70.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/bs_nm/usa_iraq_oil_dc_1

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq's crude oil shipments to the United States in May fell to the second lowest monthly level in almost four years, the U.S. Energy Department said on Monday.

Iraq exported 341,000 barrels of crude oil a day to the U.S. market in May, down 39 percent from the month before.

The Energy Department said it was Iraq's second smallest volume of crude sent to the United States since September 2003, a few months after American forces removed Saddam Hussein from power.

The United States imported an average 553,000 barrels of oil a day last year from Iraq, making it America's sixth largest foreign oil supplier.

[marmar]

1. No worries....Exxon/Mobil, BP and the rest of the criminals will just pass on the costs....

for the disappointing exports to us. And we'll bitch about it, then pull up to the pump and fill our cars with $4.50 per gallon gas.

[Hideboh]

2. That's true.

Germany had exactly same problem by invading USSR.

[Deja Q]

3. China and India need it more.

:sarcasm: