Former Vice President Mike Pence, one of the Republicans seeking the presidential nomination, blamed President Joe Biden
in each of the four years Trump was president, as well as in Biden’s first two years in office. Although the U.S. theoretically produces enough crude oil to satisfy its consumption, the U.S. is unable to refine all of the crude oil it produces,Crude is graded by its weight and its"sweetness," which is a measure of the oil’s sulfur content. Most U.S.-produced oil is"light" and"sweet," and although some U.S. refineries are able to process it, many cannot.
This means the U.S. is exporting a lot of its domestically produced crude on the international market. This also means the U.S. is still importing a substantial amount of oil for domestic use. For instance, Daigle said, much of New England relies on foreign imports of oil and natural gas because the region lacks pipeline capacity and because of laws that regulate domestic shipping.
This means that even in a period of greater energy independence for the U.S., its supply is still sensitive to international events, said Mark Finley, a fellow in energy and global oil at Rice University’s Center for Energy Studies. Even in April 2020 — a period that Pence’s statement suggests was defined by U.S. energy independence — Trump was in high-stakeswith Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over oil production.
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