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Who is Hoarding the Oil? September 12 2007

According to this list of oil production / exporters in the world (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart_of_exports_and_production_of_oil_by_nation) most countries are exporting a certain portion of their oil except for a handful. 

After doing some simple quick math (please note very sloppy rounding) but here are some points:

The world net oil exports are ~27 million barrels a day (take into consideration that the US, China, India and Australia import)

The US imports ~12.2 million barrels of oil / day — Probably the largest consumer

So if 27 million barrels a day are still left up for grabs on the import market–Keep in mind the US, China, India and …