An 'Almost Infinite' Oil Resource For The U.S.?

Who is the largest foreign supplier of crude oil and petroleum products to the U.S.?

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November 14, 2005, 6:00 AM PST

"It's the single largest hydrocarbon deposit on the earth, and it's next door to the biggest market for oil products, the United States. What's wrong with it?"

"Canada already quietly has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the United States' largest foreign supplier of crude oil and petroleum products...When one arrives at oil-sands operations, Alaska-like wilderness abruptly ends and heavy industry begins. Chimneys belch smoke.

FULL STORY: Canada builds an oil empire on sand

Thursday, November 10, 2005 in San Jose Mercury News

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