Faulty assumption: Oil produced here stays here. A record 1.6 million barrels a day in U.S. refined petroleum products were EXPORTED during the first four months of this year, up 33 percent from 1.2 million barrels a day over the same period in 2007. Shipments this February topped 1.8 million barrels a day for the first time during any month. And President Clinton lifted the ban on export of ANWR Alaskan oil in 1995. |