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So if Trump really tells the Sauds to stick it, will it mean much to the US economy?
Trump: We Are Banning Saudi Oil From America – InvestmentWatch
Considering the recent announcement of a huge oil deposit in Texas, probably not:
https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-estimates-20-billion-barrels-oil-texas-wolfcamp-shale-formation
Trump: We Are Banning Saudi Oil From America – InvestmentWatch
Considering the recent announcement of a huge oil deposit in Texas, probably not:
USGS announced that an area known as the Wolfcamp shale contains 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That is nearly three times more petroleum than the agency found in North Dakota’s Bakken shale in 2013. As NPR’s Jeff Brady reported, the amount of oil in the Wolfcamp shale formation is nearly three times the amount of petroleum products used by the entire country in a year.
https://www.usgs.gov/news/usgs-estimates-20-billion-barrels-oil-texas-wolfcamp-shale-formation