How much does the US need Saudi oil?

The World

One of the first things many think about is how important Saudi Arabia’s oil exports are for the US. But how much does the US really need Saudi oil? Host Marco Werman gets a reality check on how dependent the US is on Saudi Arabian oil from Brown University professor Jeff Colgan.

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