Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the United States should be seeking his province’s oil instead of getting it from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. Responding to a report by Axion that U.S. President Joe Biden may travel to Saudi Arabia in the coming months to request more oil amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Kenney said he would be delighted to welcome the president should he decide to visit Alberta. “We could discuss how to ship nearly 1 million barrels of day of responsibly produced energy every day from the USA’s closest friend and ally!” he said in a tweet on March 6. The United States is the world’s largest oil producer ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia, but it is also the biggest oil consumer, and it can’t meet that staggering demand with domestic crude alone. The United States imported 245 million barrels of oil from Russia last year—about 8 percent of …
Canadian Premier Says Biden Should Opt for Oil From His Province Over Saudi Arabia, Venezuela
March 7, 2022
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