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The US refines 20% of global oil. This is the most of any nation. We buy cheap crude and sell the higher quality stuff because that makes us more money. My understanding is that we could switch to refining light sweet if we ever needed to, and this would be easier than other nations doing the opposite (refining heavy sour).

The US is clearly the heavyweight globally in terms of both oil production and refining.



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