- The U.S. may be set to surpass Russia as the world’s largest oil and natural gas producer, but it ranks fifth out of 13 countries in overall energy security, says a report from Roubini Global Economics (yes, that Roubini) and Securing America’s Future Energy.
- The U.S. ranks high because of its relatively high levels of domestic oil production, but its fuel consumption per capita was higher than everyone except Saudi Arabia; the more fuel a country consumes, the more susceptible it is to supply disruptions and price volatility.
- Saudi Arabia and Russia, which derive ~90% and ~50% respectively of export revenues from oil, are lowest ranked, while Japan and the U.K. are the top two because they rank lowest on the oil intensity scale; Japan consumes 0.3 barrels of oil per $1,000 of its GDP, but the U.S. consumes nearly twice as much.
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