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Data from: http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_m.htm
Imports from the Persian Gulf have come down from a peak of 3 mb/d in 2003 to around 2 mb/d now (dependency 20%) but compared to total imports and over a period of 20 years not much has changed.
Between 2006 and 2009 oil prices brought down imports by around 4 mb/d, much more than any disengagement strategy from the ME could achieve
US shale oil from 2010 onwards does not seem to have reduced imports from the Gulf
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WTTNTUS2&f=W
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WRPNTUS2&f=W
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mttntusmx2&f=m
