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In 2022, Canada was the source of 52% of U.S. gross total petroleum imports and 60% of gross crude oil imports.
Oil and petroleum products explained: Oil imports and exports
In 2022, total annual U.S. natural gas imports were about 3.02 Tcf (8.28 Bcf/d),
In 2022, about 99% of U.S. total annual natural gas imports were from Canada and nearly all by pipeline.
In 2022, total annual U.S. natural gas exports were 6.90 trillion cubic feet (Tcf)
There are currently more than 30 power transmission linkages between the United States and Canada. During 2014, 60 companies in Canada exported 58.4 terawatthours (TWh) of electricity into the United States, making up 1.6% of U.S. electricity retail sales and 10% of Canadian electricity generation. The largest exporters were Hydro-Québec (16.4 TWh) and the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board (8.6 TWh).
New England and New York accounted for 60% of the total electricity imported into the United States in 2014, and these imports represent 12%-16% of the region's retail sales of electricity. New England imports its electricity primarily from Quebec. New York imports electricity from the hydroelectric resources in Quebec and Ontario, often on a flexible schedule as needed. New England's power generation sources have been shifting to natural gas in recent years, but the region also has been importing more of the hydroelectricity from Canada. Minnesota and North Dakota imported 12% of their electricity from Canada in 2014.
The US has an interest in secure Canadian infrastructure.
Disrupting supply to the US by cutting lines in Canada? Would that be an act of war that would require a US response? Or is it simply an economic disruption?
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