Maritime Security: Progress Made, but Further Actions Needed to Secure the Maritime Energy Supply
2011
Conrad, Christopher | Asaba, Neil | Finley, Alana | Kehr, Christine | McEnearney, Collen | O'Brien, Erin | Sandel, Jodie | Wren, Suzanne | Bausell, Chuck | Davidson, Pamela | Lombardi, Tom
The nation's economy and security are heavily dependent on oil, gas, and other energy commodities. Nearly half of the nation's oil is natural transported from overseas by tankers. For example, about 49 percent of the nation's crude oil supply-one of the main sources of gasoline, jet fuel, heating oil, and many other petroleum products-was transported by tanker into the United States in 2009.11 The remaining oil and natural gas used in the United States comes from Canada by pipeline or is produced from domestic sources in areas such as offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. With regard to these domestic sources, the area of federal jurisdiction-called the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)12-contains an estimated 85 million barrels of oil, more than all onshore resources and those in shallower state waters combined.13 In addition, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), a deepwater port, is responsible for transporting about 10 percent of imported oil into the United States.
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