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The U.S. is a big oil exporter. So why does it import most of the oil it consumes?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

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The U.S. is a big oil exporter. So why does it import most of the oil it consumes?

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

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