It continues to be a major oil supplier to both Western Europe and the United States.
Relations between Venezuela, an important oil supplier to the United States, and Washington have remained strained ever since.
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The US shares very close relations with the rulers of Saudi Arabia and seldom exposes the world's biggest oil supplier to overt criticism.
Relations between the United States and Venezuela a key oil supplier have been frosty for years, with Washington and Caracas often trading insults.
Turning to Saudi Arabia - a key oil supplier and another partner in the war on terror - it says there have been some gains, such as a conference on women's rights and creation of the first formal human rights group, but concludes: "The record of human rights abuses and violations... still far exceeds the advances".
Jordanian industry, for instance, is highly dependent on Iraq, Jordan's biggest trading partner and its only supplier of oil.
It was at that point Europe questioned whether Russia could be relied on as a safe supplier of oil.
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It's our number one foreign supplier of oil, natural gas and electricity.
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Having long supported the government of Sudan (a big supplier of oil) in its fight against secessionist rebels, China eventually swung into line with Western governments.
To begin with, Mexico is the United States' 3rd largest trading partner and is the 3rd largest supplier of oil to the U.S. Right now Mexico is facing an economic crisis and a surge in drug related crime that is spiraling out of control.
Nestle was targeted for using Sinar Mas, the offending producer and supplier of palm oil in Indonesia.
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Yes, there are environmental implications, but Canada is now the biggest supplier of crude oil to the U.S., a lucrative--and enviable--position for any country.
According to Indian government data announced earlier this month, Iran slipped to the seventh-largest supplier of crude oil to India for the first nine months of this financial year from third position after U.S. and European sanctions against Tehran forced India's refiners to cut their imports from the country.
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There will be some jobs for maintenance, and, you know, if you want to talk about the internationalization, if you will, of oil supply, Canada is our biggest supplier and they're friendly.
The United States will effectively lose a key supplier when Mexico becomes a net oil importer, which is happening much sooner than predicted.
But Armenia gets a lot of its oil and gas from Iran, a vital supplier during its war against the Azeris over Karabakh.
Two years later, they founded Yantai Jereh, which grew into a major supplier of oilfield equipment and services for oil and gas drilling, natural gas liquefaction and environmental control.
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In 2011, the U.S. imported about 350 million barrels of oil from Venezuela, making it the fourth largest supplier behind Canada, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, with an 8.3% share.
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China imports about 11% of its crude oil from Iran, making Iran its No. 3 supplier after Saudi Arabia and Angola.
Some people in the industry still believe that America's need for oil is so great that it cannot afford to reject oil, however dirty, from a friendly, secure supplier.
Venezuela, which has the world's biggest oil reserves, is among the biggest oil exporters and a top-five U.S. supplier, so any sign of instability here could roil markets.
Its abundant natural resources, in the form of crude oil and natural gas, position the country as a key energy supplier to Europe.
The drop in oil inventories is spooking financial markets because of reluctance by OPEC supplier of about 40 percent of the globe's crude to pump more fuel despite the approaching winter.
And Bulgaria's oil refinery in Bourgas, on the Black Sea, could become a major supplier to Yugoslavia.
Unless competition for oil revenue -- which accounts for roughly 20% of GDP, 95% of foreign exchange earnings, and 65% of budgetary revenues -- by various ethnic groups can be mitigated, oil-driven attacks on the world's eighth largest exporter and fifth largest supplier to the United States will likely continue apace, with devastating consequences for the U.S. and global economy.
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