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Doug Burgum: “California was importing 63% of their oil from foreign…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Interior Secretary Burgum on Iran, Venezuela, and Trump's energy endgame

Published | Video Starts at 08:25

Right. California has eight. They used to have 40. Now they have eight. Two more are closing, Chevron and Valero. And California imports refined fuels from, from the Middle East. California was importing 63% of their oil from foreign sources when this conflict began. So that, that is, that has to do with policies driven by that stuff state and by that state legislature. It's. (08:25–08:31)

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Asserts that California imports a significant portion of its oil from foreign sources.

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