Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast together get between 300,000 and 7 million barrels of oil from Russia each month — but not much of that goes to Alaska.
The goal is to cripple Russia’s economic power. Alaska, Hawaii and the West Coast of the U.S. together get between 300,000 and 7 million barrels of oil from Russia every month, according to data from theNot a lot of that supply heads to Alaska, although there is at least one facility in Alaska that has historically included Russian crude among its foreign imports — the Marathon Refinery in Kenai.
Kara Moriarty, president and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, at a House Resources Committee meeting Feb. 29, 2016.
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