Youseff Ibrahim

The global oil market doesn't discriminate against a country's oil as long as it's priced competitively, said Youseff Ibrahim, editor in chief at Energy Intelligence Group in New York."It's not a deliberate decision by the US or anyone" that made the US the largest user of Iraqi oil, he said.

The US doesn't import oil from Iran and Libya, two other states that the government has identified as supporters of terrorism.In 1986, the Ronald Reagan administration banned US companies from doing business in Libya; UN sanctions against the country were imposed in 1992.

The global oil market doesn't discriminate against a country's oil as long as it's priced competitively, said Youseff Ibrahim, editor-in-chief at Energy Intelligence Group Inc. in New York."It's not a deliberate decision by the U.S. or anyone" that made the U.S. the largest user of Iraqi oil, he said.

The global oil market doesn't discriminate against a country's oil as long as it's priced competitively, said Youseff Ibrahim, editor in chief at Energy Intelligence Group Inc in New York.

"It's not a deliberate decision by the US or anyone" that made the US the largest user of Iraqi oil, he said.

The US doesn't import oil from Iran and Libya, two other states that the government has identified as supporters of terrorism.

In 1986, the Ronald Reagan administration banned US companies from doing business in Libya; UN sanctions against the country were imposed in 1992.