The US gets very little oil from Saudi, so why does it care? Because oil is the penultimate (after water) commodity, incredibly liquid. If the supply to big Saudi consumers (e.g. China) is disrupted those consumers will seek oil elsewhere, driving up the cost in the US (and giving US producers an incentive to export). So stabilizing the flow of oil from Saudi and, yes, Iran is in the interest of US consumers who never use a drop.
The import and export statistics are all in the US Energy Information Administration web site. The US imports (mostly from Venezuela IIRC) and exports about the same amount of oil, and so is essentially net 0.
Sorry but this is nonsense. US wants higher prices because US shale producers can only profit with higher oil prices. The US only recently even legally allowed export of oil. You are linking a state that has only existed for the past few years with a 50+ year old foreign policy.
US needs to control oil because it is the ultimate power lever.
> is in the interest of US consumers who never use a drop.
What is in the interest and what the actions of US government vs interest of US consumers are very often diametrically opposed.
The import and export statistics are all in the US Energy Information Administration web site. The US imports (mostly from Venezuela IIRC) and exports about the same amount of oil, and so is essentially net 0.