According to the report, US reliance on imported oil will rise from about 52% of total consumption in 2001 to an estimated 66% in 2020. Because oil use is also rising, the US will have to import 60% more oil in 2020 than it does today. This means that imports will have to rise from their current rate of about 10.4m barrels a day to an estimated 16.7m barrels a day in 2020. The only way to do this is to persuade foreign suppliers to increase their production and sell more of their output to the US.