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According to Reuters, via NYTimes.com, Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Eric Beech, President Chavez has threatened to cut off the U.S. oil supply. Here’s the entire copy which constitutes the piece, and the hed:

Venezuela’s Chavez Threatens U.S. Oil Supply Cut

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday threatened to cut oil supplies to the United States in case of a military attack from Colombia, in an escalating spat over charges Venezuela harbors leftist rebels.

There are, of course, reasons to be worried about energy independence, and this threat is one of them.

# 1 Saudi Arabia: 10,250,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 2 Russia: 9,876,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 3 United States: 8,457,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 4 Iran: 4,033,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 5 China: 3,725,000 bbl/day 2008 Time series

# 6 Mexico: 3,501,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 7 Canada: 3,425,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 8 United Arab Emirates: 2,948,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 10 Venezuela: 2,667,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 11 Kuwait: 2,613,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 12 Norway: 2,565,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 13 Nigeria: 2,352,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 14 Brazil: 2,277,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 15 Algeria: 2,173,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 16 Iraq: 2,094,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 17 Angola: 1,910,000 bbl/day 2008 Time series

# 18 Libya: 1,845,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 19 United Kingdom: 1,690,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series

# 20 Kazakhstan: 1,445,000 bbl/day 2007 Time series