Thanks in no small part to the fracking boom that has led to an explosion in imports from our trusted neighbors to the north, the U.S. has managed to make progress over the past 15 years in weaning itself from its dependence on the Middle East for its energy fix.

The shift is captured in this animated graphic from cost-estimating website HowMuch.net, which illustrates the amount of crude imports by re-sizing each country in relative terms.