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.