America Extends Its Lead Over Russia and Saudi Arabia in Oil Output

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The United States has maintained and expanded its position as the world's largest oil producer since 2018, outpacing Russia and Saudi Arabia. This is driven by the shale revolution and increased production in the Permian Basin despite OPEC+ production cuts.

While the United States has been the world’s biggest consumer of oil for decades, it became the largest oil producer, too, back in 2018, and has retained that crown ever since. The shale revolution and the growth in the Permian oil production have allowed the U.S. not only to retain the top spot ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia, but to extend the lead over these OPEC+ allies, whose output has been restrained by the voluntary production cuts in recent years. This year, the U.S. has been expanding the gap further despite the modest growth (so…