November 12, 2012

U.S. to Overtake Saudi Arabia as Top Oil Producer

Peg Mackey, Reuters


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The United States will overtake Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's top oil producer by 2017, the West's energy agency said on Monday, predicting Washington will come very close to achieving a previously unthinkable energy self-sufficiency. . .

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