US Soon to Leapfrog Saudis, Russia as Top Oil Producer

The U.S. is on pace to leapfrog both Saudi Arabia and Russia to become the world's biggest oil producer. The latest data released by the Energy Information Administration shows U.S. output growing again next year to 11.8 million barrels a day.   Linda Capuano, who heads the agency, says that would make the U.S. the world's No. 1 producer.   The director of the International Energy Agency, a group of oil-consuming countries, made a similar prediction in...

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