JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. overtakes Russia to become the world’s biggest oil producer” – bne Intellinews

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“The U.S. overtook Russia to become the world’s biggest producer of oil in August …. Russia has been the biggest single producer of oil in terms of barrels produced a day for several years, but the shale oil revolution in the U.S. has seen production there skyrocket …. As average oil prices rose to over $65 in the first quarter and then to $75 in the second quarter more and more US shale producers, which have higher costs, have become economically viable again. Oil production in the U.S. in August rose to a record 11.346mn barrels per day (mnbd) against 11.21mn from Russia. … America’s lead may be short lived. Russia has been capping its production as part of the Opec+ deal …. Russia agreed to cut 300,000 barrels a day …. [However, i]n June the deal was revised and an extra 1mnbd was added to the previous limit that could allow Russia to expand production ….”

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