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by VWWHFSfQ 9 days ago
Well the US could just pump their wells and outproduce the entire rest of the world in crude oil and refined products like gasoline if it wanted to. Or if it was forced to.
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> Well the US could just pump their wells and outproduce the entire rest of the world in crude oil

The US is already the largest producer of crude oil in the world.

They took first place around 2018 and is currently ~30% above no. 2 (Saudi Arabia).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_extra...

Isn’t that what it already does? At least in 2025 the numbers I see have the US as the top producer