First Time Ever: U.S. Oil Reserves Pass Saudi Arabia, Russia

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Rystad Energy LogoMDN has long pointed out that the United States has more natural gas reserves than any other country on earth, dethroning Russia years ago on that score--thanks to the shale revolution and the miracle of hydraulic fracturing. We've often heard the phrase that "the U.S. is the Saudi Arabia of natural gas." But what's this? A new research report issued by the respected Rystad Energy, an independent oil and gas consulting service, finds that the U.S. is now the Saudi Arabia of oil too! That is, the U.S. has more oil reserves, because of shale, than Saudi Arabia. Fracking has handed the U.S. what we've wanted for years--total energy independence from the tyrants in OPEC...

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