US seen exceeding Saudi oil production by 2020
November 12, 2012
By PABLO GORONDI
The International Energy Agency expects the United States to become the world’s largest oil producer by around 2020, temporarily overtaking Saudi Arabia, thanks to increased output achieved by new exploration technologies.
The IEA says rebounding U.S. oil and gas production and increasing light tight oil and shale gas resources are “steadily changing the role of North America in global energy trade” and will speed up the change of direction of international oil trade from the Middle East toward Asia.