FreightWaves | The US Is The World's Top Oil Producer, But For How Long? OilPrice.com The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that the U.S. likely surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia earlier this year to become the world's top crude oil producer. The EIA based its disclosure on preliminary estimates in its Short ... The US is now the world's largest oil producer, but pipeline bottlenecks might ruin the scene The financial crisis crushed record oil prices but the market is still gripped by boom and bust US Has 'Likely' Become the World's Biggest Oil Producer |