The United States could become the world’s biggest oil producer. It’s been a while.

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By Nathanael JohnsonJan 22, 2018, 4:18 pm224 pts
Spurred by the higher profit margins that come with fracking technology, U.S. oil production is poised to set a record in 2018, potentially passing top oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia. For context, the last time we were pulling this much oil out of the ground — in 1970 — the Beatles broke up, the…

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