About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of America's oil industry and its production levels compared to other countries.

The Other Side of the Story with Mary-Jean Harris – Around 2018, the United States surpassed Russia in oil production, and as of last year, we have been producing 13.6 million barrels per day. Russia is now at 9.9 million barrels per day, followed by Saudi Arabia at 9.5 million barrels per day. Yet despite this share in the market, price fluctuations in the cost per barrel impact the entire...

People in this episode

Host: Mary-Jean Harris

Topics covered

• oil industry
• production
• price fluctuations
• energy market
• geopolitics

Keywords

• oil production
• barrels per day
• energy prices
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia

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