A Bumper Year in U.S. Crude

A Bumper Year in U.S. Crude — Graphic by Bloomberg Businessweek; Data: Dept. of Energy - March

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November 21, 2012 at 9:42 PM UTC

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This article is part of the November 26, 2012 issue of businessweek.

U.S. oil production has surged almost 15 percent so far this year to the highest level since 1994 as producers ramped up drilling in North Dakota’s Bakken shale, Texas’s Eagle Ford formation, and other oil fields.