Ben Shaw hangs from an oil derrick outside of Williston, N.D., in July 2011. U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer. U.S. production of oil and other liquid hydrocarbons is on track to rise 7 percent in 2012 to an average of 10.9 million barrels per day. (AP file photo)
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