The U.S. has become the third-largest exporter behind Saudi Arabia and Russia.

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MidstreamBusiness.com Since U.S. unconventional oil and gas production has grown in the past four years, one of the biggest benefits cited by its proponents has been the ability to make the country “energy independent” by stopping its “dependence on foreign oil.” These statements have usually implied that the country’s current energy policy funds the interests of our enemies. This would seemingly include Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest producer of crude oil, but Ali al-Naimi, the country’s minister of petroleum and mineral resources, says this outlook is misguided.