Saudi Arabia Back as Biggest Oil Producer Upstaging the US in August

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Saudi Arabia has retaken the position of the world's top oil producer from the U.S., says International Energy Agency (IEA). "Saudi Arabia's elevated oil production has allowed it to overtake the U.S. and become the world's largest oil producer," the Paris-based IEA said in its monthly report on Tuesday, September 13th. U.S. output in August stood at 12.2 million barrels a day, including natural gas liquids, according to the IEA. That compared with Saudi Arabian production of 12.58 million barrels a day the same month.