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US oil production hits 10 million barrels per day for first time since 1970

By Josh Siegel
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US oil production hits 10 million barrels per day for first time since 1970

U.S. oil production hit 10 million barrels per day in November for the first time since 1970, highlighting the power of shale oil and natural gas boom.

More than 6 million of those barrels came from shale, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday.

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