US oil production in late 2019 and early 2020 was over 12.8 MBPD and max was 12.94 MBPD in Nov 2019 .
then started dropping because of the oil price war and went down to 9.7 MBPD in Nov 2020.
it was in the high 12 MBPD under Trump and went down to the 11 MBPD range and was 9.7 MBPD in Feb 2021 and has now been in the very high 12s and a lot of 13 MBPD months ever since Aug, 2023.
And I have to ask when were the reserves drained?
was it when Trump was in and why ?
and I agree when the Saudis were selling it so cheap we should have filled them.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MCRFPUS2&f=M