U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer

[bateman]

http://blogs.marketwatch.com/energy-ticker/2013/10/04/move-over-russia-u-s-is-now-the-worlds-biggest-oil-gas-producer/

[ksm32]

.. and yet the country is (Shut Down) at the moment..

If the title of this thread is factual? Then many other questions arise..