It is expected that US exports of oil and its products will exceed the level of imports during the next year, for the first time since World War II.
Reuters news agency quoted experts as saying that the average US crude oil exports are currently recording a record level of 3.4 million barrels per day.
Experts pointed out that exports of refined products such as gasoline and diesel amount to about 3 million barrels per day.
The United States consumes 20 million barrels of crude oil per day, which is the largest volume of consumption in the world, while its production is 13 million barrels per day.
US government data showed a decline in net oil imports last November to 1.1 million barrels per day, compared to 7 million barrels per day 5 years ago, which is the lowest level since records began in 2001.
Among the factors that led to changing this equation were the sanctions imposed on Russia, which affected its exports of oil and natural gas after its war on Ukraine, in addition to Washington's start to withdraw huge amounts of oil from its emergency reserves to face the rise in gasoline prices.
"The Russian war on Ukraine has stimulated demand for US energy again, and that should push oil exports to overtake imports late next year, assuming an acceleration in shale oil production," said Rohit Rathod, a market analyst at Vortex, a specialist in energy.
The United States needs to either increase production or reduce consumption in order to become an exporter of crude oil.
US demand for petroleum products is expected to rise by 0.7% to 20.51 million barrels per day next year, which means the need to increase production.
The United States already produces more oil than any other country in the world, including Saudi Arabia and Russia.