The United States is producing more oil than any country in history — more than 13.4 million barrels per day — and this surge isn’t a fluke. It’s the result of five strategic forces working together to transform the U.S. into the world’s most reliable, scalable, and geopolitically secure supplier of energy.

After a decade of operating in the shadow of U.S. shale, Canada’s oilsands are staging a remarkable comeback. The long-awaited Trans Mountain expansion is finally online, unlocking direct access to Asian markets, tightening heavy-oil differentials, and turning Western Canada into one of the most strategic supply sources in global crude markets.