(3rd chart down - look at number immediately below).
In the most recent wk, 9/7, production dropped back from 11 to 10.9.
Production for SA, Russia and the US have been nip and tuck for a while and (provided capital and markets hold up) the US will likely surpass the other two - but maybe not just yet.
"the Permian region in eastern Texas and western New Mexico,"
that's got it backwards actually (western TX and ...).
And the _current_ EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook (reference by gwpf.com) says nothing about either Russia or Saudi Arabia.
I'd question the gwpf's research.
The latest weekly US production figures are here:
https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/crude.php
(3rd chart down - look at number immediately below).
In the most recent wk, 9/7, production dropped back from 11 to 10.9.
Production for SA, Russia and the US have been nip and tuck for a while and (provided capital and markets hold up) the US will likely surpass the other two - but maybe not just yet.