> Here's mine, Saudi Arabia is by far the largest exporter:

I think it's not unreasonable to think that "producer" means "producer", not "exporter". Wikipedia has a nominally matching article [0], which indeed lists the US as the largest producer of crude oil and lease condensate.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_produ...

Perhaps it is unreasonable to conflate production and export in a discussion about the "strange" decision making of domestic industry players...?

I found using "producer" to mean "producer" was very clear to me.

YOU are confusing crude oil production with exports. The US IS the largest oil producing country:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_pro...

The parent commenter is right. You are wrong. Do a little Google search before commenting.

They did do one, but the US only slid into top spot somewhat recently it looks like?

Can avoid the hostility.

It's half a decade.