Why the United States overtook Russia in the production of oil and gas?

The Head of the Economic Department of the Institute for Energy and Finance, Marcel Salikhov comments on the article of the Wall Street Journal with the catchy title ("US Is Overtaking Russia as Largest Oil-and-Gas Producer"), which says that this year Russia will be outstripped by the USA in the production of oil and gas, on the site on the Forbes.ru. Why the United States overtook Russia in the production of oil and gas? Salihov tries to answer for this question. We offer readers of the news agency Amitel to read the publication.

The article in the Wall Street Journal evoked wide response of ordinary readers - now it has hundreds of comments on the site, the authors of which, of course, are primarily concerned with the price of gasoline and environmental policyof Barack Obama, but not with difficulties of the Russian energy sector.