But if you go back just 20 years ago, the United States was the largest importer of natural gas in the world and we were running 1200 rigs drilling for natural gas. 1200 rigs. We were the largest importer. Today we're by far and away the world's largest exporter [of natural gas]. and we're running 120 rigs for natural gas. A 90% decline in the number of rigs we have drilling to produce natural gas. We've more than doubled our production and become the world's largest exporter. (18:57–19:01)
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Asserts that the U.S. is currently the largest exporter of natural gas.
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