The fracking boom has made the U.S. a global leader in oil and natural gas production in just a few years. As production levels grew domestically, it caused demand for foreign imports to fall and forced more oil on the global market. The excess supply made oil prices fall, which made it less expensive for refiners to purchase oil to refine into gasoline and diesel fuel.
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