Highlights OPEC oil production declined 1.3% year on year in 2018 Group’s oil exports to North America declined 12.6% US oil output surged 17.2% over same period London — OPEC saw its market share in North America fall last year, with shipments to the region declining by 12.6% to just over 2.813 million b/d as US shale output helped transform the world’s largest consumer of oil into the seventh biggest exporter of crude, according to a report released by the cartel on Monday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Exports to North America declined by 406,000 b/d in 2018 compared with the previous year, while the US experienced the biggest increase in crude output as production surged 17.2% over the same period to almost 11 million b/d, the 2019 OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin showed. “Italy and the Netherlands are the main purchasers of […]