not from what ive read Wayne,

The U.S. is pumping the most oil in more than three decades, helped by a shale boom that has unlocked supplies from formations including the Eagle Ford in South Texas and the Bakken in North Dakota. The U.S. will be self-sufficient in oil by the 2030s while North America will become a net energy exporter this year, according to BP.

The Energy Information Administration forecast that U.S. production will increase to 9.3 million barrels a day this year, the most since 1972. Crude stockpiles were 417.9 million barrels as of Feb. 6, the most in EIA weekly data beginning in 1982.

This is not a new thing ,in 2012 gas dropped to a point where it was no worth extracting.
A small oil well needs $85 a barrel to break even,it hit $82 a wee while ago and that was the end of a lot of producers
However it Seems extracting oil from shale is the most cost effective with some fields registering up to 12 new operations in February this year

I was of the understanding that legislation exists at a Federal level in the USA,that prohibits the export of crude  hydrocarbons from US.Strategic reserves and all.
I think LNG infrastructure is being built on the US Eastern Sea Board.
So a partial repeal of the legislation must have quietly been agreed to years ago for said development to proceed.
Lefty USA haters all over the Western world must be furious that American energy independence muscle is increasing.
To add to it`s military,financial and diplomatic muscle.
Western Europe is in a hurry to have a new gas supplier.
That Russian nut job has already restricted supply  during 2 winters to W Europe.
Even that upstart China will pull it`s head in.
Glad NZ is tight with the only superpower.
The energy transformation is yet another classic example of private enterprise making a solution.
 To be sure the Feds will step in and run it more efficiently for everyone(not).
They sure know how to reinvent themselves in the USA.