The United States is currently the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas. That puts US energy exporters in a strong position as war in the Middle East disrupts global supplies and pushes prices higher.

But many Americans are asking why they are still paying so much at the fuel pump if their country is producing – and exporting – record amounts of energy.

Al Jazeera’s Um-e-Kulsoom Shariff breaks down how the system works, who is benefiting, and why US drivers are still feeling the pain.

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