Move Over, Scotland. U.S. Oil Enters World’s Most Important Benchmark.

Production from Texas will soon be part of the calculation known as Brent crude

The Permian region has helped the U.S. become one of the world’s top oil exporters. Photo: BING GUAN/REUTERS

The energy world has for decades looked to oil rigs 100 miles off the coast of Scotland’s northernmost islands to help set the price of global crude. All eyes are now turning to Texas instead.

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