That December, a tanker in Corpus Christi loaded up with crude oil drilled from the shale in the Eagle Ford and set sail for France, representing the first major export of US oil abroad since the 1970s.

那年 12 月，科珀斯克里斯蒂的一艘油轮装满了从鹰福特页岩中开采的原油，驶往法国，这是自 20 世纪 70 年代以来美国首次向海外出口石油。