The surge in crude oil and natural gas production over the past decade has eliminated the petroleum-related trade deficit, but there is a risk that, echoing what happened in other countries that experienced similar surges, the energy revolution could yet prove to be a curse rather than a blessing if the US developed so-called Dutch disease.
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