US shale oil output is set to surge over the next five years stealing market share from Opec producers and moving the country, once the world's top oil importer, closer to self sufficiency,the International Energy Agency said on Monday.

A landmark deal in 2017 between Opec and other oil producers including Russia to curb output to reduce global oversupply materially improved the outlook for other producers as oil prices rose sharply throughout the year, the IEA said.

As a result, US oil output has resumed sharp growth over the past year and is expected to rise by 2.7 million barrels per day (bpd) to 12.1 million bpd by 2023, as growth from shale fields more than offsets declines in conventional supply. Natural gas liquids will add another 1 million bpd to reach 4.7 million bpd by 2023.

With total US liquids production set to reach nearly 17 million bpd in 2023, up from 13.2 million in 2017, the United States will be by far the world's top oil liquids producer.

“The United States is set to put its stamp on global oil markets for the next five years,” Fatih Birol, the IEA's executive director, said in a medium-term market outlook.

Oil production growth from the United States, Brazil, Canada and Norway will more than meet global oil demand growth through 2020, the IEA said, adding that more investment would be needed to boost output after that.

Non-Opec production is set to rise by 5.2 million bpd by 2023 to 63.3 million bpd with the United States alone accounting for nearly 60 percent of global supply growth.

Growth will be led by the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, where output is expected to double by 2023.

“Despite talk of capital discipline and increased focus on returns rather than growth, US producers regrouped quickly when oil prices stabilized and began to rise,” the IEA said. Production in 2017 rose by 670,000 bpd as drillers added 200 rigs “beating all expectations”, the IEA said.

Last year, the IEA forecast US shale production to grow by 1.4 millionf bpd by 2022 with oil prices of up to $60 a barrel and by up to 3 million barrels with oil at $80 a barrel.