In the past couple of weeks, U.S. oil companies have shut down about 90 rigs — 61 last week, on top of 26 the week before, according to a report from Baker Hughes, an oil field service company. In some oil boom towns, the free fall in oil prices — to about $45 a barrel, from more than $100 during the summer — is starting to take a bite out of the economy in other ways, too, from less activity at bars and restaurants to a dip in real-estate prices, reports Voicativ.
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It's only the beginning.
When do the bailouts start?
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they made an error in the graph with Colorado and Oklahoma. Anyone know which is suppose to be which?
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