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Originally Posted by girl_dee
Hey y'all... I really don't want to ruin the spirit of everyone's fun while WE (of course I am enjoying our $2.16 gallon) enjoy a break in our expenses wherever we can get them.
It has always been like this down here, low gas prices = oil field workers out of work. From what I understand, simply put, when the demand goes down, prices drop and the oil stays in the earth. They just don't need people on the rigs out in the gulf, which is where our people go. I do believe they shut certain rigs down until the demand goes up.
Right now someone in my family is sitting at home until further notice, because of the low demand in the oil field right now. He will be put back to work but for now he is laid off.
I may be wrong, but that is how I always understood how it works.
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According to this dee, they are actually drilling MORE which is why the prices are down. I'm sorry someone in your family isn't working.
http://americasmarkets.usatoday.com/...st-since-1972/
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<Kelt's boring post> Hey, man, thanks! Good stuff, good stuff...<cough>