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Trump has vowed to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling. Workers in Oklahoma hope for a boom

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79% Informative

Trump has declared a “national energy emergency” while rolling back Biden -era climate and energy initiatives.

Oil and gas employment has been climbing in Oklahoma since the pandemic-induced collapse in 2020 .

About 43 percent of the state’s some 138,000 energy workers are in the fuel sector.

The oil and gas industry has felt “under assault” for the last four years , an industry leader says.

Trump ’s early executive actions on oil, gas production took aim at boosting oil production, encouraging drilling, and speeding up pipeline construction.

Oklahoma -based Continental Resources has welcomed the shift from the Trump administration.

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78

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74

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64

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semi-formal

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English

Language complexity

52

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not offensive

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short-lived

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