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Originally Posted by Fairplay
Wouldn't oil be cheaper to drill in the U.S. ?
Importing oil from halfway around the globe who have to be much more expensive. I don't understand.
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Not necessarily. The cost of production isn't level. For example, drilling a hole in Texas and having the crude spray out equates to less production costs compared to drilling through 5,000 feet of rock and soil in the Gulf of Mexico.