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Trying times in the oil patch

January 19, 2015 11:00 pm • Last Updated: January 19, 2015 10:31 pm

A women begs on the side of the road last week in Midland, Texas. With oil prices plummeting by more than 50 percent since June, the gleeful mood of recent years has turned glum here in West Texas as the frenzy of shale oil drilling has come to a screeching halt.

A women begs on the side of the road last week in Midland, Texas. With oil prices plummeting by more than 50 percent since June, the gleeful mood of recent years has turned glum here in West Texas as the frenzy of shale oil drilling has come to a screeching halt.

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