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Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Shale oil executives say President Donald Trump is hurting investment in the oil patch, and are giving a grim outlook for the future of the industry that turned the U.S. into the largest crude producer in the world.
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
But in the oil patch, the mood is anything but celebratory.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
In other words, the oil patch is growing up.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Among its provisions, SB 237 includes language aimed at increasing output in Kern County, which is the heart of California’s oil patch, to stabilize the fuels market.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
But in the oil patch, the mood is anything but celebratory.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
In other words, the oil patch is growing up.
—Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Among its provisions, SB 237 includes language aimed at increasing output in Kern County, which is the heart of California’s oil patch, to stabilize the fuels market.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Oil patch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20patch. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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