Shale accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. oil production and nearly all of the industry's growth, but with crashing prices and rising bankruptcies and layoffs, many of the companies that made that possible are now struggling to stay afloat.

Shale accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. oil production and nearly all of the industry's growth, but with crashing prices and rising bankruptcies and layoffs, many of the companies that made that possible are now struggling to stay afloat. https://t.co/fZJH0uwdxA

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