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Be careful what you wish for, Mr. Trump. Plunging oil prices threaten your beloved U.S. shale production industry

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Open this photo in gallery: A tank farm for crude oil and refined products in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 11, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump’s beloved oil industry may have humbled OPEC, but its high costs make it vulnerable.CHRISTOPHE VISEUX/The New York Times If there is one industry beyond Big Tech that defines American business success, innovation and dominance, it is oil and natural gas, especially oil. Donald Trump may be about to blow that status despite his cherished “drill, baby, drill” mantra. For most of the Oil Era, the United States has been a huge importer of hydrocarbons,…

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