President Donald Trump ’s policies are getting in the way of drillers from pumping more oil , producers and career oilmen say, warning that low prices threaten thousands of jobs.

Throughout Trump’s second administration, oil prices and the number of rigs active in the United States have steadily fallen, while supply chain costs for producers nationwide have shot up.

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These market conditions have strained smaller drilling companies in the Permian Basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico , forcing many to

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