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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Mary Papenfuss

Trump wants US oil producers to ‘drill, baby, drill.' They’re not interested: Report

Oil pumpjacks operate in the foreground as the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance last year near Hays, Kansas - ((Charlie Riedel, File/AP))

Donald Trump’s mantra during his campaign for the presidency to the American public and U.S. oil producers was: “Drill, baby, drill.” One key problem? Oil producers aren’t interested.

That’s the conclusion of industry experts, who point out that oil producers are wooed far more by profitability than in pumping as much oil as possible out of the ground.

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