This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Kailem Donovan, an offshore rope access rigger who works on oil rigs ... I arrived on the rig for the first time, I was amazed ...

U.S. energy firms this week cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating for a third week in a row to the lowest ...

causing the rig count to collapse to its lowest level since 2009. The price of oil would recover sharply in 2021, and then in 2022, it would surge to above $100 for the first time since 2014.