Hurricane Laura sends large waves crashing on a beach in Cameron, La., on Aug. 26 as an offshore oil rig appears in the distance. The most active hurricane season on record was just one of many challenges facing the oil industry this year â aside from the attention-grabbing crisis of the pandemic.
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It Wasn't Just The Pandemic: Oil's Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year
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NPR
It's no surprise that the oil industry had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Oil powers the vast majority of the global transportation system, and the pandemic froze most of the world's population in place.