we just have to take it. but that s not exactly how it works. that s why led by opec, most of the oil producing world s hoped to cut production in 2017, hoping artificial scarcity will drive prices up and there won t be another boom in cotulla or anywhere else in the u.s. without that happening. when the oil started going downhill, two years ago, almost all of these tanks were full, trying store it, and then the stor storage got so full they had to sell it. reporter: people think trump will turn things around. i don t know who they re attributing to one person. just the price of oil. reporter: craig i was just having lunch in town and an oil worker came up to me and said they had caught us earlier in the day and he was feeling optimistic things would turn around.