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The Oil Stock Subsector That Turned $10,000 Into $77

The Oil Stock Subsector That Turned $10,000 Into $77

At the time, onshore oil was steadily getting harder to find and more expensive to extract. Shale oil was getting started, but pulling oil out of those tight formations was very expensive and required constant drilling of new wells since output declined quickly.