WYOMING: DRILL BABY, U.S.A.
America's energy quest brings welcome and unexpected change to life on the still-wild frontier.
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(2:35) The influx of oil and gas workers pushes up rents and makes it hard for local business to find help. -
(2:51) Free college tuition, new school gyms and public pools are part of the payoff from new energy wealth. -
(3:10) Weather and long hours can be tough, but money and pride keep workers in the field. -
(3:22) A rancher, regulator, small businessman and rig worker see the drilling bonanza very differently.
Want more domestic energy? Take a look at how big oil and gas companies are transforming lives in a small town. more
Working in an oilfield is lucrative work, especially considering the options out here in rural Wyoming. more
Students get lots of cash for school while town coffers are full. But oil and gas money needs to be taxed and managed properly. more
The race for domestic oil and gas is not only changing the landscape, but the way of life in many towns here. more
Energy Fix
The U.S. still imports more than half its oil. But thanks to declining demand for products made from crude, the country is now supplying the rest of the world with gasoline. More
While oil and gas prices often move in step with one another, there are a number of factors that can cause them to move in opposite directions, as they're now doing. More
Better-than-expected U.S. economic readings lift expectations for oil demand, raising prices to 5-month high. More
Politicians promise all kinds of things on the campaign trail. But Michele Bachmann is wading into truly tricky territory. More
