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
Quiet Kansas farm towns are quickly transforming into boomtowns as new technologies make drilling along the southern border of the state more attractive. More
Many analysts think Iran could double its oil output to nearly 7 million barrels per day. The catch is lifting sanctions. More
Gas prices have been steadily falling in most of the nation, but West Coast drivers are still paying top dollar at the pump. More
At least a dozen new pipeline projects are slated to carry oil from the mid continent to the Gulf Coast, potentially lowering gas prices but coming with an environmental toll. More
