“Need transport options for the oil.”
Yeh, if looking for work and you have a commercial drivers license, load up and head for the Permian Basin. If you don’t have one get certified and get one. Truck drivers are starting at $100K+ per year. If you own a pickup put a camper shell on it or find a used camper to tow out there. You’ll need a place to sleep and an apartment if you can find one is super expensive.
“Yeh, if looking for work and you have a commercial drivers license, load up and head for the Permian Basin.”
Yea, and tell your sons, and possibly daughters (I met a woman who was a welder on the Alaska Pipeline, probably the only one) - to GET OFF DRUGS, they don’t go over well there.
Also stick an AC unit on the rickety camper, you’ll need it there. Internet should be ok if you find a campground with wifi.
But, as you say, boatloads of money to be made there, and NO STATE INCOME TAX. Play it smart and, after a few years, you should have $150k or so to buy a house, which is still possible at that price in much of Texas.