The Oil business is very cyclical and if you can maintain employment in it, like me, you will do well financially.
Too many small Shale operators took too much debt to drill, while good for consumers of gasoline, once the price per barrel fell bellow about $55/barrel, these over leveraged small shale drillers went bankrupt, causing the current price rise.
At the moment the Oil & Gas environment is very good, and EPCs are hiring once again.
It will be another Two / Three years before the price of gasoline once gain drops back to around $2/gallon.
As for the North East and their refusal to allow the building of pipelines, too bad so sad, time to freeze or pay extra for Natural Gas and Oil to heat your homes.
One odd option for the north East and the GREENEs -install solar panels on your roofs. And then be careful when removing SNOW from your roofs.
I think it all depends on when DJT returns. If he’s back he can probably change things within a year.