Don't be so gloomy the trend is in our favor.
The WEF, EU and Rats talk a good game about globalization but the trend is towards deglobalization. We are moving back towards an era where countries have the majority of their supply chains in nation, or very close. The USA has great agricultural resources, more navigable water ways than the rest of the world, huge shale oil/natural gas reserves and our number one trading partner is on or southern border. It takes about 3 months to get shale drilling up and running. We will regain our sanity and the Rats will be marginalized. The greatest challenge will come in reforming the civil service, but it will get done!
Now if we can aid Ukraine in defeating Russia the need to remain in NATO is greatly diminished and we can focus on only helping those nations that help us.
Drillers in this area are having trouble getting hands, and it is summertime.
Manpower remains short, through drilling and frac crews, workover rigs, and truck drivers, and most any job in the patch. If people want a job, they can get one, especially if they have a CDL, just pee clean.
We have about 36 rigs running in North Dakota right now (double 1 year ago), and have been drilling wells at a good rate (about 10 days from spud to TD on a 1280 acre spacing, with 9500 ft. of lateral in zone).
The problem remains takeaway capacity, pipeline or rail, and this Administration has been about as hostile toward new infrastructure, or expansion of existing infrastructure as it gets.
Our biggest obstacle remains the people in DC, at BLM (Bureau of Land Management) USFWS, Interior Dept., DOE and EPA.