Yep, my family has been in the oil business for 100 years. There were times when they could barely give the oil away! My parents actually had to sell off a lot of the wells and start flipping houses just to stay afloat in the late 90's...now 15-20 barrels a day in total production is nothing in the grand scheme of things, and with 1 month waits just to get a crew to work on a well at a couple grand an hour it's insanely hard to keep up production for a little guy...but it's still a profitable business so I try to keep my complaints about gas prices in check. There is always money to be made, you just got to know how to work things to your advantage.