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Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters’ survival

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usatoday.com BOARD THE ST-204B PLATFORM, GULF OF MEXICO — This oil-and-gas platform once bustled with activity. More than a dozen workers toiled aboard it round-the-clock to corral the 12,000 barrels of high-grade crude gushing up each day from reservoirs below. * King Pleasant, front, and Derek Davis during their daily …