nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||It Wasn’t Just The Pandemic: Oil’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||The coronavirus-induced collapse in oil demand stole all the headlines. But oil companies faced a myriad of other woes, too, from hurricanes to itchy investors — and, of course, climate change.

Hurricane Laura sends large waves crashing on a beach in Cameron, La., on August 26, as an offshore oil rig is seen in the distance. The most active hurricane season on record was just one of many challenges facing the oil industry this year — aside from the attention-grabbing crisis of the pandemic.

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It Wasn’t Just The Pandemic: Oil’s Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

The coronavirus-induced collapse in oil demand stole all the headlines. But oil companies faced a myriad of other woes, too, from hurricanes to itchy investors — and, of course, climate change.

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