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by gruez 566 days ago
>The government maybe? Whoever gets them, will they shut them down? No, they’ll keep those wells pumping, under some new brand name, because the demand for oil is systemic.

Not to mention a bunch of the biggest oil companies are already government owned:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_oil_and_gas_co...

top companies in the list are Sinopec, China National Petroleum Corporation, and Saudi Aramco, all state owned.