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Last year independent producers spent billions of dollars in 33 states for exploration and development--despite huge federal tax barriers, historically low drilling activity, and natural gas prices back where they were 15 years ago.
U.S. producers are not going to allow their industry to wither away--not without a fight.
Although these small and medium-sized companies often feel ignored by Congress and the Bush administration, election-year politics and a unified approach by the Independent Petroleum Association of America may yet combine to bring results in 1992. But as the infrastructure of a vital American industry collapses, policy makers seem determined to set …