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Ford shale region. >> there are a lot more of those now than used to be here. >> you see that nice house down there? >> brand new. some people have swimming pools. >> i do not have a roping arena at my house. thats all oil wells? >> well, the oil paid for it. >> the oil paid for that. >>. >> reporter: the oil paid for lots of things in cotulla, including 20 new hotels to house oil workers coming to town. but in 2014 the price per barrel fell from $107 per barrel to under $45. because thousands o...