hello @carlos84,
One of the things that humans are addicted to is energy, nowadays hydrocarbons are the king of energy and the technologies related to this industry still have enough economic benefits, the pandemic is about to end and that is where energy consumption on the planet will rise, no doubt that the value of oil will rise and the processes related to its extraction will also generate profits, that is where applying improvements in the process can make the difference between making or losing money with the extraction of oil.