Do oil companies need subsidies 'tax breaks' when those were instituted when oil was about $20 a barrel?

Yes, but then my granddad left me almost a million shares of Exxon. With the other long term investments even after the bubble and wall street mess, I have never worked in my adult life. Next week me and the wife are spending a week at Atlantis, then off to Paris. I love the Rodin museum.