US Gas Assets Still Hot, Despite Much Touted Turn to Oil

摘要

For all the talk that large US shale gas producers are moving away from natural gas and toward more liquids-prone plays because of the large price premium oil enjoys in North America, some of the biggest asset sales of late have been gas-heavy (WGI Jun.23,p8). The reason? The biggest private companies need still-plentiful gas to sustain, much less grow production volumes as their oil opportunities recede.