The boiler-plate text in Petrohawk Energy Corp.'s earnings reports that cited its assets changed often. The company, which was sold in August to Australian conglomerate BHP Billiton Ltd., had been in plays ranging from the conventional, vertical Hunton in Oklahoma to coalbed methane in western Arkansas to the Gulf of Mexico. Floyd Wilson, founder, chairman and chief executive officer, was a strict guardian who didn't fall too much in love with any of the company's assets. "I used the 80/20 rule always," he says. That is, 20% of assets make 80% of the money. And, thus, the chameleon property set. He adds, "The shales have changed this old rule of thumb."
展开▼
机译：Petrohawk Energy Corp.的收益报告中的样板文字经常提及其资产。该公司已于八月出售给澳大利亚集团必和必拓有限公司，业务范围从俄克拉荷马州的常规垂直Hunton到阿肯色州西部的煤层气到墨西哥湾。创始人，董事长兼首席执行官弗洛伊德·威尔逊（Floyd Wilson）是严格的监护人，对公司的任何资产都没有过多的爱慕。他说：“我一直使用80/20规则。”也就是说，20％的资产赚了80％的钱。因此，变色龙属性集。他补充说：“页岩改变了这一古老的经验法则。”
展开▼
