THE FLOW SLOWS

摘要

Second-quarter 2011 U.S. oil and gas transaction volume was up in terms of deal numbers-at 85, it was double first-quarter 2011's tally- but down modestly to an anemic $11.7 billion in total deal value.The second-quarter dollar volume represents a half-billion-dollar drop compared to the first quarter, bringing announced transaction volume to $24.4 billion for the first six months of 2011. By way of comparison, the domestic market witnessed more than $27 billion in transactions alone during second-quarter 2010, and $37 billion during the first half of 2010.