Top tier energy issuers took advantage of hospitable debt markets to lock in both size and-in Apache Corp.'s case-term ahead of late November market uncertainty surrounding the so-called "fiscal cliff." Integrated producer Chevron Corp. made a trip to the fixed income market, in what is believed to be its first bond issuance since the 2008-2009 financial crisis, to raise as much as $4 billion in two tranches of senior unsecured notes.
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