WELL ARMED, PRIVATE EQUITY HUNTS FOR DEALS

摘要

The money available to U.S. oil and gas companies is astonishing: more than $16 billion flowed into the energy sector in first-quarter 2015, two-thirds in high-yield issuances and one-third in public equity raises. This has shored up balance sheets and is enabling E&Ps to join the hunt for opportunities, predicated on the theory that low commodity prices will deliver great bargains to the market later this year.