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Slugcatcher on oil's growing cash crisis

FALLING prices, rising costs, and the slow march of competition from renewables is driving the world's oil and gas industry into a cash crisis which Slugcatcher reckons could trigger a fresh wave of consolidation at the top and bottom ends of the business.

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A bad quarter for the majors leading to longer term questions 

A bad quarter for the majors leading to longer term questions 

The problem is most acute in the US shale sector where a decade of investing more than is being earned has triggered the start of an investor rebellion with demands for a better performance by small players...

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