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Disasters, Low Oil Prices, Shale Cause $6.4B Loss at BHP Billiton

Battered by a devastating dam disaster in Brazil, low commodity prices and losses in shale holdings – including operations in Arkansas – mining giant BHP Billiton posted a record $6.4 billion annual loss on Tuesday. read more >
Larry Bengal, director of the state Oil & Gas Commission, says gas is still plentiful in the Fayetteville Shale, but prices don’t support getting it.
Construction / Energy / Investments

After Boom in Shale, Arkansas Gas Industry Faces Halt in Drilling

After a decade-long, multibillion-dollar bonanza of natural gas production in an Arkansas field called the Fayetteville Shale, the bust has landed with a thud. read more >