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The revolution in upstream oil and gas

The non-governmental oil and gas business has witnessed a huge erosion of value in recent years. Between 1980 and 1993, a representative sample of 103 worldwide oil and gas companies destroyed a total of nearly US$300 billion in shareholder wealth, compared with the risk adjusted returns avail...

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