U.S. oil production will decline if the corporate-acquisition spree sweeping the shale sector is prolonged, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas survey.
'It will not be possible to seize the gas in the transition or distribution network, nor the claims of a third party from a particularly significant contract for the supply of natural gas'.
The acquisition will consolidate more assets in the hands of what is already the world's biggest LNG player, at a time when demand for LNG expands faster than other fossil fuels.
China has reduced power generation from fossil fuels as output from sunlight and water surges, feeding hopes that the world's biggest polluter may have peaked emissions years before its own deadline.