Corporate

Two gassy Europeans, two shale-obsessed Americans and one in between is too simplistic a division

The company boosts key investor metrics, suggesting it has renewed its appetite for an IPO

Sceptical agencies consider further cuts to their ratings of the company's debt

The French oil and gas major refuses to be eclipsed by shale

The firm intends to become one of the world's largest LNG producers by 2030 via projects in the inhospitable Arctic environment

The company is balancing its upstream ambitions with government debt obligations, while finalising a key domestic downstream project

Expectations of a post-Anadarko flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the prolific shale basin may be wide of the mark

Technology's growing importance in building resilience to volatility means that digital capabilities will likely be a notable driver of acquisitions in 2019

M&A has slowed in the US' hottest shale basin as investors look elsewhere for cheaper growth opportunities

Deal making recovered in 2017 and will continue to pick up in 2018 as investors look for new growth opportunities

Transactions defied low oil prices, as investors bet on long-term economics

M&A in the region picked up in 2017, but European output was still expected to wane

Deloitte Consulting LLP

EQUATE

Sadara Chemical Company

Eni

Energean

MOL Group

Brazilian company re-evaluates spending strategy while focusing on divestment

The company's mammoth $12bn global bond offering allowed a glimpse into its treasure chest for the first time

New policies and regulations are essential to speed up the gas evolution

The effective oil price ceiling created by the US shale boom is causing governments elsewhere to revise their tax codes

As margins are squeezed, traders need to look at expanding their skillsets and geographical horizons

The Middle Eastern NOC’s new trading venture adds to the oil market’s evolution, and potentially to the pressure on middlemen

Upstream results from some leading oil firms were the best seen for years, but others fell flat

Financial results for Petronas

Financial results for Petrobras

Financial results for Gazprom

Financial results for CNPC

Financial results for Saudi Aramco