NATURAL GAS: WHERE ENDLESS MONEY WENT TO DIE

"[T]hanks to the Fed’s zero-interest-rate policy and the trillions it has handed over ... boundless sums of money have been searching for a place to go ... The result is a stunning misallocation of capital to the tune of tens of billions of dollars to an economic activity—drilling for dry natural gas—that has been highly unprofitable for years. It’s where money has gone to die. What’s left is debt, and wells that will never produce enough to make their investors whole."

Ein Artikel von Wolf Richter über Investitionen in Shalgas-Plays ohne Aussicht auf einen Return on Investment in Angesicht der niedrigen US-Gaspreise, extrem hoher Förderabfallraten und der Flucht in luktrativere Nassgas- bzw. Tight Oil-Plays. Erschienen auf Testosterone Pit (20. Juni 2012).