Energy and the US election: What you need to know

Energy will not decide the US presidential election, now just five weeks away. But the US presidential election will decide a lot about energy. Our first note explores how.

Data Drill today offers another way of measuring the crash’s impact on North America’s oil and gas business this year: soaring impairments. Endnote looks at yesterday’s big M&A news: Devon Energy’s all-share takeover of WPX Energy, creating a big hitter in US shale — especially the Permian’s Delaware Basin. We spoke to both CEOs.

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