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Oil, gas to rebound faster than metals, coal: BHP

Petroleum well placed to maintain its position as BHP's highest margin business, grow free cash flow contribution

Published Thu, Oct 6, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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BHP Billiton Ltd sees oil and gas markets rebounding faster than its mined commodities as it considers potential acquisitions and weighs as much as US$5 billion in project spending.

The world's biggest miner, which booked writedowns of US$7.2 billion against its US shale unit earlier this year, said that recovering oil prices and efforts to lower costs are making investment opportunities more attractive.

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