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BHP to move deeper into shale gas with $4.5B in acquisitions

Andrew Topf | November 15, 2011 | 7:58 pm Top Companies Europe 

BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) says it plans to spend about $4.5 billion on developing shale gas assets in 2012. Earlier this year, BHP, the world's largest mining company, spent nearly $17 billion buying Petrohawk Energy and Chesapeake Energy with the aim of...

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