SYDNEY: 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$5bil in project spending.
The world’s biggest miner, which booked writedowns of US$7.2bil against its US shale unit earlier this year, said that recovering oil prices and efforts to lower costs were making investment opportunities more attractive.
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