Executive Q&A viewpoint

By year-end 2014, oil and gas prices slumped as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which controls more than one-third of the global output of oil, continued steady production. At the same time, US hydrocarbon production continued apace due to improved hydraulic fracturing technology and drilling programs based on held-by-production contracts, making cheap natural gas plentiful. How does this low-price environment affect gas processing operators, and what are the optimal management strategies heading into 2015? For answers, Gas Processing talks with James “Jim” Benson, co-founder and managing partner of Energy Spectrum Capital. Energy Spectrum was founded in 1996 t