Summary List Placement
Hammered by a collapse in oil prices, the energy industry is entering a new phase focused on returns, which is likely to bring a wave of consolidation, analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note Wednesday. Deals could help US oil companies Exxon and Chevron diversify and build out their clean-energy assets, they said. "European peers have begun to reposition portfolios away from oil & gas production," the analysts said in the note. "Majors in the US have been slower to adapt despite sharing similar advantages of scale.