Since 2010, the private equity industry has invested at least $1.1 trillion into the energy sector, double the combined market value of three of the world's largest energy companies, Exxon, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell
Pumpjacks at a well site in Williston, N.D. on Sept. 30, 2018. According to new research, private equity firms have invested at least $1.1 trillion into the energy sector since 2010. Image: Jim Wilson/The New York Times
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