BHP Billiton writes down Fayetteville shale values

BHP Billiton announced a $2.84 billion writedown of its US shale assets, saying a short-term over supply of natural gas resulted in a before-tax impairment charge against the carrying value of the Fayetteville shale assets that BHP Billiton acquired from Chesapeake Energy Corp. in February 2011.

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