After oil megamergers, $27 billion of asset sales remain with a lack of ready buyers
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There are fewer institutional and European oil buyers interested, and a lack of ready cash to finance these deals.
U.S. oil and gas companies could face an uphill struggle to sell about $27 billion of assets to fund investor payouts over the next few years as the biggest wave of energy megamergers in 25 years nears the end of regulatory reviews.