Macleans.ca | The Oil Mega-Merger is Back – Energy Journal Wall Street Journal (blog) The deal, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, brings together two companies that have been buffeted by a sharp drop in oil and gas prices since last summer. Buying BG will add 25% to Shell's proved oil and gas reserves and 20% to production, as ... It's crazy how closely oil prices have tracked the 1980s crash |