5 critical Shale gas finance and M&A challenges

I had the opportunity to interview Andrew Moorfield, Managing Director, Head of EMEA Energy – Origination, Global Banking and Markets, Scotiabank  and managed to elicit from him what he thought were the key finance and M&A questions facing shale gas operators in Europe :

•    Will the US financing model be replicated in Europe? What price, maturity and terms?
•    How will the exploration and development phases be financed?
•    What innovative financing solutions exist?  At what price?
•    How will the M&A landscape evolve? What were the mistakes in the US we can avoid in Europe? Who will be the winners and losers?

Andrew will be discussing the answers to these questions – and a whole lot more – at the upcoming Shale Gas World Europe Congress in Warsaw in November.