EIA: U.S. energy spending down sharply

EIA: U.S. energy spending down sharply Washington (UPI) Feb 11, 2016 - Investment in the mining and other extractive industries, including oil, declined in the United States by more than 30 percent last year, federal data show. When measured as a share of total private U.S. investments, federal data show spending in the mining and exploration sector dropped from a 5 percent share in 2014 to just more than 3 percent last year. A daily briefing from t ... morehttp://www.oilgasdaily.com/reports/EIA_US_energy_spending_down_sharply_999.html