"Booms, Busts, Sustainability–Navigating Today’s Energy Landscape"

"Few businesses have had to endure a 60 percent drop in revenues over the course of six months," ConocoPhillips Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ryan Lance told the October 22 meeting of the Boston College Chief Executives Club. That’s what the oil and gas industries have experienced, as "a combination of supply growth and weak demand has driven down oil prices to half what they were a year ago," he said.