Natural Gas Proves No Savior for Energy Investors in Oil Crash

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A warm start to winter is disappointing investors who bet U.S. natural gas producers would offer a refuge from falling oil prices.

Gas companies including Southwestern Energy Co. and Range Resources Corp. have fallen by more than 40 percent since June. That’s similar to the decrease experienced in the past six months by companies producing mainly oil, as crude prices fell by half.