Outlook for Investment Banks focusing on Energy in Houston

I will be interning at a small boutique investment bank that is focusing on Energy in Houston, Texas and am just curious on the outlook of the Energy industry? A lot of people are saying that Energy is a dying industry. Anyone have any experience working in the Energy industry in Houston specifically in Investment Banking?

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Thank you for proving everyone’s point that MBA associates (Summer Associates especially), are fucking idiots

Open any major news outlet and read what is going on: 2 major ~$60B deals announced in the last month, another ~$2B deal announced yesterday, Houston was selected as one of the 7 major hydrogen hubs in the country with billions of federal grants awarded….

List goes on, maybe open your eyes and actually read something every once in a while…

 

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