Many investors in the oil-and-gas exploration industry were there for the promise of dividends, today, with the oil price so low, many oil companies will have difficulty protecting their dividends. Yannick Naud More Quotes by Yannick Naud More Quotes From Yannick Naud I think we are bound to get to negative (transaction) yields eventually on these companies, investors are having to choose between a bank deposit rate that is negative and a company rate that is slightly less negative. The company may be the better credit risk, particularly if it is AAA-rated. Yannick Naud energy