Houston energy companies turn eyes toward logistics to slash costs

The energy-focused arm of European shipping giant Deutsche Post, better-known as DHL, has contracts with Houston-based energy companies that are significantly down in value — but not gone altogether. The very same clients that have had to slash their contract rates are eagerly searching ways to draw excess cost out of their logistics systems, where costs have subtly accumulated for quite some time thanks to oil that once cost $100 a barrel. "Clearly logistics is not a core activity for oil and…

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