Oil’s messy reckoning is inviting a U.S. mega-deal in 2016. Companies and governments are modifying capital strategies amid another lurch down in crude prices. If these conditions persist, something like Royal Dutch Shell’s takeover of BG, originally valued at $70 billion, should look ever more appealing. Occidental Petroleum and Anadarko are two companies that could make tempting targets. A 17-month rout in oil has persisted, pushing oil below $40 a barrel in recent days. Chevron and ConocoPhillips both just said they would cut investment next year by roughly a quarter from this year’s already-reduced levels. Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, which is saddled with heavy debt, also this week slashed its dividend by 75 percent, saying it could no longer […]