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Say Goodbye to Hercules Offshore

HERO Re-enters Chapter 11 with Plans to Dissolve the Company Hercules Offshore (ticker: HERO) announced today that it has decided to return to Chapter 11 bankruptcy less than seven months after the company’s initial bankruptcy claim. Hercules plans to dissolve the company and sell all remaining assets instead of restructuring and staying in business. Hercules said in a press release

Halcon Resources Files for Prepackaged Chapter 11

Halcon Resources announced on May 18, 2016, the company reached an agreement with shareholders and bondholders to enter into a pre-packaged Chapter 11 filing. “The restructuring plan, if implemented, will result in the elimination of approximately $1.8 billion of debt and approximately $222 million of Preferred Equity, and will reduce the company’s ongoing annual interest burden by more than $200

SandRidge Energy and Breitburn Energy Partners File for Chapter 11

SandRidge Energy and Breitburn Energy Partners became the latest companies to succumb to the market forces and file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday. SandRidge Energy SandRidge reached an agreement with the majority of its lenders and bondholders to swap $3.7 billion in debt for control of the company, and will enter into a pre-arranged restructuring. Roughly two thirds

Linn Energy Files, Pushing Oil & Gas Bankruptcies to $11.8 Billion this Week

Linn Energy files bankruptcy with $9.4 billion in debt on the balance sheet The total dollar amount of oil and gas bankruptcies grow substantially this week when Linn Energy (Ticker: LINE) announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 on May 11, 2016. The company said previously that current commodity prices, mixed with its weak balance sheet could potentially make

Banks Becoming Increasingly Wary of Energy Defaults

Median Debt to EBITDA is 3.6 Times across 77 U.S. E&P Companies: EnerCom Analytics It happened when ‘lower for longer’ went from being a popular catch phrase to bitter reality. Today, bankruptcy has become an increasingly common word across the energy sector. Increasing federal oversight of oil and gas lending, decreasing cash flows and higher leverage ratios for oil and

Colorado Oil: Adams County Commissioners Vote to Put in a Temporary Moratorium on Oil & Gas Permit Applications- Oil & Gas 360

Swift Energy Exits Chapter 11 after 115 Days

Swift Energy finalizes plan to forgive $905 million in debt following Chapter 11 Swift Energy announced today that the company is emerging from bankruptcy following the completion of its financial restructuring. Under the terms of the company’s plan to reorganize, roughly $906 million of the company’s senior debt and “certain other unsecured claims” were exchanged for 88.5% of the post-emergence

TMS Pioneer Goodrich Petroleum Files Chapter 11 and Announces Plan for Restructuring

On April 15, 2016, Goodrich Petroleum announced the company has filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The RSA and the bankruptcy proceeding will allow for the restructuring of the Company’s balance sheet, which will strengthen the company’s financial position by reducing long-term debt and enhancing financial flexibility. Under the terms of the restructuring arrangement, Goodrich

Pipeline

Why Did Southcross Holdings Exit Bankruptcy Two Weeks After Filing?

Private equity firms pump $170 million into Southcross Holdings LP Poor economics driven by low oil prices is the harsh reality being faced by many operators since the end of 2014, forcing 42 companies to file for bankruptcy in 2015, but none of those operators have made it through the Chapter 11 process as quickly as Southcross Holdings LLP. Just

Borrowing Base Availability by Company

How Much Borrowing Base will be Left after Redeterminations? Bankruptcy and restructuring have become prevalent words in the oil and gas industry during the present price downturn. With spring borrowing base redeterminations already under way or quickly approaching, speculation is rampant as to the extent of cuts and who will suffer the consequences when cuts are made. Oil & Gas

Could E&P Bankruptcy Destabilize Midstream MLPs?

Bankrupt E&P companies looking to end pipeline agreements The downturn in oil prices took a serious toll on the U.S. E&P market last year, with 42 companies filing for bankruptcy in 2015. Those companies’ total debt amounted to $17.85 billion, and many of them are seeking to restructure under Chapter 11. As part of that restructuring, many oil and gas

$17.85 Billion in Oil and Gas Bankruptcies in 2015

Swift Energy (ticker: SFYWQ) joined the 2015 group of oil and gas producers to file for bankruptcy on Dec. 31, making it the final oil and gas company to do so last year. Swift’s total debt amounted to $1.18 billion, comprised of $302 million in secured debt, and $875 million in unsecured debt. Swift received U.S. bankruptcy court approval this

ConocoPhillips

Oil and Gas Bankruptcy Climbs to More than $16 Billion in 2015

*This story was corrected from an earlier version to reflect Energy & Exploration Partners’ debt level Low oil prices push 41 energy companies into bankruptcy Saying that 2015 has been a difficult year for the oil and gas sector would be an understatement. U.S. crude oil benchmark WTI averaged $91.23 per barrel in 2014, while in 2015 it has, to date,