Q&A: Oil & Gas Bankruptcies, Restructurings & Mergers Likely To Continue In 2021
As Murphy’s law states, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong”. This age-old adage can be applied to what the U.S. oil and gas...
Mergers and Acquisitions
Bankruptcies, Mergers, Acquisitions Become Part of Industry Folklore
by Alex Mills
Once upon a time, there was an industry in the United States that made so much money members of Congress claimed they made “obscene” profits....
Quorum Software Acquires Landdox
HOUSTON – Quorum Software (Quorum), a Thoma Bravo portfolio company and the leader in digital transformation for the oil and gas industry, announced today that it...
M&A Activity in the Permian Helps Ride Out Oil Crisis and Strengthen Operators for Recovery Scenario
Following the news of the merger between Devon Energy and WPX Energy; Steven Ho, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company,...
Energy Private Equity Valuation In A COVID-19 World
As private equity fund managers assess the economic impact of COVID-19, developing reliable valuation processes and procedures for their investments will ensure transparency to regulators...
Oil & Gas Bankruptcies Bring Renewed Focus On Fresh-Start Valuation
by Kevin Cannon
Now is the time for oil and gas companies emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy to adequately address their associated fresh-start reporting and valuation considerations. Continued...
North America’s Oil & Gas Industry Sees a Drop of 42.7 Percent in Deal Activity in Q2 2020
North America’s oil & gas industry saw a drop of 42.7 percent in overall deal activity during Q2 2020, when compared to the four-quarter average,...
A Pipeline Super Merger Doomed from the Start
In September 2015, Energy Transfer Partners and Williams Companies, two of the largest energy pipeline companies in the country agreed to merge into a $38...
Reserve-Based Lending: What Went Wrong?
Have the underlying metrics behind reserve reports proved to be overly optimistic for oil and gas companies seeking reserve-based lending (RBL)? Reserve-based lending (RBL)...
Why Unsecured Creditor Committees Matter
With the oil price dipping into negative numbers, there is a serious question about whether oil and gas companies can weather the storm of oversupply...