第三季度北美能源行业破产激增

    中国石化新闻网讯 据管道&天然气杂志网10月13日路透社报道， 根据Haynes和Boone律师事务所的数据显示，由于新冠疫情、原油价格下跌和可用信贷匮乏，第三季度北美能源行业破产激增，因为公司难以应对燃料需求疲软。

    据周二报告称，在截至9月的三个月中，有17家石油生产商寻求破产保护，使此类申请在2020年前九个月比去年同期增长了21％。

    随着石油生产商停止或缩减勘探和钻探以控制费用，油田服务提供商受到的打击更大。

    报告指出，第三季度有26家服务公司提出新的破产申请，而去年同期为11家。

    随着贷款人每两年重新确定生产商应获得多少信贷，这种痛苦将进一步加剧。

    根据Haynes & Boone的一项调查显示，在秋季的重新确定季过后，可用贷款预计将下降15.7%。在春季的重新确定期间，数百亿美元的借款被取消。

    Haynes&Boone表示，中游行业相对而言没有受到近期暴跌的影响，但是随着市场动荡的继续以及生产商试图避免繁重的合同，在今年余下的时间里，许多中游行业可能会申请破产。

    截至9月30日，自2015年以来，只有32家中游公司在美国申请了《破产法》第11章的破产保护，其中只有一家在第三季度申请破产。

    郝芬 译自 管道&天然气杂志网

    原文如下：

    North American Energy Bankruptcies Pile Up in Third Quarter — Haynes and Boone

    Bankruptcies in the North American energy industry surged in the third quarter as companies struggled with weak fuel demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lower crude prices and a dearth of available credit, according to law firm Haynes and Boone.

    In the three months to September, 17 oil producers sought bankruptcy protection, fueling a 21% jump in such filings in the first nine months of 2020 from a year earlier, the report said on Tuesday.

    As producers halted or scaled back exploration and drilling to rein in expenses, oilfield service providers have been hit even harder.

    There were 26 new bankruptcy filings from service companies in the third quarter, compared with 11 in the year-ago period, the report notes.

    The pain is set to worsen as lenders undertake the bi-annual redetermination of how much credit should be available to producers.

    Available credit is expected to drop 15.7% after the fall redetermination season, a Haynes and Boone survey shows. Tens of billions of dollars in borrowing power was wiped out during the spring redeterminations.

    The midstream sector has been relatively shielded from the recent rout, but with the market turmoil dragging on and producers trying to avoid onerous contracts, a number of them may approach bankruptcy courts during the rest of the year, said Haynes and Boone.

    Through Sept. 30, just 32 midstream companies had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States since 2015, with only one of those in the third quarter.