Friday, January 31, 2025

PDC Energy Announces Stock Offering

On March 7, 2016, PDC Energy, Inc. (ticker: PDCE) announced the company would offer 5,922,500 shares, including the expected purchase of overallotments, in common equity to the market. The offering is expected to bring in gross proceeds of $262.7 million dollars. The net proceeds from this offering will be used to repay the principal amounts owed upon the maturity of

Oil Companies Are Too Encumbered by Debt to Acquire: Tillerson

Very few attractive targets for takeover due to debt; doing deals has gotten harder, not easier The amount of debt oil and gas companies took on to fuel growth during the shale revolution has made them too encumbered to be attractive targets for acquisition ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM, ExxonMobil.com) CEO Rex Tillerson said. “It’s like buying a home with a big

More Loans from China — BOC Lends Gazprom $2.2 Billion

‘Sitting in Ambush’ for Russian Companies Bank of China has agreed to loan Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom (ticker: OGZPY) €2 billion ($2.17 billion). In the company’s press release, Gazprom said the loan was the largest deal in terms of the amount of financing attracted directly from one financial institution and the first bilateral loan facility agreement with a Chinese

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Energy Industry: I’d Rather Not Be in Your Debt Forever

The Wrath of Godzilla Oil and gas companies have become wary of debt like the residents of Odo feared the wrath of Godzilla, rising up from the sea to wreak havoc at any moment and smashing buildings in a single bound. In a highly capital intensive industry like oil and gas development, debt is a necessity. Bank debt and corporate

World’s Most In-Debt Oil Company to Get $10 Billion Lifeline from China

Petrobras plans to use loan to help pay down debt Petrobras (ticker: PBR, Petrobras.com) will receive a $10 billion loan from the China Development Bank to help pay down the company’s debt coming due this year, according to a report from China Business News. In exchange for helping PBR pay its $12 billion 2016 debt, Petrobras will supply oil to

Exploration and Production: Which Companies Shall Investors Not Worry About?

Pool of companies in Moody’s lowest credit rating grows; but risk of bankruptcy is minimal for a few standouts Continued pressure from low oil prices has prompted Moody’s Investor Service to put 264 companies in its lowest credit rating, just shy of a record high 291 in April 2009. The growing number of companies included in Moody’s lowest credit rating

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Cheniere Plans to Pay Off $2.8 Billion in Debt

Cheniere aims at credit due before 2020 Cheniere Energy (ticker: LNG, Cheniere.com) announced that it has engaged 13 financial institutions in order to structure and arrange senior secured credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of up to approximately $2.8 billion, according to a company press release. Cheniere hopes to use the proceeds from the new credit facility to redeem

Insuring Saudi Debt is Expensive, On Par with Junk-Rated Portugal

The cost of insuring Saudi debt more than doubled in the last 12 months Investors looking for security on Saudi Arabia’s debt are looking at rates similar to what they would pay for Portugal, which carries a junk credit-rating, seven levels below Saudi Arabia’s Aa3 investment grade at Moody’s Investors Service. The cost of insuring the kingdom’s debt more than

Goodrich Petroleum Strikes Debt Exchange Deal

Goodrich Petroleum (ticker: GDP) reorganized its debt structure on September 2, 2015 in an effort to enhance near-term liquidity. The terms, as explained in a company-issued news release, include replacing its initial loan of $55 million in 5% senior convertible notes due 2032 in exchange for $27.5 million in 5% senior convertible notes also due 2032. The new agreement carries

China Extends $5 Billion Debt Lifeline to Venezuela

Talking to Putin Tomorrow to Figure Out How to Stabilize Oil Prices Venezuela has struck a deal with China, its most generous creditor in recent years, for $5 billion designed to increase oil production in the coming months. Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro confirmed the agreement via a television broadcast on the evening of September 1 but was not specific on

Puerto Rico nears default as debt restructuring beckons

Via Reuters Puerto Rico’s expected default on debt due Saturday would be the start to what could end up becoming one of the largest municipal restructurings, with the potential to open the door to a fight with investors and spark volatility in bond prices. Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla shocked investors in June when he said the island’s debt—totaling

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Capital Markets Remain Hot for Oil & Gas Companies

More than $3.2 billion in capital raises were either announced or closed this week by three separate oil and gas companies. The largest raise comes from SandRidge Energy (ticker: SD) at a price of $1.25 billion of 8.75% senior notes, including the greenshoe announced on May 29, 2015. Other entities tapping the capital markets were MarkWest Energy Partners (ticker: MWE)