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Bankruptcy in the Oil and Gas Industry
Contains material from Jan 2017
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Session 2: Wildcatter 101—Oil and Gas Basics for Bankruptcy Professionals - Listen to an introduction to and overview of key concepts, issues, and topics that arise in insolvency proceedings involving companies in the oil and gas industry. This presentation “drills down” on the issues that insolvency professionals should be aware of when exploring for work in the oil patch.
Session 3:Oil and Gas Restructuring 101 -
Session 4: Oil and Gas Environmental Concerns and Issues - Hear an overview of the treatment of environmental obligations in recent oil and gas bankruptcy cases, including the treatment of obligations such as plugging and abandonment and decommissioning costs and other regulatory compliance obligations. This presentation addresses the recent cases testing the limits of abandonment of assets, rejection of contracts, federal and state law compliance, bonding obligations for the oil and gas debtor, and how joint interest owners and predecessors-in-interest may be left holding the bag.
Session 5: Six Numbers to Remember—7, 11, 18, 22, 29, and 363: Oil and Gas Bankruptcy Exit Strategies and Realities -
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Owen L. Anderson, Hon. David R. Jones
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Session 1
—47 mins
The Sabine Bankruptcy Decision: Do Midstream Gathering and Processing Agreements Run With the Land in Texas (and elsewhere)? (Jan 2017)
The Sabine bankruptcy decision allowed the Bankruptcy Trustee to avoid a gas gathering and processing agreement that the parties expressly agreed was a covenant running with the land. The case has influenced other bankruptcies. Was Sabine correctly decided, what are the immediate consequences of the decision, and what are its long-term consequences?
Originally presented: Nov 2016 Bankruptcy Conference
Owen L. Anderson,
Professor and Distinguished Oil and Gas Scholar and Kuntz Chair Emeritus & Cross Research Professor Emeritus The University of Oklahoma College of Law, The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
Hon. David R. Jones,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas - Houston, TX
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Eli O. Columbus
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Session 2
—28 mins
Wildcatter 101—Oil and Gas Basics for Bankruptcy Professionals (Jan 2017)
Listen to an introduction to and overview of key concepts, issues, and topics that arise in insolvency proceedings involving companies in the oil and gas industry. This presentation “drills down” on the issues that insolvency professionals should be aware of when exploring for work in the oil patch.
Originally presented: Nov 2016 Bankruptcy Conference
Eli O. Columbus,
Haynes and Boone, LLP - Dallas, TX
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J.P. Hanson, Shad E. Sumrow
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Session 3
—46 mins
Oil and Gas Restructuring 101 (Jan 2017)
Originally presented: Nov 2016 Bankruptcy Conference
J.P. Hanson,
Houlihan Lokey - New York, NY and Houston TX
Shad E. Sumrow,
Thompson & Knight LLP - Dallas, TX
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Paul J. Goodwine, Mark W. Wege
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Session 4
—32 mins
Oil and Gas Environmental Concerns and Issues (Jan 2017)
Hear an overview of the treatment of environmental obligations in recent oil and gas bankruptcy cases, including the treatment of obligations such as plugging and abandonment and decommissioning costs and other regulatory compliance obligations. This presentation addresses the recent cases testing the limits of abandonment of assets, rejection of contracts, federal and state law compliance, bonding obligations for the oil and gas debtor, and how joint interest owners and predecessors-in-interest may be left holding the bag.
Originally presented: Nov 2016 Bankruptcy Conference
Paul J. Goodwine,
Looper Goodwine P.C. - New Orleans, LA
Mark W. Wege,
Dentons US LLP - Houston, TX
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Charles A. Beckham Jr., Todd Perry, Hon. Tony M. Davis
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Session 5
—44 mins
Six Numbers to Remember—7, 11, 18, 22, 29, and 363: Oil and Gas Bankruptcy Exit Strategies and Realities (Jan 2017)
Originally presented: Nov 2016 Bankruptcy Conference
Charles A. Beckham Jr.,
Haynes and Boone, LLP - Houston, TX
Todd Perry,
FTI Consulting - Dallas, TX
Hon. Tony M. Davis,
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Texas - Austin, TX