Cheap Debt And The Glut Of Profitless Gas

Evidence of corporate distress is mounting. Chesapeake Energy Corp., once in the vanguard of U.S. frackers, is unprofitable and struggling with more than $9 billion of debt. It warned in November it may go bust. EQT Corp., the largest domestic gas producer, said last week it will take an impairment of up to $1.8 billion for the fourth quarter, due in part to low prices.

Even the global energy giants aren’t immune. Chevron Corp. said last month it expects a writedown of more than $11 billion, more that half of that attributable to its Appalachian gas assets.

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-19/america-is-awash-with-natural-gas-and-it-s-about-to-get-worse