美國壓裂先驅(qū)BJ服務(wù)公司申請破產(chǎn)保護

據(jù)世界石油2020年7月20日休斯敦報道，由于油田服務(wù)需求嚴(yán)重下滑，美國頁巖革命背后的壓裂技術(shù)先驅(qū)之一的美國著名油田服務(wù)提供商BJ服務(wù)公司在20日上午申請破產(chǎn)保護。

BJ服務(wù)公司一直在討論出售其固井業(yè)務(wù)和部分壓裂業(yè)務(wù)。

BJ服務(wù)公司首席執(zhí)行官沃倫?澤姆拉克在談到申請破產(chǎn)保護文件時表示，“業(yè)務(wù)活動嚴(yán)重衰退以及隨之而來的流動性匱乏，導(dǎo)致了一個難以管理的資本結(jié)構(gòu)”。

BJ服務(wù)公司在其破產(chǎn)申請書中列出了5億至10億美元的資產(chǎn)與負(fù)債。

BJ服務(wù)公司表示，有關(guān)其在加拿大的業(yè)務(wù)將根據(jù)《公司債權(quán)人協(xié)議法》尋求保護，以促進其在加拿大業(yè)務(wù)的有序縮減。

李峻 編譯自 世界石油

原文如下：

Frac pioneer BJ Services files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

BJ Services Company, one of the pioneers of the fracing techniques behind America’s shale revolution, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday morning amid a severe downturn in oilfield services demand. The company had been in discussions to sell its cementing business, and a portion of its fracing operations.

A “severe downturn in activity and subsequent lack of liquidity resulted in an unmanageable capital structure”, Chief Executive Officer Warren Zemlak said of the filing. BJ Services listed assets and liabilities between $500 million and $1 billion in its bankruptcy petition, filed in the Southern District of Texas.

Regarding its operations in Canada, BJ Services said it would seek protection under the Companies’ Creditors Agreement Act in order to facilitate an orderly wind-down of its Canadian operations.