Oil prices continue to languish in early 2015, prompting many to look ahead toward potential restructuring opportunities. With so much focus on finding the bottom, one can only wonder what may occur before the top is again in view. This article provides some context to that intermediate analysis of what may occur within the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry.
The analysis requires some categorization at the threshold. Focusing on the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, the two general categories are companies engaged in exploration and production versus oilfield services. The way companies within these two components of the upstream sector are built—and, thus, rebuilt through bankruptcy—vary substantially.
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