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The US government has approved two rounds of “Paycheck Protection Program” (PPP) funding totaling nearly $700bn. The program offers partially forgivable loans of up to $10mm for companies with 500 or less employees. The funds are trickling into the oilfield, and rightly so. Here’s a look at the energy companies …

Along with many others in the industry, we actively monitor the Haynes & Boone Spring borrowing base re-determination survey each year. Released this week, the law firm’s latest survey suggests that bankers have shrugged off the capital destruction left by the downturn’s 120 O&G bankruptcies. There’s a lot more to this …

Offshore drilling contractors have been signing deals with shipyards to delay taking rig delivery for several years now. With no visibility on work, it’s better to leave rigs on the docks where they took shape than to store them somewhere harsher. This morning Atwood announced a delay deal on a pair of …