美国压裂先驱BJ服务公司申请破产保护

据世界石油2020年7月20日休斯敦报道，由于油田服务需求严重下滑，美国页岩革命背后的压裂技术先驱之一的美国著名油田服务提供商BJ服务公司在20日上午申请破产保护。

BJ服务公司一直在讨论出售其固井业务和部分压裂业务。

BJ服务公司首席执行官沃伦?泽姆拉克在谈到申请破产保护文件时表示，“业务活动严重衰退以及随之而来的流动性匮乏，导致了一个难以管理的资本结构”。

BJ服务公司在其破产申请书中列出了5亿至10亿美元的资产与负债。

BJ服务公司表示，有关其在加拿大的业务将根据《公司债权人协议法》寻求保护，以促进其在加拿大业务的有序缩减。

李峻 编译自 世界石油

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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.