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Q&A: The State Of Oil & Gas M&A Activity & What To Expect In 2023

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The current landscape of M&A and A&D dealmaking in the U.S. oil and gas industry looks a lot different than what it did in the 2015-2019 period. During the pandemic, commodity prices sank to historically low levels (WTI crude...more

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Asset Retirement Obligation Rate Considerations In An Inflationary Market

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Why you should be cautious about using today’s higher inflation rates in your asset retirement obligation calculation....more

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A Focus On Goodwill & Asset Impairment Testing

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Market equity prices and indices continued to decrease for many energy companies during 2020. For instance, between January 13, 2020, and December 31, 2020, the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration and Production Select Industry...more

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The current oil and gas environment: Buying distressed oil and gas assets

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Following the success of our three-part webinar series produced together with Houlihan Lokey in Spring 2020, we have developed reports summarizing how companies and investors can better navigate distress and insolvency in the...more

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2020 Oil & Gas Impairments: What’s Behind the Numbers?

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Find out why some energy companies are considering potential oil and gas impairments amid low oil and gas pricing, and what key considerations go into conducting these impairments in order to comply with debt covenants and...more

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Bringing Goodwill & Asset Impairment Testing into Focus

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Find out why adequetely addressing year-end goodwill and long-lived asset impairment testing procedures improves financial audits, reviews and allows for greater transparency. Market equity prices and indices continued to...more

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Under New Lease Standard: Interpreting ‘Class of Underlying Asset’

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued several new Accounting Standards Codifications (ASC) and Accounting Standards Updates (ASU) over the past two years. This has resulted in management teams furiously...more

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Split Third Circuit Holds Transfer By Non-Debtor Cannot Be Fraudulent Transfer

Refusing to rely on “equitable principles” when interpreting the Delaware Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (DUFTA), the Third Circuit (2-1 decision) in Crystallex Int’l Corp. v. Petroleos De Venezuela, S.A, et als. held that a...more

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Energy Sector Alert Series: As Oil Prices Descend, Patent Enforcement Litigation Increases Within Energy Industry

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n this eight-week alert series, we are providing a broad look at current and emerging issues facing the energy sector. Attorneys from across the firm will discuss issues ranging from environmental disclosures and risk...more

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Bankruptcy Sales: “It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over”

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Great Plains Royalty Corp. v. Earl Schwartz Co. (In re Great Plains Royalty Corp.), 520 B.R. 292 (Bankr. D. N.D. 2014) – Two companies that acquired assets in a bankruptcy auction moved to reopen the case to clarify...more

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