5 Legal Battles To Watch As Oil, Gas Bankruptcies Surge

By Keith Goldberg (March 17, 2016, 6:45 PM EDT) -- More oil and gas producers are bound to seek Chapter 11 protection as oil prices remain stubbornly low and lenders scale back companies' borrowing bases, and things like broken contracts and environmental cleanup costs for underperforming wells will be fertile ground for disputes. Here, experts identify five types of legal dustups to keep an eye out for as oil and gas bankruptcies mount....

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