Oil and Gas Company Chaparral Has Cash for Turnaround

05/11/16

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Oil and gas company Chaparral Energy Inc. has $152 million in stored cash for its bankruptcy turnaround that is beyond secured lenders’ reach. The Wall Street Journal has the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

(Daily Bankruptcy Review is a daily newsletter with comprehensive coverage and analysis of emerging and in-progress insolvencies and turnarounds. For a two-week trial, visit http://on.wsj.com/DJBankruptcyNews, scroll to the bottom and click “try for free.”)

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