Forces of opportunity and failure at play amid oil bust
Signs of trouble have brought out Wall Street's bottom feeders. Distressed debt is an investment opportunity
New York
AMERICAN history is littered with oil busts that created big winners and losers.
Now, as the cracks appear in the latest energy boom, the forces of failure and opportunity are stirring again. Resolute Energy, a Colorado company that borrowed big in the boom, is among those in an endgame that is being played up and down Wall Street and in the vast oil fields that new drilling methods have opened in recent years.
