Energy firms find loans come at steep price
Moody's said current unsecured bondholders may find their claims subordinated to new creditors
New York
ENERGY companies that were all but shut out of debt markets by a 55 per cent drop in oil prices are starting to find investors willing to lend them money to keep drilling - albeit at a steep price.
Resolute Energy Corp, an oil explorer, struck a deal with Highbridge Capital Management that guarantees the lender a return of at least 25 per cent on its US$142 million loan. In return for a US$500 million loan to Linn Energy, Blackstone Group will get an 85 per cent working interest in some of the energy producer's wells.
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