Cracking & Fracking

On this episode of Cracking & Fracking, our guest Paul O'Donnell discusses the E&P revolving credit facility borrowing based, spring redeterminations that were just completed for E&P companies.

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In this episode of Cracking & Fracking, find out what has been happening in the chemicals space and related rating actions due to COVID-19.

Sector Lead Tom Watters discusses the recent price volatility in oil and what it means for the price deck. He also gives an update on rating actions in the upstream space and what were some of the drivers.

In this episode of Cracking & Fracking, we explore the recent rating actions we took on several E&P gas producers. Find out what the key drivers were and what our analysts are thinking will be the rating drivers going forward.

Host Tom Watters and S&P Global Ratings' lead analyst for the chemicals sector, Allison Schroeder, explore the reasons for the recent rating action on Dupont and what S&P Global Ratings will be looking for to resolve it.

Cracking & Fracking host Tom Watters and S&P Global Ratings' Transportation and Refining Sector Leads, Rachel Gerrish and Mike Grande, discuss the impending regulation to reduce marine ship sulfur emissions and its implications for oil prices and the shipping and refining industries.

In this episode, Tom Watters and Paul Kurias recap some of the main topics and issues that were on investor's minds following meetings with buy side Chemical analysts in Boston and Chicago.

The upstream energy space has seen a mini-wave of defaults and bankruptcies this year and lately natural gas prices have declined rapidly. In the latest edition of Cracking & Fracking, Tom Watters discusses the reasons these events are occurring and what we can expect going forward.

Activist investors have been involved in the Specialty Chemical space. This edition of Cracking & Fracking hosts Daniel Krauss who explores the reason why this is occurring, if this trend will continue and what it means for credit quality. We also take a look at the general outlook for chemicals and some of the drivers behind this outlook.

In S&P Global Ratings' inaugural Cracking & Fracking podcast, host Thomas Watters covers noteworthy topics, industry trends and credit related matters in the Oil & Gas and Chemicals space. In this episode, Tom discusses why S&P Global Ratings believes there has been a fundamental shift in the Oil Field Service industry and what are the primary factors behind this.