Coho Energy Inc., a Dallas-based independent oil and gasproducer focused on exploitation of underdeveloped oil propertiesin Oklahoma and Mississippi, announced it has filed a petition forChapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Dallas’ Federal BankruptcyCourt. The decision to seek protection was taken by Coho andcertain subsidiaries because the resolution of a restructuringcannot be completed without the protection and assistance of thebankruptcy court, the company said. Timing of the bankruptcy filingwas imposed by several factors including the repayment accelerationof the Company’s $240 million debt by its bank creditors lastThursday (See Daily GPI, Aug. 20), the inability of the banks andthe bondholders (the two large creditor groups) to reach asatisfactory agreement with each other, and the potential for oneof the bondholder’s being granted a summary judgment in its lawsuitagainst Coho for full payment of principal and past due interest.Coho said it is continuing to discuss a solution to its capitalneeds with the banks, the bondholders and other potentialinvestors. The company expects to file a plan of reorganizationwith the bankruptcy court in the near future.
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After a string of high-inventory OFOs this summer, usually onweekends but occasionally on a weekday, Pacific Gas & Electriccame up with a new wrinkle Tuesday: a low-inventory OFO takingeffect today with a 3% tolerance for negative daily imbalances. Theutility projected that its linepack would remain below targetlevels through Friday.
Flat Cash Prices Ignore New Storms, Soaring Screen
Storms and screen-those were the two big “S” words thatdominated trader conversations Monday. Yet despite weekend lossesof South Texas production to Hurricane Bret, more tropicaldisturbances lining up in the Atlantic and a spectacular push bythe September Henry Hub futures contract to finish above $3, cashprices found themselves hard-pressed to do much more than standtheir ground. Except for some small upticks in the West, mostpoints saw little if any price movement.
Christmas Comes Early for Nymex Bulls
Natural gas futures surged again yesterday amid concerns thatproduction shortfalls associated with a sudden barrage of tropicalstorm and hurricane activity will put pressure on an already tightsupply-demand situation. Fresh off a 28-cent price run late lastweek, the September contract tacked on an additional 12.6 centsyesterday to finish at $3.064 after notching a fresh high at $3.08.Estimated volume was healthy, with 101,460 contracts changinghands.
Bret Spares Western Gulf Producers
As Tropical Storm Bret was downgraded from hurricane statusMonday, offshore producers in the western region of the Gulf ofMexico breathed a major sigh of relief. Their personnel andplatform facilities had completely escaped Bret’s wrath over theweekend, with producers reporting no damages and only nominalvolumes of shut-in production.
CP&L Buying Florida Power Parent
Carolina Power & Light Co. (CP&L) would bulk upconsiderably with its planned acquisition, announced yesterday, ofFlorida Progress Corp., parent of Florida Power, for $5.3 billion.The combined company would be worth about $17 billion and serve 2.7million customers, nearly 200,000 of them gas. It also would be thenation’s ninth-largest energy utility based on generating capacityof more than 18,500 megawatts.
Talisman to Add Rigel for $C1.2 Billion
Rigel Energy, a medium-sized producer based in Calgary, got thedesired results from its summer-long, self-advertising campaignyesterday in the form of a $C1.2 billion merger offer from TalismanEnergy. Rigel’s board of directors said it will recommendacceptance of the offer to the company’s shareholders. Talisman isexpected to mail its formal takeover bid offer on Sept. 2, and theoffer will be open for acceptance for at least 21 days, Rigel said.
Resource America Acquires Ohio-Based Viking
Philadelphia-based Resource America Inc. announced it has signedan agreement to acquire the stock of Viking Resources Corp., aprivately held energy and energy finance company based in NorthCanton, OH, and centered in the Appalachian Basin.
FERC Approves Western-KCPL Merger
Kansas City Power & Light and Western Resources successfullyreached an agreement with the FERC settling all merger-relatedissues, Western Resources said yesterday. The company also said theagreement forged between the merging parties and the MissouriPublic Service Commission staff is currently being reviewed by theMissouri commissioners. Only the Kansas Corporation Commission(KCC) approval stands in the way of the merger’s completion, thecompany said.
Justice Threatens Transco with Civil Action
The Justice Department has said it intends to go to court toseek civil penalties and an injunction against Williams’Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. unless the two sides can reachan agreement over alleged violations involving polychlorinatedbiphenyl contamination (BCP).