Banks Plan To Cut Oil Lending Even More This Year

Oil lending could go down even more

Even though the price of oil has nearly doubled from its lows printed at the beginning of last year, it seems that for many oil and gas companies, the downturn continues to weigh on operations.

According to the most recent issue of the Haynes and Boone, Borrowing Base Redeterminations Survey, conducted last quarter, around 24% of exploration and production borrowers expect to see a decrease in their borrowing base redeterminations for spring 2017. Even though the number of responses indicating a reduction in borrowing capacity has decreased dramatically since last year (down from 41% in the fall of 2016) it is notable that many sector stakeholders believe further adjustments are ahead despite the changes that have taken place over the past 12 months.

Banks Plan To Cut Oil Lending Further

163 Borrowing Base surveys were completed for the spring 2017 issue with respondents spread across the lending, producer, services and other oil and related industries. Far more borrowers believe borrowing bases will be cut this year than lenders with 27% of borrowers predicting a cut and 20% of lenders holding the same opinion.

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