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The Source: Sustained Low Oil Prices Lead To Bankruptcies

Mose Buchele | NPR StateImpact

 For more than a year the continuing slide of oil prices from $120 to now $40 a barrel has caused economic pain to the industry. Globally the 250,000 oil workers have lost jobs. Now as stock prices have erased the values of many of oil and oil-servicing businesses debts are being called in, and for many who can't pay the last recourse is bankruptcy protection.

Who is feeling the pain in Texas?

Guests:

  • Bradley Olson, National Energy Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal
  • R. Glen Ayers, Bankruptcy Lawyer specializing in oil and gas for the law firm of Langley & Banack
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Paul served at Texas Public Radio from 2011 to 2025, most recently leading the Accountability Desk.