Undoubtedly, one of the most troubled oil and gas E&P (exploration and production) firms on the market today is Approach Resources (AREX). Despite crude prices soaring once again in recent months, significant haircuts on natural gas, a mainstay of the business, combined with high levels of debt and declining output, are putting the firm in a position where, frankly, there might not be any coming back from. Absent some miracle engineered by management and lenders alike, the probability of Approach surviving through 2019 is extremely slim.
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