據世界石油2020年7月20日休斯敦報道，由于油田服務需求嚴重下滑，美國頁巖革命背后的壓裂技術先驅之一的美國著名油田服務提供商BJ服務公司在20日上午申請破產保護。

BJ服務公司一直在討論出售其固井業務和部分壓裂業務。

BJ服務公司首席執行官沃倫?澤姆拉克在談到申請破產保護文件時表示，“業務活動嚴重衰退以及隨之而來的流動性匱乏，導致了一個難以管理的資本結構”。

BJ服務公司在其破產申請書中列出了5億至10億美元的資產與負債。

BJ服務公司表示，有關其在加拿大的業務將根據《公司債權人協議法》尋求保護，以促進其在加拿大業務的有序縮減。

李峻 編譯自 世界石油

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Frac pioneer BJ Services files Chapter 11 bankruptcy

BJ Services Company, one of the pioneers of the fracing techniques behind America’s shale revolution, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday morning amid a severe downturn in oilfield services demand. The company had been in discussions to sell its cementing business, and a portion of its fracing operations.

A “severe downturn in activity and subsequent lack of liquidity resulted in an unmanageable capital structure”, Chief Executive Officer Warren Zemlak said of the filing. BJ Services listed assets and liabilities between $500 million and $1 billion in its bankruptcy petition, filed in the Southern District of Texas.

Regarding its operations in Canada, BJ Services said it would seek protection under the Companies’ Creditors Agreement Act in order to facilitate an orderly wind-down of its Canadian operations.