While the oil and gas business remains the endoskeleton of the Texas economy, oil and gas are currently living divergent performance experiences. Oil is experiencing boom times; natural gas, not so much. In such a market the semi-annual Haynes Boone borrowing base and price deck surveys can offer a valuable lenders’-eye view of the immediate future. The CDT Roundup mines the latest data, along with the usual survey of last week’s Texas-related deals.
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