The Oil Market Crash Is Starting to Claim Victims Across America

April 1, 2020, 8:23 PM UTC

The unprecedented collapse in global oil markets is wreaking havoc in all corners of the North American crude industry, pushing shale drillers, deepwater-equipment haulers and oil-sand miners to desperate measures.

In the space of less than an hour on Wednesday, a former high-flying shale operator and an offshore transport company filed for bankruptcy. A short time later, a Texas shale driller was reported to be in talks with restructuring advisers, while a Canadian crude producer warned it may shut an oil-sands mine.

The depredation is evident from the Rocky Mountains to the deep seas off Rio de Janeiro as debt-laden ...

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