J.P. Morgan Chase Chairman and CEO James Dimon in February called the unfunded loans are… The $147 billion question for banks: Will energy companies max out their credit lines? When big banks announce earnings starting on Wednesday, the spotlight will be on massive energy loans that most investors didn’t know much about until recently. These unfunded loans have been promised to energy companies that haven’t yet tapped the money. Many banks historically haven’t disclosed these loans but have begun to recently following the extended slide in oil and gas prices. In the first quarter, a handful of energy borrowers announced more than $3 billion of drawdowns against these types of loans. Those commitments are expected to trickle down to bank earnings and saddle firms with more energy exposure at a time they are trying to pare it back. “Let’s not sugarcoat it, this is not necessarily a loan a […]