A total 45 bankruptcies in the North American E&P patch were filed in 2020, the second-highest number since oil prices abruptly plummeted to the $50/b level six years ago, Haynes & Boone said in a Dec. 17 report. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The international law firm, which has tracked energy bankruptcies since since early-2015, said this year’s number was only exceeded by 2016 with 70. Companies that filed in fourth-quarter 2020 included MD America Energy, Finger Oil & Gas, Onpoint Oil & Gas, Gulfport Energy Corp and Canaan Resources. While most of those were privately held operators, 2020 saw some of industry’s biggest producers file for bankruptcy including Whiting Petroleum in April, Unit Corp in May, Chesapeake […]