Alan Armstrong, president and CEO of Williams, spoke on an investor/analyst phone call yesterday to discuss Williams’ fourth quarter and full year financial and operational results. He had a lot to talk about. As we reported yesterday, the company saw massive losses in 2015 (see Williams 2015: $1.6B Loss in 4Q15, $1.4B Loss Full Year 2015). However, early in Armstong’s talk, he addressed an issue that’s gotten a fair bit of press lately: What would Williams do if Chesapeake Energy declared bankruptcy? Armstrong spent several minutes discussing such a possibility and how it might affect Williams. Here’s what he said on the call about a potential Chesapeake bankruptcy scenario…
