Nuverra Environmental

Nuverra Environmental Solutions (formerly Heckmann) is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling. The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. In January 2016, the company, going through tough economic times, was de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange (see Nuverra Environmental Delisted from NYSE, Now a Penny Stock). In April they issued a full year 2016 update showing a $169 million loss for the year (see Nuverra Environmental 2016 Update – Red Ink Slows, Some). Although Nuverra says they had previously floated a “prepackaged plan of reorganization”–a euphemism for bankruptcy–we certainly hadn’t seen or heard of it. So we were somewhat (but not totally) surprised to see an announcement from Nuverra that the company has, as of today, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
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Nuverra Environmental Solutions is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling. The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. In January the company, going through tough economic times, was de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange (see Nuverra Environmental Delisted from NYSE, Now a Penny Stock). At last check-in in December, we noted that the company continues to struggle (see Nuverra Environmental Line of Credit Expanded, Payback Extended). Although it’s a bit later than others, Nuverra has just released its full year 2016 update. What do the numbers show? While Nuverra lost $195 million in 2015, it narrowed the loss in 2016–losing “only” $169 million for the year. Still not great, but better than it was. Here’s the update…
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Nuverra Environmental Solutions is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling. The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. In January the company, going through tough economic times, was de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange (see Nuverra Environmental Delisted from NYSE, Now a Penny Stock). We recently noted that in 3Q16 the company “only” lost $38 million–which is $90 million less than they lost in 3Q15 (see Nuverra Environmental 3Q16: Still in the Red, but Improving). The company continues to struggle financially. We make that statement based on a recent 8-K filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In that filing Nuverra discloses that they have worked out an agreement with their bank, Wells Fargo, to extend the payback date for a loan made on a line of credit from December 31 of this year to March 31 of next year–an additional three months. The disclosure also shows Nuverra will be allowed to borrow more money–going from the current $30.6 million cap to $58.1 million. When you consider companies like Chesapeake Energy have over $9 billion in debt, Nuverra’s debt seems pretty tiny. But the fact remains they’re pushing out the time for repayment, and potentially borrowing more money…
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Nuverra Environmental Solutions is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling. The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. In January the company, going through tough economic times, was de-listed from the New York Stock Exchange (see Nuverra Environmental Delisted from NYSE, Now a Penny Stock). Last week the company issued its third quarter update. There was (some) improvement. In 3Q15 the company lost $128 million. In 3Q16 they only lost $38 million–a swing of $90 million to the good. A quick check shows the share price year-to-date has bumped around from $0.15 – $0.20 per share. Not so hot…
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Nuverra Environmental Solutions is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal of shale drilling wastewater and leftover rock and dirt from drilling. The company has major operations in the Marcellus/Utica region. We’ve written about Nuverra a couple of times in the past, most recently in 2013 when we highlighted an investor lawsuit against the company (see Nuverra Environmental Sued Over Stock Price Tumble). Those investors have even more to make them angry. As of yesterday, Nuverra was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and became a penny stock trading on the OTCQB Market…
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