Forbes Energy Services Ltd.

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $142 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $382 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 825
• Sub-industry: 13 Oil And Gas Extraction
• Place of incorporation: TX
• Court for city of headquarters: TX Corpus Christi
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Pachulski Stang
• Date of filing: January 22, 2017
• Judge at filing: David R. Jones
• Court district of filing: TX SD
• Court city of filing: Corpus Christi
• Case number: 17-20023
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Filed at headquarters


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? no
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? no
• Plan type: prepackaged


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: March 29, 2017
• Judge at disposition: David R. Jones
• Days from filing to disposition: 66

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? not emerged 5 years