Different Aspects Of Oil And Gas Debt Recovery

By Marissa Velazquez


The energy industry has been growing rapidly for the last few years. The growth in the industry can be attributed to the expansion in the population in various parts of the world. With the population growth, the demand also increases. Thus has pushed most organizations to start doing business on credit and debt arrangements. Such arrangements call for special oil and gas debt recovery systems.

The players in the energy industry have formed private and public companies. Most of private firms are relatively small in size. The scope of operations of the small firms is very small. Most of business operations are therefore managed by their owners. In some cases, the operations may get complicated especially with the change in the dynamics. Such cases call for hiring of professional managers in order to manage all the systems.

There a number of payment modes that a business can adopt. The modes are agreed upon by the sellers and the buyers. The two parties get into a contract by the sale and buying of products on offer. The sellers may opt to sell their products on credit. Such services are extended to the financially sound customers. Before a new customer is granted with such terms, their credit worthiness has to be evaluated.

Selling of goods on credit is seen as one of the ways of spurring the sales. Thus is done by allowing the customers to buy goods on credit up to a certain amounts. The amounts allowed are determined by the recovery systems put in place. The relationship between the two parties also determines the length of credit period. An agreement is reached between the two parties concerning the mode of payments.

The finance department may be entrusted with the role of collecting all the payment claims. The department is equipped with the right tools that are required for analyzing various debt positions. The workers in this department may also require training in order to equip them with all the relevant skills. Information also forms a very crucial tool when evaluating the different debt positions. Further training may be carried out as the workers carry out their duties.

An independent third party may be involved in the process of claim settlements. This happens when the amounts of credits and debts are very high. Management of such amounts gets complicated as a number of approaches have to be used. A specialized entity is required for formulating of approaches required in settling of these claims. The independent party in most cases has all the tools required for handling such matters.

Liquidity problems commonly come up especially where the modes of payments are in form of debts and credits. Customers may delay the payment of debts. A lot of money is tied up with the customers. This means that the firms have little money to pay the suppliers. In such cases, the firms also run short of cash to take care of daily expenses.

The oil and gas debt recovery agencies offer a number of solutions to the firms. These solutions are aimed at reducing the liquidity problems associated with cash being held with customers and suppliers. Short soft loans may be advanced to the firms. These loans help in the sorting of liquidity problems. Such are issued at some interest which is agreed upon by the two parties to the contract.




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