Good ole Vladimir ,smarter than your average bear . I got gold , oil and by the way would you like some facemasks .

The Russians will put the squeeze on the yanks and you will see a lot more of this and btw the directors of Whiting paid them selves $14.6 million in bonuses just before declaring chapter 11 . No wonder money is going from stocks to gold .

Shale Giant Files For Bankruptcy As Oil Price War Rages On

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U.S. shale producer Whiting Petroleum Corporation, once one of the top producers in the Bakken, said on Wednesday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection, becoming the first major victim of the oil price war and the coronavirus pandemic that sent oil prices to $20. Whiting Petroleum Corporation, whose largest projects are in the Bakken and Three Forks plays in North Dakota and the Niobrara play in northeast Colorado, said in a statement that it had started voluntary Chapter 11 cases under the United States Bankruptcy Code in…