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KKR’s struggling energy firm weighs debt options

Samson Resources working with restructuring advisers as oil plunge crimps cash flow

KKR’s struggling energy firm weighs debt options

KKR’s biggest bet in the oil patch is running out of gas.

The private-equity firm has enlisted advisers to help its ward, Samson Resources Corp., wrestle with the multibillion-dollar debt load it took on when KKR in 2011 bought the Tulsa, Okla.- based company in the biggest-ever leveraged buyout of an oil and gas producer.

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