GSO agrees to provide $20m loan to Warren Resources

Multiple lenders advised by the alternative asset management firm were first-lien lenders to Warren Resources before it sought bankruptcy protection.

Warren Resources has requested permission to eventually fund its operations with a $20 million loan while in bankruptcy as it looks to hand its first-lien lenders a majority stake in a the reorganized entity.

The oil and gas exploration and production company filed a motion Thursday with a federal bankruptcy judge in Houston, where the company, along with five affiliates, filed Chapter 11 petitions the same day.