Moody's Just Put Over Half A Trillion Dollars In Energy Debt On Downgrade Review

``Warning of possible downgrades for 120 energy companies, among which 69 public and private US corporations, the rating agency said there was a "substantial risk" of a slow recovery in oil that would compound the stress on oil and gas firms... What Moody's admitted is something profound, and which not even the equity holders of many energy companies have realized, namely that "Even under a scenario with a modest recovery from current prices, producing companies and the drillers and service companies that support them will experience rising financial stress with much lower cash flows," it said.''