Friday, January 10, 2014

A Look At The 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.

Private commercial enterprises play a very great role in the shaping of business. Most of the private firms are run by individuals. The owners of such organizations determine the type of operations that each and every branch will have to venture into. Most of operations are carried out on small scale. As the operations get complicated, managers may get hired to work for the owners.

The sellers and buyers negotiate the different terms of doing business. The terms agreed upon depends on the size of firms and the relationship between the two parties. Suppliers have to assess the credit worthiness of new customers before issuing loans and credits to them. The financial muscles of such clients have to be analyzed. Suppliers give very large amounts of credits to the established firms with a very a ling trading relationship.

Sale and supply of goods on credit and debt terms is one of the best ways of spurring the growth. The customers visit the business premises and then pick the goods of choice. The payments terms are agreed upon. This is done on later date. The systems of recovering such payments are agreed upon by the two entities.

The debt and collection systems are often organized by the two parties. If the amounts owed to company in question are not very high, an internal department could be used. In most cases, the finance department is delegated this duty. The workforce in the finance and accounting department undergoes special training. The training equips the workers with all the relevant skills that they could needed in settling of overdue claims.

An independent partner may be appointed so as to collect all the payments owed and settle those due. Outsourcing is done when the amounts accumulated get very high. Special financial systems are sued for monitoring the growth and accumulation of such amounts. Such entities have special accounting and financial systems that monitor the movements. In some case, such systems may be automated such that they issue automated invoices.

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 independent partners may offer several types of short term loans to the firms having the liquidity problems. The soft loans are issued through special negotiations between the two parties. The oil and gas debt recovery firms therefore help in reducing the liquidity and cash problems. The two entities decide on the rate of borrowing.




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