据道琼斯7月1日消息，瑞士油田服务公司威德福国际公司表示，在债券持有人批准了一项重组协议（该重组协议将削减约70%的总债务）后，该公司将申请破产保护。
该公司表示，预计将于周一向休斯顿的美国破产法庭提交破产保护申请，这将是数年来规模最大的油田破产案之一。
无担保债券持有人将获得重组后公司1%的股权，而现有公司的股份将被取消。
威德福国际公司在全球拥有约2.6万名员工。该公司今年5月曾表示，在与持有其62%债券的债权人达成协议后，计划申请破产保护。
资产负债表重组将使其总债务从83亿美元减少到25亿美元左右，其中几乎全部由无担保债券构成。
庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下：
Oil-Field Services Company Weatherford to File for Bankruptcy
Weatherford International PLC, a Swiss-based oil-field services company, said it would file for bankruptcy protection after bondholders approved a restructuring agreement that will reduce its total debt by about 70%.
The company said it expected to file its chapter 11 petition Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Houston in what would be Unsecured bondholders are in line to get all but 1% of the equity in the reorganized business, while shares in the existing company will be canceled.
Weatherford, which has about 26,000 employees world-wide, had said in May that it planned to file for bankruptcy after having reached an agreement with creditors holding 62% of its bond debt.
The balance-sheet restructuring will reduce its total debt to about $2.5 billion from $8.3 billion, nearly all of which is made up of unsecured bonds.