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California Resources Corporation

Energy

Bankruptcy

High confidence (90%)

Updated Oct 19, 2026, 12:04 AM

What is happening

Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7

A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.

Latest material event: California Resources Corporation filed for bankruptcy (Jul 15, 2020)

The business

What a source says the company did. A classification is not a description of operations.

California Resources produced oil and natural gas and operated fields across California.

First-day declaration · page 4 · Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration

Bankruptcy information

Court records associated with this company's legal entities.

20-33568
Court
S.D. Texas
District
Texas - Southern District
Chapter
Other
Case status
UNKNOWN
Filed
Jul 15, 2020
Judge
David R. Jones
Trustee
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Reported assets
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Reported liabilities
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Affiliated debtors

22 affiliated entities filed with California Resources Corporation and are administered under the same case. Each filed its own petition.

  • California Heavy Oil, Inc.20-33569
  • California Resources Coles Levee, LLC20-33572
  • California Resources Coles Levee, L.P.20-33571
  • California Resources Elk Hills, LLC20-33573
  • California Resources Long Beach, Inc.20-33574
  • California Resources Mineral Holdings LLC20-33575
  • California Resources Petroleum Corporation20-33576
  • California Resources Production Corporation20-33577
  • California Resources Production Mineral Holdings, LLC20-33578
  • California Resources Real Estate Ventures, LLC20-33579
  • California Resources Royalty Holdings, LLC20-33580
  • California Resources Tidelands, Inc.20-33581
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Timeline

Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.

  1. California Resources Corporation filed for bankruptcy

    Jul 15, 2020

    Bankruptcy filed

    California Resources Corporation filed for bankruptcy in S.D. Texas as case 20-33568 on Jul 15 2020.

    • Epiq — claims agent case · case 20-33568 — “California Resources Corporation — case 20-33568 — Texas - Southern District — before David R. Jones — filed Jul 15 2020 — 23 affiliated debtors”

Company information

Founded
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Employees (estimate)
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Industry
Energy
Subindustry
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Website
crc.comSource verification pending
LinkedIn
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Headquarters
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Also known as
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Legal entities
California Resources Corporation

Sources

Every material source used to build this profile.

  • Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · HUMAN_VERIFIED)

    The Debtors are the largest oil and natural gas producer in California on a gross operated basis, operating over half of the fields in the state.
  • Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)

    California Resources Corporation — case 20-33568 — Texas - Southern District — before David R. Jones — filed Jul 15 2020 — 23 affiliated debtors
    View source record

Status history

Every derived status, with the rule that produced it.

  • BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:29 AM

    A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.

  • BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 18, 2026, 01:15 AM

    A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.

  • BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 15, 2026, 12:34 PM

    A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.

  • BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 12, 2026, 12:11 AM

    A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.

  • UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:29 PM

    A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.