...January 27, 2025 NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Jan. 27, 2025--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its '###-' issue-level rating and '1' recovery rating to privately-held, Texas-based oil and gas exploration and production company Hilcorp Energy I L.P.'s (HEI) proposed $1.0 billion senior secured term loan B due 2030. The '1' recovery rating indicates our expectation for very high (90%-100%; rounded estimate: 95%) recovery for creditors in the event of a payment default. All of our other ratings on the company, including our '##+' issuer credit rating and '##+' issue-level rating and '3' recovery rating on its unsecured debt, are unchanged. The term loan will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by the same direct and indirect subsidiaries that guarantee HEI's reserve-based lending (RBL) credit agreement. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the term loan to repay the amounts outstanding under its RBL credit agreement ($570 million as of Nov. 14, 2024) and for...