<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Private equity (PE) firms with portfolio companies that have operations in or exposure to Alberta and Canada’s energy economy will have already spent considerable time and attention on those companies and, in many cases, will have already had some difficult discussions with lenders. Through 2016, PE firms will continue to work with the executives of their oilpatch portfolio companies to reduce costs, drive revenue and weather the storm.</span>