Case number: 4:23-bk-32810 - Polaris Operating, LLC and Cottonwood Gas Gathering, LLC - Texas Southern Bankruptcy Court

Case Information
  • Case title

    Polaris Operating, LLC and Cottonwood Gas Gathering, LLC

  • Court

    Texas Southern (txsbke)

  • Chapter

    7

  • Judge

    Christopher M. Lopez

  • Filed

    07/28/2023

  • Last Filing

    06/13/2025

  • Asset

    No

  • Vol

    v

Docket Header
PlnDue, DsclsDue, COMPLX, LEAD, COMPLX



U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Texas (Houston)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 23-32810

Assigned to: Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez
Chapter 11
Voluntary
Unknown assets


Date filed:  07/28/2023
341 meeting:  10/03/2023

Debtor

Polaris Operating, LLC

5944 Luther Lane
Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75225
DALLAS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 32-0539852

represented by
Christopher Adams

Okin & Adams LLP
1113 Vine St
Suite 240
Houston, TX 77002
713-228-4100
Fax : 346-247-7158
Email: cadams@okinadams.com

David L Curry, Jr

Okin Adams, LLP
1113 Vine Street
Suite 240
Houston, TX 77002
713-228-4100
Fax : 346-247-7158
Email: dcurry@okinadams.com

Bradley K Jones

Rapp & Krock, PC
1980 Post Oak Blvd.
Suite 1200
Texas
Houston, TX 77056
713-759-9977
Email: bkjones@rappandkrock.com

Kristen Leigh Lawhorn

Holden Litigation
10000North Central Expressway
Ste 360
Dallas, TX 75231
214-745-8888
Email: kristenlawhorn@holdenlitigation.com

John Thomas Oldham

Okin Adams LLP
1113 Vine St.
Suite 240
Houston, TX 77002
713-228-4100
Fax : 346-247-7158
Email: joldham@okinadams.com

Matthew W. Sherwood

McCarn & Weir
905 S. Fillmore
Suite 530
Amarillo, TX 79101
806-350-5395
Fax : 806-350-5388
Email: msherwood@mwlawfirm.com

Debtor

CCCB Energy Partners, LLC

5944 Luther Lane
Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75225
DALLAS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 27-0545918

represented by
John Thomas Oldham

(See above for address)

Debtor

NAP I, LLC

5944 Luther Lane
Suite 400
Dallas, TX 75225
DALLAS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 84-2986767

represented by
John Thomas Oldham

(See above for address)

Debtor

Cottonwood Gas Gathering, LLC

101 E. Viejo Drive
Friendswood, TX 77546
HARRIS-TX
Tax ID / EIN: 82-5128983

represented by
John Thomas Oldham

(See above for address)

U.S. Trustee

US Trustee

Office of the US Trustee
515 Rusk Ave
Ste 3516
Houston, TX 77002
713-718-4650

represented by
Alicia Lenae Barcomb

DOJ-Ust
515 Rusk Ave.
Suite 3516
Houston, TX 77002
713-718-4661
Email: alicia.barcomb@usdoj.gov

Ha Minh Nguyen

Office of the United States Trustee
515 Rusk St
Ste 3516
Houston, TX 77002
202-590-7962
Email: ha.nguyen@usdoj.gov

Respondent

FREEDOM 2 ENERGY, LLC

c/o John Massouh
SPROUSE SHRADER SMITH
P.O. BOX 15008
Amarillo, TX 79105

represented by
Joshua D. Kundert

Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC
701 S. Taylor St.
Suite 500
Amarillo, TX 79101
806-468-3300
Fax : 806-373-3454
Email: josh.kundert@sprouselaw.com

John F. Massouh

Sprouse Shrader Smith PLLC
701 S Taylor
Suite 500
Amarillo, TX 79101
806-468-3300
Email: john.massouh@sprouselaw.com

Respondent

SNW Operating Company, Inc.

c/o John Massouh
SPROUSE SHRADER SMITH
P.O. BOX 15008
Amarillo, TX 79105
represented by
Joshua D. Kundert

(See above for address)

John F. Massouh

(See above for address)

Latest Dockets

Date Filed#Docket Text
06/13/2025653BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):[647] Generic Order) No. of Notices: 25. Notice Date 06/13/2025. (Admin.)
06/13/2025652BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):[646] Order on Application for Compensation) No. of Notices: 25. Notice Date 06/13/2025. (Admin.)
06/13/2025651BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):[645] Order on Application for Compensation) No. of Notices: 25. Notice Date 06/13/2025. (Admin.)
06/13/2025650BNC Certificate of Mailing. (Related document(s):[648] Order on Motion to Convert Case to Chapter 7) No. of Notices: 86. Notice Date 06/13/2025. (Admin.)
06/12/2025649Notice of Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case, Meeting of Creditors & Notice of Appointment of Interim Trustee, Proof of Claim deadline not set. 341(a) meeting to be held on 7/10/2025 at 03:00 PM, via Zoom - Engelhart: Meeting ID 592 357 0404, Passcode 4064005911, Phone 1 346 489 6901. (sat4)
06/11/2025648Order Converting Chapter 11 Cases to Cases Under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (Related Doc # [533]). Trustee Eva S Engelhart added to the case. Signed on 6/11/2025. (rgs4)
06/11/2025647Order (I) Approving Wind Down Budget; and (II) Authorizing the Debtors to Distribute Sale Proceeds (Related Doc # [532]) Signed on 6/11/2025. (yml4)
06/11/2025646Order Granting Third and Final Fee Application of Okin Adams Bartlett Curry LLP, Counsel for the Debtors, for the Period of November 1, 2024 through May 13, 2025 (Related Doc # [627]). Signed on 6/11/2025. (yml4)
06/11/2025645Final Order Allowing Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses (Related Doc # [626]). Signed on 6/11/2025. (yml4)
06/11/2025644Courtroom Minutes. Time Hearing Held: 10:00 AM. Appearances: C. Adams, J. Cornwell, B. Farabough, S. Marshall, G. Rubin, J.T Oldham. ERO\Courtroom Deputy: Y. Lila. (Related document(s): [533] Motion to Convert Case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7). Witnesses: Christopher Adams, Douglas Brickley, Joshua Caldwell, Brian Farabough. Hearing held. For the reasons stated on the record, Case is converted to Chapter 7. The Wind Down Budget and Applications for Compensation at (Related document(s): [532],[626],[627]) are Approved. Orders Signed. (yml4)