财富增长最快的公司排行榜陨落的7大明星

Edge石油公司

上榜年份：2006

排名：第8

Edge石油公司创立于1983年，主营业务是原油及天然气勘探、开发和生产，以进行高风险投资著称。这一战略并未让Edge安然度过金融危机。

就在Edge荣登《财富》榜单后不久，它的股价就开始大跌。2008年，公司宣布计划与位于俄克拉荷马城的Chaparral能源公司（Chaparral Energy）合并，以避免破产的厄运，但这桩交易并未成功。两家公司都将失败的原因归咎于糟糕的经济环境。2009年，Edge申请破产，并宣布资产清算所得将全部偿还给债权人。

Edge Petroleum

List year: 2006

Rank: 8

Edge Petroleum was founded in 1983 as a crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production company that was known for making high-risk investments. The strategy didn't carry Edge through the financial crisis.

Shortly after Edge made Fortune's list, its stock value started declining. The company planned to merge with Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy in 2008 to save it from extinction, but the deal fell through in 2008, with both companies citing the tough economic environment as reason for the deal's failure. Edge filed for Chapter 11 in 2009, announcing that all of the money from the sale of its assets would go to its creditors.