National Fuel Gas Company Announces the Acquisition of Oil and Gas Operations in California
July 20 2009 - 7:45AM
Business Wire
National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) (�National Fuel� or the
�Company�) today announced that its Exploration and Production
segment, Seneca Resources Corporation (�Seneca�), through its
subsidiary, Seneca South Midway LLC, has purchased Ivanhoe Energy�s
oil and gas operations (TSX: IE; NASDAQ: IVAN) for approximately
US$40 million.
The purchase includes all of Ivanhoe Energy�s oil and gas
exploration and production operations in the United States. As of
June 2009, these assets produced approximately 645 gross (595 net)
barrels per day of oil in California and Texas. The purchase also
includes certain exploration acreage in California.
�As we remain focused on evaluating and developing our assets in
the Appalachian region, we also remain alert to growth
opportunities in other areas. This acquisition adds to our valuable
oil producing assets in the Midway Sunset Field in California,
where Seneca already has significant oil production,� said David F.
Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Fuel Gas
Company.
�Seneca has grown production from our properties in California
for the past two years and this acquisition ensures we will
continue that growth,� added Matt Cabell, President of Seneca
Resources Corporation. �This is a logical bolt-on to our existing
California assets. We believe there is significant potential to
boost production from the new assets through the same steaming
techniques that have allowed us to increase production from our
existing properties.�
National Fuel is an integrated energy company with $4.2 billion
in assets comprising four principal operating segments: Utility,
Pipeline and Storage, Exploration and Production, and Energy
Marketing. Seneca Resources, the Company�s Exploration and
Production segment, explores for, develops and purchases natural
gas and oil reserves in California, the Appalachian region and in
the Gulf Coast region of Texas and Louisiana. Currently, Seneca�s
efforts are focused on evaluating, exploring and developing
reserves in the Appalachian basin, economically producing reserves
in California and exploiting opportunities in the shallow waters of
the Gulf of Mexico. Additional information about National Fuel and
its operations is available at www.nationalfuelgas.com or by
calling its Investor Service at 1-800-334-2188.
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