Enerplus to sell some Marcellus acreage

摘要

Enerplus Corp., Calgary, (NYSE: ERF) plans to sell a portion of its Marcellus gas interests in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia to an undisclosed buyer for US$575 million.The interests include approximately 91,000 net acres, primarily nonoperated, in southwestern and central Pennsylvania, Garrett County, Maryland, and northern West Virginia. Production is approximately 5.4 million cu. ft. of gas equivalent per day. Proved and probable reserves as of year-end 2010 were 24.5 billion cu. ft. equivalent and the total contingent resource assessment is 1.6 trillion cu. ft. equivalent.