Denbury Resources Agrees to Acquire $250 Million of Additional Producing and Tertiary Oil Properties.DALLAS -- Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DNR See dynamic noise reduction and domain name resolver. ) ("Denbury" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire oil properties located in Mississippi and Alabama for $250 million. The acquisition is expected to close in late January 2006 and is subject to satisfactory completion of the Company's examination of the environmental condition of the properties and its title examination. Transaction Highlights --The acquisition includes purchase of controlling interests controlling interest The ownership of a quantity of outstanding corporate stock sufficient to control the actions of the firm. Controlling interest often involves ownership of significantly less than 51% of a firm's outstanding stock because many owners fail in three fields: Tinsley Field approximately 40 miles northwest of Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County; Raymond is the other county seat. As of the 2000 census Jackson's population was 184,256. ; Citronelle Field in Southwest Alabama; and the smaller South Cypress Creek Field near the Company's Eucutta Field in Eastern Mississippi. --All three fields are potential carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. ("CO2") tertiary flood candidates. The Company initially has estimated that these fields have aggregate reserve potential from CO2 tertiary floods of approximately 60 to 75 million barrels of oil equivalent ("MMBOE MMBOE Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent (energy and petroleum industry) ") net to the interest to be acquired. This reserve potential increases to approximately 70 to 85 MMBOE by including the Company's existing interest in Tinsley Field. --The Company has recently acquired interests at Tinsley Field from other third parties and is continuing to seek additional interests in this field. The Company has initially estimated that this field has aggregate reserve potential from CO2 tertiary floods of approximately 30 to 40 MMBOE net to the interest to be acquired. This reserve potential increases to approximately 40 to 50 MMBOE by including the Company's existing interest in the field. --The acquisition includes an eight inch pipeline (currently being used for natural gas storage) from the Company's Jackson Dome area to Tinsley Field. The Company plans to initially use this pipeline to transport CO2 to this field. The Company anticipates commencing an initial tertiary development project at Tinsley Field in 2006 at a preliminarily estimated cost of $19 million, with more extensive development planned for 2007. --In order to transport CO2 to Citronelle Field in Alabama, a 60 to 70 mile extension will need to be added to the Company's Free State CO2 pipeline which is currently being constructed between Jackson Dome and the Company's Eastern Mississippi Eucutta Field. The Company is still reviewing the Citronelle Field and has not yet determined a definitive timetable for tertiary development of Citronelle. Denbury has initially estimated that this field has aggregate reserve potential from CO2 tertiary floods of approximately 20 to 30 MMBOE, net to the interest to be acquired. --South Cypress Creek is a small field in Eastern Mississippi and will likely be developed after initial development of the Tinsley and Citronelle fields as an additional project for the Company's Eastern Mississippi Phase II CO2 project. --Based on initial Company estimates, these properties have estimated conventional (non-CO2) proved reserves proved reserves The quantity of minerals expected to be recoverable under current economic and operating conditions. The amount of proved reserves is important in valuing the stock of a company with significant holdings in natural resources. of 14.3 MMBOE, almost all of which are proved developed producing oil reserves Oil reserves refer to portions of oil in place that are claimed to be recoverable under economic constraints. Oil in the ground is not a "reserve" unless it is claimed to be economically recoverable, since as the oil is extracted, the cost of recovery increases incrementally , approximately two-thirds of which are attributable to the Citronelle Field. --These three fields are currently producing approximately 2,200 BOE/d, increasing the Company's preliminary 2006 production forecast to 37,000 BOE/d, a 24% increase over 2005's estimated average production. --Denbury will operate all three fields and own the majority of the working interest. The Company is still reviewing its financing options, which are likely to include use of the Company's bank credit line, and possibly could include additional subordinated debt Subordinated Debt A loan (or security) that ranks below other loans (or securities) with regard to claims on assets or earnings. Also known as "junior security" or "subordinated loan". or equity. Even if the acquisition is financed with debt, the Company believes that its debt-to-cash-flow and debt-to-total-capitalization ratios will remain strong, even in a somewhat lower commodity price environment, principally because of the Company's low leverage prior to the acquisition. If the Company desires to do so, it believes it can fund the acquisition with bank debt by increasing its virtually unused $200 million existing line of credit. Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts may refer to:
Risk Management for Acquisition In order to protect for the next few years the proved developed producing cash flow of the properties to be acquired in this acquisition, Denbury has swapped on an initial no-cost basis a total of 2,000 BOE/d in 2007 and 2,000 BOE/d in 2008, at swap prices of $58.93 per Bbl in 2007 and $57.34 per Bbl in 2008, and plans to swap the estimated 2006 production as well. Conference Call The public is invited to listen to the Company's conference call regarding this acquisition set for Monday, November 28, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT . The call will be broadcast live over the Internet at our web site: www.denbury.com. If you are unable to participate during the live broadcast, the call will be archived on our web site for approximately 30 days and will also be available for playback for one week by dialing 888-203-1112 or 719-457-0820, passcode 5034214. Denbury Resources Inc. (www.denbury.com) is a growing independent oil and gas company. The Company is the largest oil and natural gas operator in Mississippi, owns the largest reserves of CO2 used for tertiary oil recovery east of the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. , and holds key operating acreage in the onshore Louisiana and Texas Barnett Shale The Barnett Shale is a geological formation of economic significance. It consists of sedimentary rocks of Mississippian age in the U.S. State of Texas. The formation is estimated to stretch from the city of Dallas to west of the city of Fort Worth and south, covering 5,000 square areas. The Company increases the value of acquired properties in its core areas through a combination of exploitation drilling and proven engineering extraction practices. This press release, other than historical financial information, contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including expected reserve quantities and values relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the Company's proved reserves, the Company's potential reserves from its tertiary operations, particular fields or potential CO2 reserves, estimated capital expenditures for 2006, pricing assumptions based on current and projected oil and natural gas prices, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Denbury's most recent reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . These risks and uncertainties are incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein. These statements are based on engineering, geological, financial and operating assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on currently available information; however, management's assumptions and the Company's future performance are both subject to a wide range of business risks, and there is no assurance that these goals and projections can or will be met. Actual results may vary materially. Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors -- The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Securities and Exchange Commission permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We use certain terms in this press release, such as potential reserves, that the SEC's guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. |
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