Energen Adds 2008 Natural Gas and NGL Hedges.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Energen Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EGN EGN External Gateway Network (WorldCom) EGN East Gate News EGN European Games Network ) announced today that it has added to the 2008 hedge position of its oil and gas subsidiary, Energen Resources Corporation Energen Resources Corporation is the largest subsidiary of Energen Corporation, a diversified energy company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a growing oil and gas acquisition and development company that has approximately 1. (ERC (database) ERC - An extended entity-relationship model. ). The Company has sold contracts for an additional 7.2 billion cubic feet of ERC's 2008 natural gas production at a NYMEX-equivalent price of $8.53 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf). The Company also has added 24.2 million gallons of natural gas liquids (NGL NGL - A dialect of IGL. ) hedges at a price of 94 cents per gallon. These latest hedges bring ERC's total natural gas hedge position in 2008 to 21.6 Bcf, or 33 percent of its estimated natural gas production of 64.8 Bcf, at a NYMEX-equivalent price of $8.78 per Mcf. The Company's total NGL hedge position for 2008 is now 41.3 million gallons, or 65 percent of its estimated 2008 NGL production of 63.8 million gallons, at an average price of 93 cents per gallon. ERC previously hedged approximately 2.7 million barrels, or approximately 65 percent of its estimated 2008 oil production of 4 million barrels, at an average NYMEX-equivalent price of $67.52 per barrel. ERC's total hedge position for 2008 now stands at 44 percent of total estimated production of 98 Bcf equivalent. Average natural gas and oil revenues per unit of production for ERC's production associated with NYMEX See New York Mercantile Exchange. NYMEX See New York Mercantile Exchange (NYM). contracts will reflect the impact of basis differentials. Average NGL revenue per unit of production will be net of transportation and fractionation fractionation /frac·tion·a·tion/ (frak?shun-a´shun) 1. in radiology, division of the total dose of radiation into small doses administered at intervals. 2. fees. For production associated with basin-specific contracts, ERC will receive the contracted hedge price and typically hedges basis differentials where applicable. The basin-specific contract prices have been converted for comparability purposes to a NYMEX-equivalent price by adding to them ERC's assumed basis differentials. Energen Corporation is a diversified energy holding company with headquarters in Birmingham, AL. Its two lines of business focus on the development and production of domestic, onshore natural gas, oil and NGL reserves and natural gas distribution in central and north Alabama. Energen has approximately 1.7 trillion cubic feet equivalent of 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. in the San Juan, Permian and Black Warrior basins and in the North Louisiana/East Texas area. More information is available at http://www.energen.com/. This release contains statements expressing expectations of future plans, objectives and performance that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Except as otherwise disclosed, the Company's forward-looking statements do not reflect the impact of possible or pending acquisitions, divestitures or restructurings. We undertake no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All statements based on future expectations rather than on historical facts are forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain events, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. In addition, the Company cannot guarantee the absence of errors in input data, calculations and formulas used in its estimates, assumptions and forecasts. A more complete discussion of risks and uncertainties that could affect future results of Energen and its subsidiaries is included in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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