Energen Resources Adds Oil and NGL Hedges for 2005.

Energy Editors/Business Editors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2004

Energen Corporation (NYSE: EGN) today announced that its oil and gas acquisition and development company, Energen Resources Corporation, has hedged an additional 360,000 barrels of its 2005 oil production and largely has completed the hedging program for its 2005 production of natural gas liquids (NGL).

With the addition of hedges for 30,000 barrels of oil per month at an average New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)-equivalent price of $30.93 per barrel, Energen Resources' 2005 oil hedge position now stands at 660,000 barrels at an average NYMEX-equivalent price of $30.73 per barrel. These volumes represent just under 20 percent of the Company's estimated 2005 oil production of 3.5 million barrels (including unidentified acquisitions).

Energen Resources also has hedged some 30.2 million gallons of its 2005 NGL production at an average price of 48.5 cents per gallon. This hedge position of approximately 2.5 million gallons per month represents about 43 percent of the Company's estimated NGL production for 2005.

Energen Resources' total natural gas hedge position for 2005 is approximately 11.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf) at a NYMEX-equivalent price of $4.94 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf). These hedges represent some 17 percent of the Company's estimated 2005 natural gas production of 65.8 Bcf (including unidentified acquisitions). The hedges include approximately 1.2 Bcf of contracts at a NYMEX price of $3.75 per Mcf and approximately 10.2 Bcf of San Juan Basin-specific contracts at an average NYMEX-equivalent price of $5.07 per Mcf. Energen Resources' assumed basis differential for San Juan Basin gas is 81 cents per Mcf.

The Company continues to monitor the commodity price environment and remains prepared to enter into additional oil and gas hedges in the coming months, in keeping with its past hedging practices.

Energen's earnings guidance for 2005 continues to be $3.50-$3.70 per diluted share and assumes that prices applicable to Energen Resources' unhedged production will average $5.25 per Mcf for gas, $28 per barrel for oil, and 46.5 cents per gallon for NGL.

Energen Corporation is a diversified energy holding company with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Its two lines of business are the acquisition and development of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids onshore in North America and natural gas distribution in central and north Alabama. Additional information on Energen is available at www.energen.com.

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