News is outCALGARY, Oct 4 /CNW Telbec/ - Exall Energy Corporation (TSX: EE - News; "Exall"or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update concerning its progress onsteps taken to alleviate the Marten Mountain gas production constraints.
Highlights are:<<
- A signed Gas Handling Agreement and Operating Agreement with Canadian
Natural Resources Ltd. ("CNRL"),
- Completed Hot Tap into CNRL's Mitsue Gas Pipeline,
- Approval from the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (the
"ERCB") for the Exall Marten Mountain Battery expansion,
- Approval from the ERCB for the Exall Pipeline from Exall's Marten
Mountain Battery to CNRL's Mitsue Gas Pipeline, and
- Ordered and shipping the equipment required for the Exall Marten
Mountain Battery expansion.
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Marten Mountain Operations
As of October 04, 2010, the Company has signed a Gas Handling Agreement
and an Operating Agreement with Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. which is
effective October 01, 2010. With these agreements in place, Exall and CNRL
proceeded with the "Hot Tap" into the CNRL Mitsue Gas Line, completing the
work on October 02, 2010.
On September 24, 2010 Exall received the ERCB permit required to commence
the expansion of the Company's Marten Mountain Battery. This expansion is
necessary in order to facilitate flowing Exall's liquid rich natural gas into
the CNRL Mitsue Gas Pipeline. The equipment required for the completion of the
battery expansion is expected to arrive and to be installed by late October or
early November.
On September 28, 2010, Exall received approval from the Alberta Energy
Resources Conservation Board for a pipeline to be installed from the Exall
Marten Mountain Battery to the CNRL Mitsue Gas Pipeline. Exall expects the
pipeline to be completed during the week of October 05, 2010.
Once tie in work and battery upgrades are complete, Exall expects to
increase production to 28 e3m3 of natural gas and 330 m3 of oil per day from
its Marten Mountain operations (1,468 BOED net to the Company). Exall will
then be producing approximately 1,600 net BOED.
About Exall Exall Energy Corporation is a junior oil and gas company
active in its business of oil and gas exploration, development and production
from its properties in Alberta, British Columbia and Texas. Exall is currently
developing a new oil discovery at Marten Mountain in north-central Alberta.
The Company currently has 52,447,745 common shares outstanding. The
Company's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the
trading symbol EE.
Reader Advisory This news release contains forward-looking statements,
which are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including
those relating to results of operations and financial condition, capital
spending, financing sources, commodity prices and costs of production. By
their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the
future and, accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those
predicted. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from the results discussed in such statements, and there is no assurance that
actual results will be consistent with them. Such factors include
fluctuating commodity prices, capital spending and costs of production, and
other factors described in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form
under the heading "Risk Factors" which has been filed electronically by means
of the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") located
at www.sedar.com. Such forward-looking statements are made as at the date of
this news release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise
them, either publicly or otherwise, to reflect new events, information or
circumstances, except as may be required under applicable securities law.
For the purposes of calculating unit costs, natural gas has been
converted to a barrel of oil equivalent (boe) using 6,000 cubic feet equal to
one barrel (6:1), unless otherwise stated. The boe conversion ratio of 6 mcf:
1 bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method and does not
represent a value equivalency; therefore boe may be misleading if used in
isolation. This conversion conforms to the Canadian Securities Regulators'
National Instrument 51-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas
Activities.
For further information
Exall Energy Corporation<<Frank S. Rebeyka Vice Chairman & CEO Roger N. Dueck President & COO Tel:Tel: 403-815-6637 403-237-7820 x 223>>info@exall.comPlease visit Exall Energy's website at: www.exall.comRenmark Financial Communications Inc. Henri Perron:hperron@renmarkfinancial.com Maurice Dagenais: mdagenais@renmarkfinancial.comTel. : (514) 939-3989 or (416) 644-2020 www.renmarkfinancial.com