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Birchcliff Ditching Charlie Lake Assets in Favor of the Montney

Birchcliff Energy will pursue the sale of its oil and natural gas properties and related assets on the Charlie Lake Light Oil Resource Play located in the Peace River Arch of Alberta.
The Assets have the following attributes:
Birchcliff has engaged a marketing agent to seek potential purchasers. Birchcliff expects that a comprehensive data room will be open at the end of April 2017 or in early May 2017 for interested parties who have executed a confidentiality agreement.
"The successful growth of our Montney/Doig Resource Play has resulted in us not allocating any significant capital to our Charlie Lake Light Oil Resource Play. Accordingly, we have chosen to seek potential purchasers for our Charlie Lake Light Oil Resource Play, which includes our highly skilled, multi-disciplinary team…
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