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SM Energy Switches Up Rig Strategy in Bakken/Three Forks

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SM Energy Switches Up Rig Strategy in Bakken/Three Forks

SM Energy Company reported that in the second quarter of 2013, the Company released two of its contracted traditional rigs in its Bakken/Three Forks program and contracted for a more efficient walking rig.

SM Energy continues to focus its drilling on the Bakken and Three Forks formations in its Raven/Bear Den and Gooseneck prospects in McKenzie, Williams and Divide Counties, North Dakota.

Second quarter average daily production for the Company's Bakken/Three Forks program was 13.7 MBOE per day, a 12% sequential increase from the first quarter of 2013 and a 39% increase from the second quarter of 2012. During the second quarter, the Company made 12 gross flowing completions in its operated Bakken/Three Forks program.

The Company expects to make approximately 40 gross flowing completions on its operated Bakken/Three Forks acreage in 2013.


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