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Synergy Hits 100% Success Rate at Wattenberg Wells

Synergy Resources Corporation has reported an operations update in the Wattenberg Field.
During Synergy's fiscal second quarter which ended February 28, 2013, the company successfully completed and brought into production 22 vertical wells in the Wattenberg Field. Of the 22 operated wells, twenty were completed in the Codell formation, one commingled in the Codell/Niobrara, and one in the Greenhorn formation. Six of the wells were brought into production during December and January, the remaining 16 wells came on line the third week of February. Synergy's owns a 100% working interest in these wells.
Additionally, Synergy continues to participate in both vertical and horizontal wells as a non-operator with various operators throughout the D-J Basin.
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