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ExxonMobil Acquires Denbury Bakken Shale Oil and Gas Assets

ExxonMobil Denbury Inc.
AnnouncedSep 20, 2012
TypeProperty
LocationBakken Shale & Three Forks
Announced Date
September 20,2012
Effective Date
July 01,2012
Close Date
November 30,2012
Transaction Type
Property
Enterprise Value (EV)($MM)
1600




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
{"Williston Basin"}
Net Acres
Location
Region
Williston Basin

Country
United States

State
North Dakota

County
Divide ,Burke ,Williams ,McKenzie ,Billings

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Production
Production


Calculated Metrics( EV/Category)
$/ Flowing

$/ Acre

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Exxon Mobil, announced an agreement that will significantly increase its production acreage in the prolific Bakken oil shale region in the U.S. states of North Dakota and Montana.

ExxonMobil and its subsidiary, XTO Energy, signed an exchange agreement with Denbury Onshore, LLC, a subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc., to acquire 100 percent of Denbury’s Bakken shale assets, which consist of approximately 196,000 net acres in North Dakota and Montana, with expected production in the second half of 2012 of more than 15,000 oil equivalent barrels per day.

The agreement increases ExxonMobil’s…



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