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Murphy Oil Acquires Alberta Oil Properties

Murphy Oil Corp Shell plc
AnnouncedNov 13, 2012
TypeProperty
Announced Date
November 13,2012
Transaction Type
Property




Snapshot
Asset/Basin:
{"Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin","Peace River oil sands"}
Net Acres
Location
Region
Canada

Country
Canada


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Murphy Oil Corporation announced today that Murphy Oil Company Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Shell Canada Energy to purchase, for an undisclosed amount, additional interests in lands and take over as operator of Shell’s assets in the Seal Lake area of Alberta, Canada.

The agreement covers approximately 148,531 net acres, associated plant and equipment, production in the order of 2,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day and an estimated 14.0 million barrels of oil equivalent of proved and probable reserves.

Upon completion of the transaction expected in the…

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