Very Pleased with Equal Energy sale of Lochend
On Friday Equal Energy announced the following:
Equal has sold its Lochend Cardium assets for cash consideration of $62 million, effective October 1st 2012. The assets sold include current production of approximately 525 boe/d (93% light oil) based on the most recent 30 day average, related infrastructure and undeveloped land.
The sales price equates to $118,000 per flowing barrel. At the end of 2011 proven and probable reserves at Lochend were 1,621 mbbl of crude oil, 2.6 Bcf of natural gas, and 64.8 mbbl of NGL. Using those numbers, the disposition went for $29/boe of P&P. However successful drilling has been done at Lochend since that time so their will undoubtedly be higher reserves attributed to the area when the year end reserve report is completed, so take that number with a grain of salt.
The sale removes the last of the Canadian land assets. All that is remaining now are royalty interests that I would imagine will sold in short order. Together with the sale of the Mississippian interest, and the Viking land at Halkirk, Equal has reduced its debt down to a minimal amount.





