DENVER, Jan. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SM Energy Company (SM) today announced that it has engaged Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. to run a formal bid process for sale of the Company's Divide County area assets in the Williston Basin. Assuming an acceptable offer is received, the Company expects to close the sale transaction around mid-year of 2017. Associated December 2016 production for the Divide County assets was 10,700 Boe/d.
President and Chief Executive Officer Jay Ottoson comments: "This sale process continues our drive to generate differential shareholder value through concentrating our capital spending on top tier asset development. Over the next few years, we intend to focus on generating significant high margin production growth from our operated acreage positions in the Midland Basin and Eagle Ford. We expect that the sale proceeds from this planned exit of the Williston Basin and from the pending sale of our non-operated Eagle Ford assets will allow us to fully fund our drilling program, while providing us with significant liquidity and the ability to reduce our outstanding debt."
IMO this is another move in the right direction. Read our recent profile on SM Energy. This company has a nice position in the Permian Basin.
SM Energy (SM)
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Dan Steffens
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