Enerplus

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Calgary, Alberta-based Enerplus Resources Fund (aka Enerplus) (TSX: ERF.UN)(NYSE: ERF) is Canada's initial entry into the oil and gas royalty trust business. It's 2009, production was 91,000 BOE/day (Barrel of Oil Equivalent). This was made up of 58% natural gas and 42% crude oil & natural gas.

In August, 2009, Enerplus announced that it had acquired a 30% interest in the Chief Oil and Gas leasehold prospective for Marcellus shale. This acreage was primarily located in Pennsylvania. The deal was to close in September, 2009.