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Comstock Resources, Inc. Announces Closing of Eagle Ford Shale Divestiture
- Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock" or the "Company") (NYSE: CRK) announced today that it closed the previously announced sale of its producing Eagle Ford shale oil and gas properties in McMullen, LaSalle, Frio, Atascosa, Wilson, and Karnes counties, Texas for $125 million, to a subsidiary of USG Energy Gas Producer Holdings, LLC ("USG") on April 27, 2018. The properties sold include 191 producing oil wells and approximately 9,900 net acres associated with the producing wells. The properties are producing approximately 1,927 barrels of oil per day and 3 million cubic feet ("MMcf") per day of natural gas. The sale was effective November 1, 2017 and the estimated net cash flow from the properties for November 2017 to April 2018 of approximately $16 million was paid to USG at closing. The proceeds of the sale will be used by Comstock to retire debt and to fund its drilling program. BMO Capital Markets Corp. acted as exclusive advisor on the sale.
After the sale, Comstock has approximately 8,700 net undeveloped acres that are prospective for Eagle Ford shale development. Comstock has identified 218 drilling locations on the acreage. Comstock and USG have entered into a joint development venture on this acreage and the acreage acquired by USG. The new Eagle Ford shale joint development venture will initiate a drilling program in the third quarter of this year to develop these opportunities.
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