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CALGARY, July 17 /CNW/ - Mr. John C.S. Lau, President & Chief Executive
Officer of Husky Energy Inc., announced today that the Company has acquired a
14,560 acre oil sands lease adjacent to its Saleski property. The land, which
was purchased at the July 12, 2006 land sale for approximately $6.6 million,
could add approximately 1.34 billion barrels of bitumen in place to its
existing holdings.
The lease acquired will increase Husky's total land holdings in Saleski
from 178,560 acres to 193,120 acres and increase bitumen in place estimates
for Saleski from 19.48 billion barrels to 20.82 billion barrels.
"We are pleased with this consolidation as the Company is preparing a
feasibility development plan for the area," said Mr. Lau. "Including the
Saleski oil sands leases, we estimate that the Company's oil sands leases
contain over 37.6 billion barrels of original bitumen in place."
The potential resource in the Saleski lease is located in the Grosmont
and Nisku carbonate formation and has on average 250 metres of overburden over
the lease. During the 1970's and 1980's, Husky had carried out several pilot
projects producing bitumen from carbonates.
Husky Energy is a Canadian based, integrated energy and energy-related
company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Husky Energy is publicly traded on
the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol HSE.
Forward Looking Statements - Certain statements contained in this
release, including statements which may contain words such as "could",
"expect", "believe", "will", "projected", "estimated" and similar expressions
and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements and are based on Husky's current belief as to the
outcome and timing of such future events. Actual future results may differ
materially. Husky's annual report to shareholders and other documents filed
with securities regulatory authorities describe the risks, uncertainties and
other factors, such as changes in business plans and drilling results that
could influence actual results. Husky disclaims any intention or obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information - Husky's disclosure of
reserves data and other oil and gas information is made in reliance on an
exemption granted to Husky by Canadian securities regulatory authorities,
which permits Husky to provide disclosure required by and consistent with
those of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the
Financial Accounting Standards Board in the United States in place of much of
the disclosure expected by National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure
for Oil and Gas Activities.
Cautionary Note for U.S. Investors - The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") permits U.S. oil and gas companies, in their
filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that the company has
demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be
economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating
conditions. In this release, Husky refers to "bitumen in place" which is
inherently more uncertain than proved reserves and which U.S. oil and gas
companies are prohibited from including in reports filed with the SEC.