EX-99.12 13 erf-20201231xex99d12.htm EX-99.12

EXHIBIT 99.12

Supplemental Information About Crude Oil and Natural Gas Producing Activities (unaudited)

The following disclosures, including proved reserves, future net cash flows, and costs incurred attributable to Enerplus' crude oil and natural gas operations have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ASC Topic 932 "Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas” (“ASC 932”). All amounts pertaining to Enerplus’ audited consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in Canadian dollars and all references to "$" and "CDN$" are to Canadian dollars. References to "US$" are to U.S. dollars.

On January 25, 2021, Enerplus entered into an agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) to acquire the equity interests of Bruin E&P HoldCo, LLC (“Bruin”), a pure play Williston Basin private company, for total cash consideration of US$465 million, subject to certain adjustments (the “Bruin Acquisition”). Closing of the Bruin Acquisition is expected to occur early in March 2021 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The information presented in this document does not give effect to the Bruin Acquisition. For information on the Bruin Acquisition and Bruin’s reserve data and certain other crude oil and gas information as at December 31, 2020 refer to the material change report dated January 29, 2021 in connection with the Bruin Acquisition and available under the Enerplus’ SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and on the Enerplus’ EDGAR profile under Form 6-K at www.sec.gov.

A. ESTIMATED PROVED CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESERVE QUANTITIES

Users of this information should be aware that the process of estimating quantities of "proved" crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids reserves is very complex, requiring significant subjective decisions in the evaluation of available geological, engineering and economic data for each reservoir. The data for a given reservoir may change substantially over time as a result of numerous factors, including, but not limited to, additional development activity, evolving production history, and continual reassessment of the viability of production under varying economic conditions. Consequently, material revisions to existing reserve estimates occur from time to time. Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure that reserve estimates reported represent the most accurate assessments possible, the significance of the subjective decisions required and variances in available data for reservoirs make these estimates generally less precise than other estimates presented in connection with financial statement disclosures. Future fluctuations in prices and costs, production rates, or changes in political or regulatory environments could cause Enerplus’ reserves to be materially different from that presented.

ASC 932 requires the use of a 12 month average price to estimate proved reserves calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of first-day-of-the-month prices within the 12 month period prior to the end of the reporting period (the “Constant Price”). Proved reserves and production volumes are presented net of royalties in accordance with U.S. practice.

Proved reserves, proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves are defined under ASC 932. Proved crude oil and gas reserves are those quantities of crude oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under existing economic conditions, operating methods and government regulation. Proved developed reserves are reserves that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well. Proved undeveloped reserves are reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion.

The proved reserves disclosed herein are determined according to the definition of "proved reserves" under NI 51-101 which may differ from the definition provided in SEC rules, however Enerplus does not believe differences are material to Enerplus’ proved reserves. The reserves data presented in this Exhibit are a summary of evaluations, and as a result the tables may contain slightly different quantities than the evaluations themselves due to rounding. Additionally, the columns and rows in the tables may not add due to rounding. See "Presentation of Enerplus' Crude Oil and Gas Reserves, Contingent Resources, and Production Information" in Enerplus' Annual Information Form.


Subsequent to December 31, 2020, no major discovery or other favourable or adverse event is believed to have caused a material change in the estimates of proved reserves as of that date.

Enerplus’ proved crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves are located in the United States, primarily in the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania, as well as western Canada, primarily in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Enerplus’ net proved reserves summarized in the following table represent Enerplus’ lessor royalty, overriding royalty, and working interest share of reserves, after deduction of any Crown, freehold and overriding royalties as of December 31, 2020.


Canada

United States

Total

Total

Crude Oil 

Natural

Crude Oil

Natural

Crude Oil

Natural

All

and NGLs

Gas

and NGLs

Gas

and NGLs

Gas

Products

    

(Mbbls)

    

(MMcf)

     

(Mbbls)

    

(MMcf)

    

(Mbbls)

    

(MMcf)

    

(Mboe)

Reserves at December 31, 2017

 

27,383

36,551

74,270

472,459

101,653

509,010

186,488

Purchases of reserves in place

 

128

73

128

73

140

Sales of reserves in place

 

(40)

(4,252)

(136)

(64)

(176)

(4,316)

(895)

Discoveries and extensions

 

965

1,180

24,791

64,451

25,756

65,631

36,695

Revisions of previous estimates

 

269

930

4,020

189,251

4,289

190,182

35,986

Improved recovery

 

541

17

541

17

544

Production

 

(2,988)

(9,083)

(11,577)

(67,901)

(14,565)

(76,984)

(27,396)

Proved Developed and Undeveloped

 

Reserves at December 31, 2018

 

26,130

25,343

91,496

658,270

117,626

683,613

231,562

Purchases of reserves in place

 

Sales of reserves in place

 

(814)

(190)

(814)

(190)

(845)

Discoveries and extensions

 

375

936

22,689

191,506

23,064

192,442

55,138

Revisions of previous estimates

 

695

(450)

(8,193)

(55,505)

(7,498)

(55,956)

(16,823)

Improved recovery

 

Production

 

(2,707)

(7,882)

(13,216)

(74,455)

(15,923)

(82,337)

(29,646)

Proved Developed and Undeveloped

 

Reserves at December 31, 2019

 

23,680

17,756

92,777

719,816

116,456

737,572

239,385

Purchases of reserves in place

Sales of reserves in place

Discoveries and extensions

1,931

16,613

1,931

16,613

4,700

Revisions of previous estimates

(5,115)

943

(39,543)

(263,700)

(44,658)

(262,757)

(88,451)

Improved recovery

Production

(2,382)

(4,239)

(12,690)

(65,672)

(15,072)

(69,911)

(26,724)

Proved Developed and Undeveloped

Reserves at December 31, 2020

16,182

14,461

42,475

407,056

58,657

421,517

128,910

Proved Developed Reserves

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

December 31, 2017

 

24,883

35,347

39,655

416,313

64,537

451,660

139,814

December 31, 2018

 

23,065

25,271

50,645

458,649

73,710

483,920

154,363

December 31, 2019

 

20,480

17,684

49,852

475,155

70,332

492,839

152,472

December 31, 2020

15,421

14,447

37,966

360,446

53,387

374,893

115,869

Proved Undeveloped Reserves

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

December 31, 2017

 

2,501

1,204

34,615

56,146

37,116

57,350

46,674

December 31, 2018

 

3,065

72

40,852

199,621

43,916

199,693

77,198

December 31, 2019

 

3,200

73

42,925

244,661

46,124

244,733

86,913

December 31, 2020

761

13

4,508

46,610

5,270

46,624

13,040

Purchases of reserves in place

In 2018, the Company acquired minor working interest reserve volumes through a land swap in the Bakken/Three Forks crude oil property in North Dakota. As part of this land swap, the Company also divested an almost equal amount of working interest reserve volumes within the Bakken/Three Forks crude oil property.

In 2019, the Company acquired no additional working interest reserve volumes through purchases.

In 2020, the Company acquired no additional working interest reserve volumes through purchases.


Sales of reserves in place

In 2018, the company sold working interests in developed and undeveloped land in one crude oil property and eight natural gas properties located in Alberta.

In 2018, the Company also divested minor working interest reserve volumes through a land swap in the Bakken/Three Forks crude oil property in North Dakota. As part of this land swap, the Company also acquired an almost equal amount of working interest reserve volumes within the Bakken/Three Forks crude oil property.

In 2019, the company sold working interests in developed and undeveloped land in three crude oil properties located in Saskatchewan and 11 natural gas properties located in Alberta.

In 2020, the Company did not sell working interests of any of its reserves in place.

Discoveries and extensions

 The Company added 24,791 Mbbl, 22,026 Mbbl and 1,655 Mbbl of net proved crude oil and NGLs reserves on its Bakken/Three Forks properties in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. The Company added 52,880 MMcf, 179,834 MMcf and 15,299 MMcf of net proved natural gas reserves in 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, on its Marcellus natural gas property. These discoveries and extensions were all primarily due to successful well development.

In 2018, Canadian discoveries and extensions accounted for an increase of 965 Mbbl of net proved crude oil and NGLs reserves and 1,180 MMcf of net proved natural gas reserves in the Med Hat Glauconitic C polymer flood and Giltedge crude oil properties located in Alberta, and the Saskatchewan Freda Lake crude oil property.

In 2019, Canadian discoveries and extensions accounted for an increase of 282 Mbbl of net proved crude oil reserves in the Saskatchewan Freda Lake crude oil property, and 59 Mbbl of net proved crude oil reserves and 936 MMcf of net proved natural gas reserves in the Ferrier, Fir and Willesden Green North properties located in Alberta.

In 2020, there were no discoveries or extensions in Canadian crude oil or natural gas properties.

Revisions of previous estimates

In 2018, positive revisions to United States crude oil reserves were primarily due to an increase in the Constant crude oil price compared to 2017. Positive revisions to United States natural gas reserves were primarily due to improved production performance and also an increase in the Constant gas price forecast compared to 2017.

In 2019, negative revisions to United States crude oil reserves were primarily due to a decrease in the Constant crude oil price forecast, as well as economic truncation due to an increase in operating expenses. Negative revisions to United States natural gas were primarily due to revised development plans and deletion of proved undeveloped wells in the Marcellus natural gas property.

In 2020, negative revisions to United States crude oil reserves were primarily due to a decrease in the Constant crude oil price forecast, which caused economic truncation of producing volumes and the removal of undeveloped locations that were no longer economic. Negative revisions to United States natural gas were also primarily due to a decrease in the Constant gas price forecast, which caused economic truncations of producing volumes and the removal of no longer economic undeveloped locations.

In 2018, the positive revisions to Canadian crude oil reserves were primarily due to an increase in the Constant crude oil price forecast compared to 2017. Positive revisions to Canadian natural gas reserves were primarily due to improved production performance.

In 2019, positive revisions to Canadian crude oil reserves were primarily due to improved production performance. Negative revisions to Canadian natural gas reserves were primarily due to a decrease in the Constant gas price forecast compared to 2018.


In 2020, negative revisions to Canadian crude oil reserves were due to negative revisions to previous estimates in the Medicine Hat Glauconitic C polymer flood and a decrease in the Constant crude oil price forecast compared to 2019. Conversely, an increase in the Constant price forecast for Canadian gas compared to 2019 resulted in positive revisions to Canadian natural gas reserves.

Improved Recovery

In 2018 in the Ante Creek North waterflood property located in Alberta, there was an improved recovery revision of 541 Mbbl of net proved crude oil and NGLs reserves and 17 MMcf of net proved natural gas reserves.

B. CAPITALIZED COSTS RELATED TO CRUDE OIL AND GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES

The capitalized costs and related accumulated depreciation and depletion, including impairments, relating to Enerplus’ crude oil and gas exploration, development and producing activities are as follows:

    

2020

    

2019

    

2018

 

 

(in $ thousands)

Capitalized costs(1)

$

15,227,076

$

15,088,724

$

14,773,082

Less accumulated depletion, depreciation and impairment

 

(14,651,517)

  

(13,541,362)

  

(13,479,141)

  

Net capitalized costs

$

575,559

$

1,547,362

$

1,293,941


Note:

(1)

Includes capitalized costs of proved and unproved properties.

C. COSTS INCURRED IN CRUDE OIL AND GAS PROPERTY ACQUISITION, EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Costs incurred in connection with crude oil and gas acquisition, exploration and development activities are presented in the table below. Property acquisition costs include costs incurred to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire crude oil and gas properties, including an allocation of purchase price on business combinations that result in property acquisitions. Development costs include asset retirement costs capitalized and the costs of drilling and equipping development wells and facilities to extract, gather and store crude oil and gas, along with an allocation of overhead. Exploration costs include costs related to the discovery and the drilling and completion of exploratory wells in new crude oil and natural gas reservoirs.

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Acquisition of properties:

Proved

 

$

303

$

$

303

Unproved

2,340

7,478

9,818

Exploration costs

132

645

777

Development costs

25,527

269,789

295,316

 

$

28,302

 

$

277,912

 

$

306,214

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Acquisition of properties:

Proved

 

$

2,765

$

1,230

$

3,995

Unproved

3,244

17,167

20,411

Exploration costs

359

616

975

Development costs

56,729

587,800

644,529

 

$

63,097

 

$

606,813

 

$

669,910


For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Acquisition of properties:

Proved

 

$

 

$

6,055

 

$

6,055

Unproved

3,888

15,624

19,512

Exploration costs

641

979

1,620

Development costs

61,632

547,667

609,299

 

$

66,161

 

$

570,325

 

$

636,486

D. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR CRUDE OIL AND GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES

The following table sets forth revenue and direct cost information relating to Enerplus' crude oil and gas producing activities for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018:

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Revenue

Sales(1)

 

$

96,499

$

640,706

 

$

737,205

Deduct(2)

Production costs(3)

65,650

380,211

445,861

Depletion, depreciation and accretion (“DD&A”)

46,783

246,373

293,156

Impairment

134,349

1,063,194

1,197,543

Current and deferred income tax provision (recovery)

(24,584)

(236,170)

(260,754)

Results of operations for crude oil and gas producing activities

 

$

(125,699)

$

(812,902)

$

(938,601)

DD&A per net BOE unit of production

 

$

15.15

10.42

10.97

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Revenue

Sales(1)

 

Deduct(2)

$

177,299

$

1,077,507

 

$

1,254,806

Production costs(3)

Depletion, depreciation and accretion (“DD&A”)

84,781

433,997

518,778

Impairment

59,936

296,894

356,830

Current and deferred income tax provision (recovery)

 

451,121

451,121

Results of operations for crude oil and gas producing activities

(2,887)

50,748

47,861

DD&A per net BOE unit of production

$

(415,652)

$

295,868

$

(119,784)

 

$

14.91

$

11.59

$

12.04

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018

    

Canada

    

United States

    

Total

 

(in $ thousands) 

Revenue

Sales(1)

 

$

198,263

$

1,094,473

 

$

1,292,736

Deduct(2)

Production costs(3)

89,584

359,426

449,010

Depletion, depreciation and accretion (“DD&A”)

58,333

245,941

304,274

Current and deferred income tax provision (recovery)

3,515

99,696

103,211

Results of operations for crude oil and gas producing activities

 

$

46,831

 

$

389,410

 

$

436,241

DD&A per net BOE unit of production

 

$

12.96

$

10.74

$

11.11



Notes:

(1)Sales are presented net of royalties
(2)The costs deducted in this schedule exclude corporate overhead, interest expense and other costs which are not directly related to crude oil and gas producing activities.
(3)Production costs include operating costs, transportation costs and production taxes.

E. STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF DISCOUNTED FUTURE NET CASH FLOWS RELATING TO PROVED CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESERVE QUANTITIES

The following tables set forth the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from projected production of Enerplus’ crude oil and natural gas reserves:

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

As at December 31, 2020

    

Canada

United States

Total

 

(in $ millions)

Future cash inflows

$

573

1,849

2,422

Future production costs

 

345

1,118

1,463

Future development and asset retirement costs

 

267

233

501

Future income tax expenses

 

Future net cash flows

$

(39)

497

458

Deduction: 10% annual discount factor

 

(92)

56

(37)

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

$

53

442

495

    

    

    

    

    

    

As at December 31, 2019

    

Canada

United States

Total

 

(in $ millions)

Future cash inflows

$

1,283

6,395

7,678

Future production costs

 

591

2,210

2,801

Future development and asset retirement costs

 

321

1,365

1,685

Future income tax expenses

 

254

254

Future net cash flows

$

371

2,566

2,937

Deduction: 10% annual discount factor

 

76

893

968

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

$

296

1,673

1,969

    

    

    

    

    

    

As at December 31, 2018

    

Canada

United States

Total

 

(in $ millions)

Future cash inflows

$

1,350

7,090

8,440

Future production costs

 

643

2,109

2,752

Future development and asset retirement costs

 

143

1,316

1,459

Future income tax expenses

 

508

508

Future net cash flows

$

564

$

3,157

$

3,721

Deduction: 10% annual discount factor

 

206

1,177

1,383

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

$

358

$

1,980

$

2,338


F. CHANGES IN STANDARDIZED MEASURE OF DISCOUNTED FUTURE CASH FLOW RELATING TO PROVED CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESERVES

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

2020

2019

2018

(in $ millions)

Beginning of year

$

1,969

$

2,338

$

1,540

Sales of crude oil and natural gas produced, net of production costs

 

(291)

 

(736)

 

(844)

Net changes in sales prices and production costs

 

(2,707)

 

(996)

 

1,195

Changes in previously estimated development costs incurred during the period

 

291

 

618

 

594

Changes in estimated future development costs

 

739

 

(506)

 

(892)

Extension, discoveries and improved recovery, net of related costs

 

40

 

889

 

978

Purchase of reserves in place

 

 

 

2

Sales of reserves in place

 

 

(7)

 

(2)

Net change resulting from revisions in previous quantity estimates

 

148

 

(97)

 

(114)

Accretion of discount

 

182

 

232

 

143

Net change in income taxes

 

110

 

145

 

(247)

Other significant factors (Exchange rate)

 

14

 

89

 

(15)

End of year

$

495

$

1,969

$

2,338