CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 08/10/11 — PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD. (TSX: PWT) (NYSE: PWE) (“PENN WEST EXPLORATION”) is pleased to announce its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011
The Board of Penn West is pleased to announce that Murray Nunns has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. With a career spanning 30 years in the oil and gas industry, Murray brings breadth of experience and strong leadership qualities to his new role. Murray is a geologist with a proven track record of value creation through both development and exploration in growth oriented oil and natural gas companies. Most recently, Murray was President and Chief Operating Officer of Penn West. In his new capacity he will continue to apply his long history of consistent success as an executive for the benefit of Penn West shareholders.
The Board is also pleased to announce the appointment of Hilary Foulkes as Chief Operating Officer. Hilary has been instrumental in establishing the strategic corporate direction, is a key driver in the evolution of our organization and has a profound influence on employees. Much of Hilary–s operations experience was obtained through various exploration and development roles with Gulf Canada Resources. For eight years prior to joining Penn West in 2008, she was a Managing Director with the investment banking firm, Scotia Waterous. Hilary–s diverse and extensive industry experience uniquely qualifies her for this position.
Concurrent with these appointments, Bill Andrew will be assuming the role of Vice-Chairman of the corporation. Bill has been central to the building of Penn West, from its recapitalization in 1992 to the present. Under his extraordinary leadership, Penn West has acquired a premier position in under-exploited legacy light oil pools in Canada while also developing an unconventional asset base. John Brussa, Chairman of Penn West expressed his thanks on behalf of the Board. “Bill–s insight and vision have been instrumental in accumulating an asset base which is the envy of the industry. It is these assets accumulated under his watch which will fuel Penn West–s future growth. We are all very pleased that Bill will continue on Penn West–s board and in his role as Vice Chairman, will continue to provide his invaluable insights to both the Board and to management”.
Strategy
Penn West continues to focus development to bring forward the value in our large light-oil plays and resource prospects. We believe we are well positioned for continuous growth with an emphasis on light-oil. Our exploration strategy is focused on large-scale plays on existing development trends and selective exploratory trends in which we have technical or infrastructure-related advantages. While we experienced unprecedented industry operating conditions during the first half of 2011 which have extended into the third quarter, the fundamental direction and strategy of Penn West has not changed.
Capital and Production Guidance
– To date in 2011, we have invested approximately $100 million in on-trend exploratory land purchases and have realized approximately $100 million in proceeds from dispositions of non-core assets. We currently expect our full year 2011 exploration and development capital program to be in the range of $1.4 – $1.5 billion.
– Extreme flooding in Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, forest fires in the Slave Lake region and third party facility issues in the second quarter of 2011 have extended into the third quarter resulting in delays restoring production. Wet conditions across western Canada have delayed completion activity preventing further tie-ins of Q1 drilling. The combined effect of these factors is to delay volumes which will impact our annualized average production. We expect to recover production outages into the fourth quarter and our exit volume remains consistent with our previous guidance.
– We now estimate average production for the second half of 2011 to be between 163,000 and 167,000 boe (1) per day and plan to reach full production capacity in the fourth quarter of 2011. Annual production for 2011 is expected to average between 162,000 and 164,000 boe per day. We plan on exiting 2011 producing between 174,000 and 177,000 boe per day.
– We continuously evaluate non-core asset dispositions and at this time we have a number of market-ready properties. Disposition proceeds will be re-deployed into our growth strategy or balance sheet.
Second Quarter Financial Results
– Funds flow (2) was $396 million in the second quarter of 2011, an 11 percent increase from the $356 million reported in the first quarter of 2011 and a 47 percent increase from the $269 million reported in the second quarter of 2010. Funds flow increases were primarily due to an increase in crude oil prices combined with an increase in our weighting of light-oil production. Basic funds flow was $0.85 per share (2) in the second quarter of 2011 compared to $0.77 per share in the first quarter of 2011 and $0.62 per share in the second quarter of 2010.
– Net income for the second quarter of 2011 was $271 million ($0.58 per share-basic) compared to $291 million ($0.63 per share-basic) in the first quarter of 2011 and $745 million ($1.72 per share-basic) in the second quarter of 2010 that included a $572 million after-tax gain recorded on the formation of the Peace River Oil Partnership. Net income remained strong in the second quarter of 2011 mainly due to higher revenues, gains on unrealized risk management items and gains on minor property dispositions.
– The netback (2) of $32.60 per boe in the second quarter of 2011 was 10 percent higher than the first quarter of 2011 primarily due to higher commodity prices.
– Exploration and development capital expenditures for the second quarter of 2011 totalled $285 million and include $88 million of land purchases to complement our asset base and add future resource plays. For the first six months of 2011, exploration and development capital expenditures totalled $777 million including the drilling of 213 net wells focused on our suite of light-oil resource plays.
(1) Please refer to the “Oil and Gas Information Advisory” section below for information regarding the term “boe”.
(2) The terms “funds flow”, “funds flow per share-basic” and “netback” are non-GAAP measures. Please refer to the “Calculation of Funds Flow”, “Highlights – Netback per boe” and “Non-GAAP Measures Advisory” sections below.
Operational Highlights
Production
– Average production for the second quarter of 2011 of 156,107 boe per day was significantly impacted by temporary interruptions resulting from the wild fires in Slave Lake, flooding throughout Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba and third-party facility outages. This led to production interruptions for the second quarter of an average of approximately 13,000 boe per day.
– Our production capability was weighted 66 percent to oil and liquids in the second quarter of 2011. Light-oil and NGL volumes grew by 19 percent over the last year, excluding the impact of temporary interruptions encountered during the second quarter.
– To date in 2011, we have sold net production of approximately 1,100 boe per day.
Cardium
– As the leading operator in Canada–s largest conventional light-oil resource play and with more than 2,500 drilling locations identified to-date, this asset is a cornerstone for Penn West. In 2011, we continued appraisal drilling on our 665,000 net acres of Cardium rights and commenced targeted full-scale development in the most promising areas to-date. Thus far in 2011, 39 net wells have been drilled, with development drilling focused in the Willesden Green, Alder Flats and West Pembina areas. In the second half of 2011, we plan to focus development in these core areas, and will operate seven rigs drilling approximately 45 – 55 net wells. Our well performance to date has been strong in these areas with averages of 200 – 300 boe per day in the first month of production.
Northern Carbonates
– Penn West has one of the largest positions in the Carbonate platform plays in northern Alberta. In the first six months of 2011, we drilled 21 net wells in this play. Production rates to-date have been promising. We plan to operate 5 rigs drilling 15 – 20 net wells during the second half of 2011. In the second half of 2011, we will continue development and appraisal drilling on the Slave Point platform at Otter/Red Earth, appraisal drilling at Swan Hills, and the testing of a four-well pad at South Swan Hills.
Spearfish (Waskada)
– In the first half of 2011, we drilled 44 net wells in the Spearfish. In the second half of 2011, we anticipate operating two rigs drilling 30 – 40 net wells. To-date, production rates are averaging approximately 90 boe per day in the first month. Extreme flooding conditions have delayed operations in the area and resulted in temporary production interruptions of approximately 4,000 boe per day. We anticipate being back to full capacity in the fourth quarter. With solid production results to-date and an inventory of 1,500 potential drilling locations we anticipate accelerating the development of this asset over the next 18 months.
Colorado (Viking)
– We have a dominant land position of 750,000 net acres with over 2,500 well locations identified consisting of both light-oil and natural gas targets. We are in full development mode in many parts of this play drilling 54 net wells in the first half of 2011. In our main development area at Dodsland/Avon Hills production per well is averaging approximately 80 boe per day for the first month. Low capital costs per well make these rates highly economic. In the second half of 2011, we plan to continue development in the Dodsland/Avon Hills/Kerrobert areas of western Saskatchewan and continue appraisal of the Alberta side of this large play trend. We expect to drill 35 – 40 additional net wells this year.
Peace River Oil Partnership
– In the second half of 2011, the Peace River Oil Partnership plans the drilling of approximately 10 to 15 gross wells (5.5 – 8 net). This activity will be primarily focused on resource assessment. In the second quarter, steam injection started at the thermal pilot and achieved target injection rates and volume. The pilot well will commence production in the third quarter of 2011.
Cordova Joint Venture
– In the second half of 2011, we plan to drill 11 gross wells (5.5 net). We are continuing the appraisal phase of this shale gas play throughout the Cordova Embayment. Completion operations are underway on our eight-well pad. Our existing gathering and processing infrastructure in the area enables us to move at a quicker pace with enhanced economic returns.
Dividend, Risk Management and Financing Activities
– On August 9, 2011, our Board of Directors declared our third quarter dividend of $0.27 per share to be paid on October 14, 2011 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2011.
– Crude oil prices averaged WTI US$102.55 per barrel in the second quarter of 2011 compared to US$94.25 per barrel in the first quarter of 2011 and US$77.99 per barrel for the second quarter of 2010. Currently, we have 41,000 barrels per day of our 2011 crude oil production hedged between US$79.98 per barrel and US$96.39 per barrel and 35,000 barrels per day of our 2012 production between US$86.00 per barrel and US$109.72 per barrel.
– In the second quarter of 2011, the AECO Monthly Index averaged $3.74 per mcf compared to $3.77 per mcf in the first quarter of 2011 and $3.86 per mcf in the second quarter of 2010. We have 50,000 mcf per day of our 2012 natural gas production hedged at an average price of $4.30 per mcf.
– During the second quarter of 2011, we entered into $352 million of additional foreign exchange forward contracts relating to the principal of our senior notes. Currently, we have $762 million of foreign exchange forward contracts with an average exchange rate of $1.00 CAD/USD maturing between 2014 and 2022.
– On June 27, 2011, we closed the renewal of our unsecured, revolving syndicated bank facility, extending the term to four years with an aggregate borrowing limit of $2.25 billion. The facility expires on June 26, 2015 and is extendible. Borrowing costs were reduced under the renewed bank facility. On June 30, 2011, we had $1.2 billion of unused capacity under the facility.
In 2011, we have increased our activity levels as we concentrate on the development of our light-oil resource plays throughout western Canada. Our drilling activity primarily utilized horizontal multi-stage fracture technology.
Our 2011 capital activity levels increased in comparison to the prior year as we accelerate the appraisal and development of our light-oil resource plays, notably in the Cardium, Northern Carbonates, Spearfish (Waskada) and the Colorado (Viking).
The decline in non-producing land compared to 2010 was primarily the result of the contribution of assets into the Cordova Joint Venture and land lease expiries.
Letter to our Shareholders
A fundamental to success in business is the ability to adapt and change. For Penn West, the ability to constantly adapt to a changing business environment has led to its success and continuing growth potential. The pace of change and required adaptation has quickened over the past five years. We have acquired and expanded our inventory of light-oil assets significantly. We have moved to an E&P model and have adapted from vertical technology which had been a constant in the industry to horizontal techniques. This change has expanded the depth of reinvestment opportunities in the conventional oil and natural gas business in North America.
Penn West is also changing and adapting its leadership. As announced this morning, Bill Andrew has been appointed to the position of Vice-Chairman. A legacy which Bill has imparted to the Penn West team is the ability to adapt and change as the situation requires. As the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, I am fortunate to retain Bill–s counsel as we move forward. The most exciting component of our recent leadership shift is the promotion of Hilary Foulkes to the role of Chief Operating Officer. The leadership development and transition process is part of our internal corporate culture and occurs at all levels throughout the company. While today–s leadership changes are significant to Penn West, the vision, strategy and direction of Penn West remain intact.
Change and adaptation also applies to the business landscape in which we operate. The turmoil of the financial sector which played out through 2008 and 2009 is still reverberating today. The challenge for resource extraction businesses is to separate what is, for lack of a better term, noise in the system as opposed to fundamental shifts in economic direction and their related impacts on commodity pricing.
When you look at the fundamentals that underlie oil demand, there has been strong recovery from the 2008/2009 period. We continue to see demand growth from large sectors of the global economy, despite low demand growth in the OECD nations. On the supply side, it is not getting easier. Regardless of whether it is oil sands, deep water drilling, or the conventional oil business, the cost of finding and developing a barrel of oil continues to rise. Combine rising costs with the geo-political risk associated with certain regions and maintaining the world–s supply of oil becomes increasingly difficult. When looking at supply and demand in concert, short of a prolonged worldwide recession, we believe the outlook for pricing of oil will remain strong.
For Penn West, this supports our strategy of driving ahead with our light-oil development and with capturing exploratory projects with oil and significant liquids. During the first quarter of this year, we started to hit our stride as an E&P company drilling and completing a company record number of horizontal multi-frac wells with solid results. Change and adaptation are constants. In our particular case, the most recent change to plans was authored by Mother Nature. Our assets were at the epicenters of several major fires in north central Alberta as well as flooding in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. In addition, the industry has and continues to be subjected to some of the worst operating conditions experienced in western Canada in the last 30 years. Moving forward, the key adaptation will be to re-establish momentum in our drilling programs in the third and fourth quarters to continue the growth we started at the beginning of this year. Based on the development work to-date and the information we have collected on our plays, we remain steadfastly confident in the quality of our assets, our people, and the future of Penn West.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Murray R. Nunns
President and Chief Executive Officer
Calgary, Alberta
August 9, 2011
Outlook
This outlook section is included to provide shareholders with information about our expectations as at August 9, 2011 for production and capital expenditures for 2011 and readers are cautioned that the information may not be appropriate for any other purpose. This information constitutes forward-looking information. Readers should note the assumptions, risks and disclaimers under “Forward-Looking Statements”.
Penn West–s capital programs will continue to move toward full scale development of our suite of large-scale light-oil plays based on successful appraisal programs. Our focus areas remain the Cardium, Northern Carbonates, Spearfish (Waskada) and the Colorado (Viking). While still allocating a significant portion of our capital programs to appraising large resource plays, we have grown our light-oil production base significantly over the past year. To date in 2011, we have been successful at land sales where we invested approximately $100 million in the first six months of 2011. We expect to continue to extend our dominance in many of western Canada–s largest and most promising light-oil plays as well as consolidate our positions in many of the new emerging source rock plays. Extreme weather conditions necessitated unplanned capital expenditures to continue certain of our capital programs in the second quarter and third quarter to date. We expect to partially offset industry cost increases due to high activity levels by operating at consistent levels and by increasing our use of pad drilling.
We expect our full year 2011 exploration and development capital program to be in the range of $1.4 billion – $1.5 billion. To date in 2011, we have realized approximately $100 million in proceeds from dispositions of non-core assets.
Extreme flooding in Southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, forest fires in the Slave Lake region and third-party facility issues in the second quarter of 2011 have extended into the third quarter resulting in delays restoring production. Wet conditions across western Canada have delayed completion activity preventing further tie-ins of Q1 drilling. The combined effect of these factors is to delay volumes and will impact our annualized average production. We expect to recover production outages into the fourth quarter and our exit volume remains consistent with our previous guidance.
In the first six months of 2011, Penn West sold net production of approximately 1,100 boe per day. Annual production for 2011 is expected to average between 162,000 and 164,000 boe per day. We estimate average production for the second half of 2011 to be between 163,000 and 167,000 boe per day and plan to reach full production capacity in the fourth quarter of 2011 exiting the year producing between 174,000 and 177,000 boe per day.
Our prior production forecast, released on May 5, 2011 with our first quarter results and filed on SEDAR at , prior to the impact of temporary interruptions related to wildfires, flooding and third party outages, was for 2011 average production of 172,000 to 177,000 boe per day and an exploration and development capital budget of $1.1 billion – $1.2 billion.
Non-GAAP Measures Advisory
The above information includes non-GAAP measures not defined under IFRS or previous generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including funds flow, funds flow per share-basic, funds flow per share-diluted, netback and payout ratio. Non-GAAP measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Funds flow is cash flow from operating activities before changes in non-cash working capital and decommissioning expenditures. Funds flow is used to assess our ability to fund dividends and planned capital programs. See “Calculation of Funds Flow” below. Netback is a per-unit-of-production measure of operating margin used in capital allocation decisions and to economically rank projects. Operating margin is calculated as revenue less royalties, operating costs and transportation and is used for similar purposes to netback. Payout ratio is calculated as dividends paid divided by funds flow. We use payout ratio to assess the adequacy of retained funds flow to finance capital programs.
Oil and Gas Information Advisory
Barrels of oil equivalent (“boe”) may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion ratio of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of crude oil is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead.
Forward- Looking Statements
In the interest of providing our securityholders and potential investors with information regarding Penn West, including management–s assessment of our future plans and operations, certain statements contained in this document constitute forward-looking statements or information (collectively “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the “safe harbour” provisions of applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “forecast”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “could”, “plan”, “intend”, “should”, “believe”, “outlook”, “objective”, “aim”, “potential”, “target” and similar words suggesting future events or future performance. In addition, statements relating to “reserves” or “resources” are deemed to be forward-looking statements as they involve the implied assessment, based on certain estimates and assumptions, that the reserves and resources described exist in the quantities predicted or estimated and can be profitably produced in the future.
In particular, this document contains forward-looking statements pertaining to, without limitation, the following: our belief that our existing assets will fuel Penn West–s future growth; the disclosure contained under the heading “Strategy”, which sets forth management–s expectations as to our business strategies going forward, including our intention to continue to focus development to bring forward the value in our large light-oil plays and resource prospects, our belief that we are well positioned for continuous growth with an emphasis on light-oil, and our exploration strategy to focus on large-scale plays on existing development trends and selective exploratory trends in which we have technical or infrastructure-related advantages; the disclosure contained under the heading “Capital and Production Guidance”, which sets forth the anticipated size of our full year 2011 exploration and development capital program, our expectation that we will recover second and third quarter production outages into the fourth quarter, our estimated average daily production for the second half of 2011, our expectation that we will reach full production capacity in the fourth quarter of 2011, our estimated average daily production for the 2011 year, our estimated average daily production rate when we exit 2011, and our intention that non-core asset disposition proceeds will be re-deployed into our growth strategy or balance sheet; our development plans for our Cardium play in the second half of 2011, including our view that more than 2,500 drilling locations have been identified to-date, the specific core areas on which we plan to focus development,
the number of rigs we intend to operate and the number of wells we intend to drill; our development plans for our Northern Carbonates play in the second half of 2011, including the number of rigs we intend to operate, the number of wells we intend to drill, and our intention to continue development and appraisal drilling on the Slave Point platform at Otter/Red Earth, appraisal drilling at Swan Hills, and the testing of a four-well pad at South Swan Hills; our development plans for our Spearfish (Waskada) play in the second half of 2011, including the number of rigs we intend to operate, the number of wells we intend to drill, our belief that we will be back to full capacity in the fourth quarter, our belief that we have an inventory of 1,500 potential drilling locations on this property, and our anticipation that we will accelerate the development of this asset over the next 18 months; our development plans for our Colorado (Viking) play in the second half of 2011, including our belief that we have identified over 2,500 well locations consisting of both light-oil and natural gas targets, our plan to continue development in the Dodsland/Avon Hills/Kerrobert areas of western Saskatchewan and continue appraisal of the Alberta side of this large play trend, and the number of wells we intend to drill; our development plans for the Peace River Oil Partnership in the second half of 2011, including the number of wells we intend to drill, our intention to primarily focus on resource assessment, and our belief that the thermal pilot well will commence production in the third quarter of 2011; our development plans for the Cordova Joint Venture in the second half of 2011, including the number of wells we intend to drill, our intention to continue the appraisal phase of this play throughout the Cordova Embayment, and our belief that our existing gathering and processing infrastructure in the area will enable us to move at a quicker pace with enhanced economic returns; our ability to pay our third quarter dividend; certain of the disclosures contained under the heading “Letter to our Shareholders”, including our belief that our ability to constantly adapt to a changing business environment has led to our success and continuing growth potential,
our belief that the outlook for pricing of oil will remain strong, our plan to continue with our strategy of driving ahead with our light-oil development and with capturing exploratory projects with oil and significant liquids, and our intention to re-establish momentum in our drilling programs in the third and fourth quarters to continue the growth we started at the beginning of this year; and the disclosure contained under the heading “Outlook”, including our intention that our capital programs will continue to move toward full scale development of our suite of large-scale light-oil plays based on successful appraisal programs, our intention that our focus areas will remain the Cardium, Northern Carbonates, Spearfish (Waskada) and the Colorado (Viking), our expectation that we will continue to extend our dominance in many of western Canada–s largest and most promising light oil plays as well as consolidate our positions in many of the new emerging source rock plays, our expectation that we will partially offset industry cost increases due to high activity levels by operating at consistent levels and by increasing our use of pad drilling, our anticipated exploration and development capital expenditure levels for 2011, our expectation that we will recover production outages that occurred in the second and third quarter in the fourth quarter, our forecast average daily production for the full 2011 year, our forecast average daily production for the second half of 2011, our plan to reach full production capacity in the fourth quarter of 2011, and our anticipated average daily production rate at 2011 year end.
With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this document, we have made assumptions regarding, among other things: future oil and natural gas prices and differentials between light, medium and heavy oil prices; future capital expenditure levels; future oil and natural gas production levels; drilling results; future exchange rates and interest rates; the amount of future cash dividends that we intend to pay; our ability to obtain equipment in a timely manner to carry out development activities and the costs thereof; our ability to market our oil and natural gas successfully to current and new customers; the impact of increasing competition; our ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms; and our ability to add production and reserves through our development and exploitation activities. In addition, many of the forward-looking statements contained in this document are located proximate to assumptions that are specific to those forward-looking statements, and such assumptions should be taken into account when reading such forward-looking statements: see in particular the assumptions identified under the heading “Outlook”.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained in this document, and the assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are made, are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements included in this document, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which the forward-looking statements are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause our actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, among other things: the impact of weather conditions on seasonal demand and ability to execute capital programs; risks inherent in oil and natural gas operations; uncertainties associated with estimating reserves and resources; competition for, among other things, capital, acquisitions of reserves, resources, undeveloped lands and skilled personnel; incorrect assessments of the value of acquisitions, including the completed acquisitions discussed herein; geological, technical, drilling and processing problems; general economic conditions in Canada, the U.S. and globally; industry conditions, including fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas; royalties payable in respect of our oil and natural gas production and changes thereto; changes in government regulation of the oil and natural gas industry, including environmental regulation; fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates; unanticipated operating events that can reduce production or cause production to be shut-in or delayed; failure to obtain industry partner and other third-party consents and approvals when required; stock market volatility and market valuations; OPEC–s ability to control production and balance global supply and demand of crude oil at desired price levels; political uncertainty, including the risks of hostilities, in the petroleum producing regions of the world; the need to obtain required approvals from regulatory authorities from time to time; failure to realize the anticipated benefits of dispositions, acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships, including the completed dispositions, acquisitions, joint ventures and partnerships discussed herein; changes in tax and other laws that affect us and our securityholders; changes in government royalty frameworks; uncertainty of obtaining required approvals for acquisitions and mergers; the potential failure of counterparties to honour their contractual obligations; and the other factors described in our public filings (including under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Information Form and in Note 10 to our 2011 second quarter unaudited financial statements) available in Canada at and in the United States at . Readers are cautioned that this list of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive.
The forward-looking statements contained in this document speak only as of the date of this document. Except as expressly required by applicable securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this document are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.
Investor Information
Penn West shares and debentures are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols PWT and PWT.DB.F and Penn West shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PWE.
A conference call will be held to discuss Penn West–s results at 10:00am Mountain Time (12:00pm Eastern Time) on August 10, 2011.
To listen to the conference call, please call 416-340-8018 or 1-866-223-7781 (North America toll-free). This call will be broadcast live on the Internet and may be accessed directly on the Penn West website at or at the following URL:
A taped recording will be available until August 17, 2011 by dialing 1-800-408-3053 (North America toll-free) and entering pass code 8224563.
Penn West expects to file its Management–s Discussion and Analysis and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements on SEDAR and EDGAR shortly.
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Murray Nunns
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