Nexen Inc. has reached two major milestones in our plan to fill the Long Lake upgrader: first oil production from pad 12 and first steam into pad 13.

The company exceeded its expectations for first production from pad 12 with conversion of wells to SAGD after approximately 70 days of steam circulation versus our previous experience of approximately 90 to 120 days.

The acceleration was due to new completion technologies and processes that will now be the standard for future wells. Currently three of the nine wells are in production with the remainder expected to be converted over the next few weeks as we install the electronic submersible pumps.

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