Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) Wins Bid to Explore for Oil and Gas in New Brunswick
Southwestern Energy Company said that it won an exclusive license to explore for oil and gas on 2.5 million acres in New Brunswick, Canada. Southwestern Energy Company is required to spend $47 million in capital over the next three years on this exploration program. This exploration program in Canada is the company’s first outside the United States. Steve Mueller, the CEO of Southwestern Energy Company, said, “While the Maritimes Basin has been recognized for years, we have identified a large area which we believe is prospective for oil and natural gas. There is a significant amount of data yet to…