Rocky Mountain
SM
Energy has been active in the Rockies since the early 1990s. The
acquisition of Nance Petroleum in 1999 established a more significant presence
in the region. While the Company has approximately 200,00 net acres in the
Williston Basin, SM Energy's activities in the region are primarily focused on
the oil-producing formations of the North Dakota portion of the Basin, namely
the Bakken and Three Forks formations, where the Company has approximately 87,000
net acres.