Exhibit 99.6 - Closing of Exch Offer for 6.5% Senior Notes 03.07.12

DENVER, CO March 7, 2012 - SM Energy Company (NYSE:SM) today announces the closing of its offer to exchange $350 million of its 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2021, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Exchange Notes"), for $350 million of its outstanding 6 1/2% Senior Notes due 2021, which were issued on November 8, 2011, in a private placement (the "Original Notes").

The exchange offer expired at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on March 6, 2012 with $349,095,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Original Notes having been validly tendered in exchange for an equal amount of Exchange Notes.

This press release is not an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the exchange offer was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2012. The exchange offer was made only pursuant to the exchange offer documents that were distributed to holders of the Original Notes, including the prospectus dated February 2, 2012 and the related letter of transmittal.

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