HOUSTON, Oct. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alta Mesa Holdings, LP announced that the Company has closed the previously announced sale of its subsidiary Alta Mesa Eagle, LLC, which owns certain oil and gas producing properties in the Eagle Ford Shale area and other assets, to EnerVest, Ltd and its affiliates. Net proceeds from the sale transaction were used to pay down the Company’s senior credit facility. After giving effect to the sale and repayment, the borrowing base under the Company’s senior credit facility was reduced to $255 million and the amount drawn was approximately $158 million. Additional details related to this transaction can be found in Alta Mesa’s associated Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission which is available on the Company’s website at www.altamesa.net.
Alta Mesa Holdings, LP is a privately held company engaged in onshore oil and natural gas acquisition, exploitation, exploration and production whose focus is to maximize the profitability of our assets in a safe and environmentally sound manner. We seek to maintain a portfolio of lower risk properties in plays where we identify a large inventory of drilling, development, and enhanced recovery and exploitation opportunities in known resources. We maximize the profitability of our assets by focusing on advanced engineering analytics, enhanced geological techniques including 3-D seismic analysis, and proven drilling, stimulation, completion, and production methods. Alta Mesa Holdings, LP is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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