Sanchez Energy has sold its non-core Marquis asset in the Eagle Ford Shale to Lonestar Resources US for approximately $50m.

The transaction also included Lonestar preferred stock that can be converted into 1.5 million shares of common stock.   

The acquisition comprises about 21,000 net acres located in Fayette and Lavaca Counties, Texas, US.

According to Sanchez Energy, the asset has net proved reserves of 2.7 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), with net production of around 1,750 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) from 104 gross (65 net) wells.

The sale is in effect after the company invested limited capital resources on the Marquis asset, located in the eastern portion of the Eagle Ford Shale.

"The acquisition comprises about 21,000 net acres located in Fayette and Lavaca Counties, Texas, US."

Sanchez Energy noted that the sale of the non-core Marquis asset is part of the company’s strategy of increasing its liquidity and financial flexibility to focus on the growth of the Comanche, Catarina and Maverick areas of the Western Eagle Ford.

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The company has around 340,000 net acres in the Western Eagle Ford area. 

Sanchez Energy is an exploration and production company focused on the acquisition and development of US onshore unconventional oil and natural gas resources.

Lonestar Resources is engaged in the exploration, production, and acquisition of unconventional oil and gas reserves.

Extending from the Mexican border into East Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale is an oil and natural gas producing a stratigraphic horizon of sedimentary rock.