Encana sells Bighorn assets to Jupiter Resources

Encana Corporation closed the disposition of its Bighorn assets in Alberta to Jupiter Resources Inc. for approximately $2 billion, on September 30, 2014. The sale included approximately 360,000 acres of land and Encana's working interests in pipelines, facilities and service arrangements related to the Bighorn properties.
Encana Corporation closed the disposition of its Bighorn assets in Alberta to Jupiter Resources Inc. for approximately $2 billion, on September 30, 2014. The sale included approximately 360,000 acres of land and Encana's working interests in pipelines, facilities and service arrangements related to the Bighorn properties. 

Encana is a leading North American energy producer of natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids. Jupiter is a private oil and gas exploration, production and development company, headquartered in Calgary. 

Encana was represented in-house by Bill MacGillivray, Associate General Counsel and Danielle Parrotta, Legal Counsel and by Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP with a team that included Alicia Quesnel (commercial, competition/Investment Canada); Stuart Money (commercial); Gina Ross (employment); Shannon Gangl (securities) and Evan Dixon (regulatory). 

Jupiter was represented by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that included Ben Rogers, Chris Harris and Christine Yick (energy); Julie Soloway (regulatory); Nick Tropak (financial services) and Nancy Diep (tax).