Calgary-based Samson Canada Ltd. and Courage Energy Inc. jointly announced that Samson’s previous offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding Courage shares, at C$5.20 per common share, ended last Thursday, with Samson acquiring about 95% of the shares. In the next few days, Samson said it would acquire the remaining shares of Courage to merge the two companies. Samson Canada is a subsidiary of Samson Investment Co., a privately held Tulsa-based oil and gas company, with a current production of 13,000 boe/d. The Courage acquisition will bring production to 17,000 boe/d. Core areas are Rainbow, Central Alberta and northeast British Columbia.

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