proven performance


Enerplus has consistently provided above-average returns to our unitholders in both the short and long-term.
On a 10 year basis, Enerplus has clearly outperformed the benchmark indices by a factor of 3 times.

SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING RESULTS

For the twelve months ended December 31,

2003

2002

Financial per Unit

  Net Income

$2.90

$1.61

Funds Flow from Operations (prior to Management Internalization) (1)

5.43

4.03

  Internalization of Management Contract

  (0.64)

-

  Funds Flow from Operations (1)

4.79

4.03

  Cash Distributed (2)

4.32

3.32

  Cash Withheld for Debt Repayment

0.39

0.62

  Payout Ratio

92%

84%

  Payout Ratio (prior to Management Internalization) (1)

81%

84%

  Net Debt/Trailing 12 Month Funds Flow Ratio (1)

0.6x

1.2x

Market Capitalization ($millions)

$3,713

$2,325

Long-Term Debt net of cash ($millions)

258

361

Enterprise Value ($millions)

$3,971

$2,686

Average Daily Trading Volume

446,128

272,983

Average Daily Production

  Natural gas (Mcf/day)

240,907

210,517

  Crude oil (bbls/day)

24,597

23,288

  NGLs (bbls/day)

4,666

4,410

  Total (BOE/day) (6:1)

69,414

62,784

  % Natural gas

58%

56%

Average Selling Price Pre-Hedging

  Natural gas (per Mcf)

$6.30

$3.87

  Crude oil (per bbl)

36.15

34.37

  NGLs (per bbl)

33.43

25.68

  US$ exchange rate

$0.716

$0.637

Reserves

  Proved plus Probable Reserves (MMBOE)

328.1

330.4 (3)

  Proved plus Probable Reserve life index (years)

13.3

13.8 (3)

Netback per BOE

 

 

 

  Oil & Gas Sales Before Hedging

$36.94

 

$27.49

  Cost of Hedging

(1.81)

 

(0.38)

  Royalties, net of ARTC

(7.51)

 

(5.75)

  Operating Costs

(6.73)

 

(5.86)

  Operating Netback

20.89

 

15.50

  General and Administrative, net of unit based compensation

(0.95)

 

(0.70)

  Management Fees

(0.12)

 

(0.94)

  Interest and foreign exchange, net of non cash expense

(0.82)

 

(0.78)

  Taxes

(0.26)

 

(0.23)

  Restoration and abandonment

(0.26)

 

(0.20)

  Funds Flow from Operations (prior to Management Internalization) (1)

18.48

 

12.65

  Internalization of Management Contract

(2.17)

 

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  Funds Flow from Operations (1)

$16.31

 

$12.65

 

(1) See discussion in Management’s Discussion and Analysis
(2) Calculated based on distributions paid or payable each month relating to the period
(3) Based on established reserves (proved plus 50% probable)