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SUPPLEMENTAL RESERVE INFORMATION

Reserve Reporting and Determination Methodologies

All reports, including our U.S. reserves, were evaluated using Canadian NI 51-101 rules. Three external, independent third party engineering firms were used to evaluate and review our reserves this year. Sproule Associates Limited ("Sproule"), our historical independent engineering evaluators, evaluated our Canadian conventional reserves. GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. ("GLJ") evaluated the Joslyn SAGD bitumen reserves as they have previously performed such evaluations for the operator of the Joslyn project. DeGolyer and MacNaughton ("D&M") of Dallas, Texas, evaluated the reserves attributed to our assets in the United States. Sproule evaluated 90% of the total proved plus probable value (discounted at 10%) of our Canadian conventional year-end reserves and has reviewed the remainder of the reserves internally evaluated by Enerplus. Both GLJ and D&M evaluated 100% of the reserves in their respective areas. Both GLJ and D&M utilized Sproule's forecast price and cost assumptions as of December 31, 2006 in their evaluations to maintain consistency among our reserve reporting.

The following tables report company interest reserves that include gross working interest reserves plus owned royalty interest reserves using forecast prices. "Company interest" reserves are not a measure defined in NI 51-101 adopted by the Canadian securities regulators and does not have a standardized meaning under NI 51-101. Accordingly, our company interest reserves may not be comparable to reserves presented or disclosed by other issuers. Our reserves statement, which includes complete disclosure of our oil and gas reserves and other oil and gas information in accordance with NI 51-101, is contained within our Annual Information Form available on our website at www.enerplus.com and on our SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. Additionally, the Annual Information Form is part of our Form 40-F that is filed with the SEC and available on www.sec.gov.

Probable reserves are evaluated and categorized by our third party engineering firms or our own internal evaluators under the review of the third party engineering firm. Care should be used when comparing U.S. and Canadian style reserves and production reporting between companies. Under U.S. reporting, reserve estimates are calculated using prices and costs held constant at amounts in effect at the date of the reserve report and typically only include net proved reserves. Additionally, proved reserve standards in the U.S. may not be comparable to the Canadian standards. Generally, Canadian standards for reporting proved reserves may be more conservative than U.S. standards.

All evaluations of future net production revenues set forth in the tables are stated after the provision for income taxes and exclude abandonment costs on wells and facilities where reserves are not assigned or associated general and administrative costs. These schedules have been prepared on the basis that Enerplus will not pay cash income taxes in Canada in the future due to Enerplus' current structure as an income trust and Canadian tax laws currently in effect. Under our current mutual fund structure and existing tax legislation in Canada, annual taxable income is transferred from our operating entities to the Fund through interest, royalty and other payments. We, in turn, make distributions to our unitholders and therefore currently do not incur any Canadian income tax. As a result, after tax future net revenues from Canadian oil and gas reserves are equal to before tax future net revenues from Canadian oil and gas reserves. Enerplus' U.S. operations are subject to cash income taxes, and as a result Enerplus' U.S. reserves are shown net of the effect of such taxes that we estimate would be payable after taking into account inter-company debt in our structure. The Canadian federal government has announced a proposal designed to effectively tax income trusts such as Enerplus at the same level as Canadian corporations, effective for the 2011 tax year. Such proposal has not yet been approved or put in force and it is uncertain as what form, if any, changes in Canadian income tax laws will take as a result of such proposal. Any changes in Canadian income tax laws that may result from such proposal could adversely affect the estimated future net revenues associated with Enerplus' oil and gas reserves. For additional information, investors should refer to disclosure contained under the headings General Development of Enerplus Resources Fund and Risk Factors - Risks Relating to Enerplus' Structure and Ownership of the Trust Units' in Enerplus' Annual Information Form.

The net estimated present value of all future net revenues at December 31, 2006 was based upon crude oil and natural gas pricing assumptions prepared by Sproule as of December 31, 2006. These prices were applied to the reserves evaluated by Sproule, GLJ and D&M. The base reference prices and exchange rates used by Sproule are detailed below:

Sproule December 31, 2006 - Forecast Price Assumptions

 

WTI crude oil
US$/bbl

Light crude (1)
Edmonton
CDN$/bbl

Hardisty
Heavy
12o API
CDN$/bbl

Differential Between Hardisty
Heavy And Bitumen(2)

(Oil Sands) CDN$/bbl

Henry Hub
Price
US$/MMbtu

Natural Gas
30 day spot
@ AECO
CDN$/MMbtu

Exchange
Rate
US$/CDN$

2007

$65.73

$74.10

$42.98

$8.88

$7.85

$7.72

$0.87

2008

68.82

77.62

45.02

11.35

8.39

8.59

0.87

2009

62.42

70.25

40.74

12.83

7.65

7.74

0.87

2010

58.37

65.56

38.03

12.19

7.48

7.55

0.87

2011

55.20

61.90

35.90

11.66

7.63

7.72

0.87

Thereafter

2.0%

2.0%

2.0%

**

**

2.0%

0.87

(1) Edmonton refinery postings for 40 degree API, 0.4% sulphur content crude
(2) The bitumen price is derived by GLJ from Sproule's forecasts of various stream prices
** Escalation varies after 2011

RESERVES SUMMARY

The following table sets out our company interest volumes by production type and reserve category under a forecast price scenario. Under different price scenarios, these reserves could vary as a change in price can affect the economic limit and reserves associated with a property.

2006 Reserves Summary - Company Interest Volumes (Forecast Prices)


 

OIL AND GAS RESERVES

 

 

 

 

Light & Medium Oil (Mbbls)

Heavy Oil (Mbbls)

Bitumen

(Oil Sands)

(Mbbls)

Total Oil (Mbbls)

Natural Gas Liquids (Mbbls)

Natural Gas

(MMcf)

Total
(MBOE)

Proved developed producing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

66,458

28,932

2,479

97,869

11,434

727,596

230,569

United States

21,933

-

-

21,933

-

13,626

24,204

Total

88,391

28,932

2,479

119,802

11,434

741,222

254,773

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proved developed non-producing

 

-

-

 

 

 

 

Canada

537

-

-

537

621

17,317

4,044

United States

871

-

-

871

-

724

992

Total

1,408

-

-

1,408

621

18,041

5,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved undeveloped

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

3,509

2,221

6,251

11,981

635

160,348

39,341

United States

587

-

-

587

-

450

662

Total

4,096

2,221

6,251

12,568

635

160,798

40,003

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Proved

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

70,504

31,153

8,730

110,387

12,690

905,261

273,954

United States

23,391

-

-

23,391

-

14,800

25,858

Total

93,895

31,153

8,730

133,778

12,690

920,061

299,812

 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Probable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

16,872

8,912

47,998

73,782

3,777

306,804

128,693

United States

8,637

-

-

8,637

-

37,221

14,840

Total

25,509

8,912

47,998

82,419

3,777

344,025

143,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved plus Probable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

87,376

40,065

56,728

184,169

16,467

1,212,065

402,647

United States

32,028

-

-

32,028

-

52,021

40,698

Total

119,404

40,065

56,728

216,197

16,467

1,264,086

443,345


RESERVES RECONCILIATION

2006 Proved Reserves- Company Interest Volumes (Forecast Prices)

CANADA

Light &
Medium
Oil
(Mbbls)

Heavy
Oil
(Mbbls)

Bitumen

(Oil Sands)
(Mbbls)

Total Oil
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
Liquids
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
(MMcf)

Total
(MBOE)

Proved Reserves at Dec. 31, 2005

73,249

32,901

9,453

115,603

13,084

952,624

287,458

Acquisitions

984

-

-

984

160

5,518

2,063

Divestments

(30)

-

(591)

(621)

(1)

(145)

(647)

Discoveries

-

48

-

48

27

4,095

757

Extensions

1,648

11

-

1,659

671

26,180

6,693

Technical Revisions

(2,191)

1,058

(132)

(1,265)

372

(4,956)

(1,717)

Economic Factors

226

58

-

284

(17)

(5,304)

(616)

Improved Recovery

2,806

327

-

3,133

30

23,981

7,159

Production

(6,188)

(3,250)

-

(9,438)

(1,636)

(96,732)

(27,196)

Proved Reserves at Dec. 31, 2006

70,504

31,153

8,730

110,387

12,690

905,261

273,954


UNITED STATES

Light &
Medium
Oil
(Mbbls)

Heavy
Oil
(Mbbls)

Bitumen

(Oil Sands)
(Mbbls)

Total Oil
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
Liquids
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
(MMcf)

Total
(MBOE)

Proved Reserves at Dec. 31, 2005

23,595

-

-

23,595

-

13,152

25,787

Acquisitions

401

-

-

401

-

341

458

Divestments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Discoveries

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Extensions

440

-

-

440

-

384

504

Technical Revisions

584

-

-

584

-

1,732

872

Economic Factors

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Improved Recovery

2,122

-

-

2,122

-

1,364

2,350

Production

(3,751)

-

-

(3,751)

-

(2,173)

(4,113)

Proved Reserves at Dec. 31, 2006

23,391

-

-

23,391

-

14,800

25,858


TOTAL ENERPLUS

Light &
Medium
Oil
(Mbbls)

Heavy
Oil
(Mbbls)

Bitumen

(Oil Sands)
(Mbbls)

Total Oil
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
Liquids
(Mbbls)

Natural
Gas
(MMcf)

Total
(MBOE)

Proved Reserves at Dec. 31, 2005

96,844

32,901

9,453

139,198

13,084

965,776

313,245

Acquisitions

1,385

-

-

1,385

160

5,859

2,521

Divestments

(30)

-

(591)

(621)

(1)

(145)

(647)

Discoveries

-

48

-

48

27

4,095

757

Extensions