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    CALGARY, April 10 /CNW/ - Enerplus Resources Fund ("Enerplus" or the
"Fund") is pleased to announce the closing of the previously announced equity
offering. At closing, a total of 4,250,000 trust units were issued at a price
of CDN$49.55 per unit for gross proceeds of approximately CDN$210.6 million.
This includes 200,000 units issued pursuant to the exercise by the
underwriters of a portion of their over-allotment option. The syndicate of
underwriters was led by CIBC World Markets Inc.
    A portion of the net proceeds of the offering were used to complete the
previously announced acquisition by Enerplus of a 90% interest in the Kirby
Oil Sands Partnership ("Kirby"), a privately held partnership operating in the
Athabasca oil sands fairway of Alberta. The total consideration paid by
Enerplus for the 90% interest was $182.5 million, consisting of $127.8 million
in cash and the issuance of 1,104,945 trust units of Enerplus at a price of
$49.55 per unit. The remaining net proceeds of the offering will initially be
used to reduce Enerplus' bank debt, which includes $60 million of indebtedness
associated with the January 31, 2007 acquisition of a gross overriding royalty
interest in the Jonah natural gas field, and will subsequently be used to fund
future capital and other general corporate expenditures.
    The Kirby interest represents a strategic acquisition of additional long-
term oil sands assets with steam-assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD")
development potential that Enerplus believes will add significant long-term
value for our unitholders. The Kirby partnership contains leases that cover
43,360 gross acres in a highly prospective area in the heart of the Athabasca
oil sands fairway near several other major SAGD development projects currently
on production. An independent engineering assessment conducted by GLJ
Petroleum Consultants Ltd. indicates a "best estimate" of contingent resources
of 244 million barrels of bitumen (approximately 220 million barrels net to
Enerplus) on the leases. Enerplus' initial development plans include a
10,000 bbls/day SAGD (9,000 bbls/day net to Enerplus) starting in 2011 with
further expansion capability anticipated by Enerplus to approximately 30,000 -
40,000 bbls/day of gross bitumen production (27,000 - 36,000 bbls/day net to
Enerplus) over time. The addition of this operated SAGD project complements
Enerplus' existing portfolio of non-operated oil sands assets which include
the SAGD and mining projects on the Joslyn lease.

    The securities being offered by Enerplus have not been, nor will be,
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons absent
registration or applicable exemption from the registration requirement of such
Act. This release does not constitute an offer for sale of trust units in the
U.S. and any public offering of securities in the U.S. will be made by means
of a prospectus.

    Gordon J. Kerr
    President & Chief Executive Officer

    Forward-Looking Statements and Information
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    This news release contains certain forward-looking information and
statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of
the words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective",
"ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "believe", "plans", "intends",
"designed" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
information or statements. In particular, but without limiting the foregoing,
this news release contains forward-looking information and statements
pertaining to the following: the proposed acquisition of an interest in Kirby
by Enerplus and the future benefits of such acquisition to unitholders; the
amount of cash distributions to unitholders; the volumes and estimated value
of the Fund's future oil and gas resources and reserves; future bitumen
production from and prospects in the Kirby development; project life
estimates; future oil and natural gas prices and the Fund's commodity risk
management programs; future liquidity and financial capacity (including debt
to cash flow ratio); future results from operations, cost estimates; future
development, exploration, acquisition and development activities and related
expenditures, including with respect to the development of the Kirby project
and Enerplus' other oil sands projects; and the completion of an equity
offering by Enerplus.
    The forward-looking information and statements contained in this news
release reflect several material factors and expectations and assumptions of
the Fund including, without limitation: that the Fund will continue to conduct
its operations in a manner consistent with past operations; the general
continuance of current industry conditions; the continuance of existing (and
in certain circumstances, proposed) tax and royalty regimes; the accuracy of
the estimates of the Fund's resource volumes; the ability to acquire
sufficient financing on favourable terms and certain commodity price and other
cost assumptions. The Fund believes the material factors, expectations and
assumptions reflected in the forward-looking information and statements are
reasonable but no assurance can be given that these factors, expectations and
assumptions will prove to be correct.
    The forward-looking information and statements included in this news
release are not guarantees of future performance and should not be unduly
relied upon. Such information and statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to
differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information
or statements including, without limitation: changes in commodity prices;
unanticipated operating results or production declines; incorrect estimates of
resources and reserves and upside potential on the Kirby properties; changes
in tax or environmental laws or royalty rates; increased debt levels or debt
service requirements; inaccurate estimation of the Fund's oil and gas reserves
volumes; limited, unfavourable or limited access to capital markets; increased
costs; the impact of actions or inactions of competitors; and certain other
risks detailed from time to time in the Fund's public disclosure documents
(including, without limitation, those risks identified in this news release
and in the Fund's annual information form).
    The forward-looking information and statements contained in this news
release speak only as of the date of this news release, and none of the Fund
or its subsidiaries assumes any obligation to publicly update or revise them
to reflect new events or circumstances, except as may be required pursuant to
applicable laws.

    Information Regarding Contingent Resource Estimates
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    "Contingent resources" is a recognized category of resources in the
Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation ("COGE") Handbook and is defined as "those
quantities of oil and gas estimated on a given date to be potentially
recoverable from known accumulations but are not currently economic". However,
as indicated in the COGE Handbook, criteria other than economics may cause a
quantity to be classified as a resource rather than a reserve. The COGE
Handbook states that the following issues are contingencies that affect the
classification as resources rather than reserves: ownership considerations;
drilling requirements; testing requirements; regulatory considerations;
infrastructure and market considerations; timing of production and
development; and economic requirements. Contingent resources may also include
those quantities of hydrocarbons that are estimated to be potentially
recoverable using technology that is under development. Resources and
contingent resources do not constitute, and should not be confused with,
reserves. There is no certainty that any portion of the volumes currently
classified as "contingent resources" will be produced. The primary
contingencies which currently prevent the classification of the disclosed
contingent resources associated with the Kirby project as "reserves" consist
of: (i) an absence of a formalized near-term development plan, (ii) the
results of further delineation drilling, (iii) facility design and detailed
design estimates to confirm economic productibility, and (iv) the absence of
project regulatory applications. There are a number of inherent risks and
contingencies associated with the development, of the Kirby project and the
associated bitumen resources, including commodity price fluctuations, project
costs, receipt of regulatory approvals, commercial use of the SAGD technology
and those other risks and contingencies described above, under "Risk Factors"
in Enerplus' annual information form dated March 12, 2007 (the "AIF") and
under "Risk Factors" in Enerplus' short form prospectus dated April 3, 2007,
copies of which are available on Enerplus' SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com. For
additional information with respect to the presentation and disclosure of oil
and gas reserves and resources, see "Presentation of Enerplus' Oil and Gas
Reserves, Resources and Production" in the AIF.

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