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Investment Overview

Why Invest in EnCana?
With the predictability, stability and visible growth of our resource play strategy, EnCana represents a unique investment opportunity. Our business decisions are based on unlocking the value in the company’s unconventional assets, improving capital efficiency and decreasing the risk exposure of our portfolio.

Develop unparalleled asset base; unlock underlying value
  • Sustainable production growth – target 5 percent per year
  • 23 million net acres in North America
  • 19.7 trillion cubic feet equivalent proved reserves
  • Approximately 10-year drilling inventory identified on existing developed lands
Exercise financial discipline and flexibility; respond to market conditions
  • Strong balance sheet
  • Debt to capitalization of 28 percent
  • Debt to adjusted EBITDA of .7 times
  • Robust project returns – target risk-adjusted internal rate of return greater than 15 percent, after tax
Return value to shareholders; pay dividends and purchase shares
  • Minimum 10 percent free cash flow target
  • Free cash flow supports a growing dividend and flexible share purchase program
  • $1.2 billion returned to shareholders through dividends in 2008
  • Purchased about 270 million shares since 2002

investor briefcase

key dates

  • July 23, 2009
    Second Quarter 2009 Results

  • October 22, 2009
    Third Quarter 2009 Results

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