Plains Exploration & Production Company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire from Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell) its 50% working interest in the Holstein Field for $560 million.

At the end of July 2012, these properties were producing an estimated 7,400 barrels of oil equivalent net per day of which nearly 86% is oil and natural gas liquids with an average American Petroleum Institute gravity of 33 degrees.

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