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Nexen Inc. 801 7 Ave SW Calgary, AB T2P 3P7 Tel: (403) 699-4000 Fax: (403) 699-5800 Contact Name Kevin J. Reinhart FP 500 2010 Ranking FP 500 - Sales: 67; Assets: 36; Income: 55 Industry Oil & Gas Exploration & Production		Key Executives Marvin F. Romanow, CEO Kevin J. Reinhart, CFO Explores for, develops and produces crude oil, natural gas and related products onshore in Yemen and western Canada, offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the U.K. North Sea, as well as in West Africa, Norway and Colombia; sells proprietary and third party natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids and power in regional global markets, with power operations in Alberta; owns 7.23% interest in the Syncrude Joint Venture, which develops and produces synthetic crude oil from mining bitumen in the oil sands of northern Alberta; and manufactures, markets and distributes industrial chemicals from facilities in Canada and Brazil.
FP ADVISOR COVERAGE Nexen Inc. • FP Corporate Analyzer • FP Directory of Directors • FP Corporate Surveys • FP Investor Reports • FP Predecessor & Defunct • Ordering FP Products		TOP INDUSTRY PLAYERS Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Company Name Revenue ($000s)  Ecopetrol S.A. 16,144,731 EnCana Corporation 12,681,074 Canadian Natural Resources Limited 10,142,000 Talisman Energy Inc. 6,373,000 Nexen Inc. 5,587,000 (Links are to Snapshots.)
FINANCIAL RATIOS AS OF SEPT. 3/10 Listed Close 52-wk High 52-wk Low IAD Latest Dividend Yield 60-mo Beta TSX/NXY NYSE/NXY $20.59 $27.31 on Nov. 18/09 $18.33 on Aug. 25/10 $0.20 $0.05 1.0% 1.46 Avg 20-day Volume P/E 12-mo EPS EPS Date 1-yr Return 3-yr Return 5-yr Return Market Cap (000s) 1,318,697 13.80 $1.49 June 30/10 -5.09% -10.7% -4.55% $10,800,803
ANNUAL FINANCIALS Periods ended: 12m Dec. 31/09 12m Dec. 31/08 12m Dec. 31/07 $000s $000s $000s Operating revenue 5,587,000 8,094,000 6,499,000 Net income 556,000 1,715,000 1,086,000 Total assets 22,900,000 22,155,000 18,075,000 $ $ $ Earnings per share* 1.03 3.26 2.06 % % % Return on equity 7.55 26.90 21.20   * Common
TRAILING 12-MONTH VALUES Periods ended: June 30/10 June 30/09 $000s $000s Operating revenue 6,129,000 6,472,000 Net income 841,000 865,000 $ $ Earnings per share 1.57 1.65

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Results for 'Nexen Inc.' from past 30 days: 4 hits. Lower estimate for natural gas price prompts downgrade to energy sector National Post - Tue Aug 31 2010 - 300 words Nexen restarts its Long Lake upgrader National Post - Fri Aug 20 2010 - 185 words Opti Canada reassures investors its financial situation is brightening National Post - Sat Aug 14 2010 - 183 words OPTI hit on plan to move to debt market; S&P downgrades firm's long-term credit rating National Post - Thu Aug 12 2010 - 466 words (Links are to articles.)