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Pat: What is your opinion Open Range Energy? Thanks.

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Open Range Energy, $2.20, symbol ONR on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 26.5 million; Market cap: $58.4 million), is a Canadian company that develops, produces and explores for oil and natural gas in west-central and central Alberta. Open Range was formed in November 2005 through the merger of Tempest Energy and Daylight Energy Trust. Open Range produced 2,245 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the three months ended June 30, 2009. That’s up 12.5%, from 1,996 barrels per day a year earlier. About 90% of the latest quarter’s total was natural gas, and 10% was oil. Despite the higher production, Open Range’s cash flow per share fell 61.5%, to $0.10 from $0.26 a year earlier. Lower oil and gas prices were the reason for the drop. As of June 30, 2009, Open Range’s debt was $36.2 million. That’s a high 62.0% of its $58.4-million market cap. However, the company has since raised $65 million in a share issue. Open Range’s shares have…