Encana Annual Information Form
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Encana Corporation Annual Information Form February 17, 2011 Table of Contents Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................2 Corporate Structure ......................................................................................................................................................................3 General Development of the Business .........................................................................................................................................4 Narrative Description of the Business...........................................................................................................................................7 Canadian Division ..........................................................................................................................................................8 USA Division ................................................................................................................................................................12 Market Optimization .....................................................................................................................................................15 Former Operations .......................................................................................................................................................15 Reserves and Other Oil and Gas Information...............................................................................................................17 Acquisitions, Divestitures and Capital Expenditures.....................................................................................................18 Competitive Conditions ................................................................................................................................................19 Environmental Protection .............................................................................................................................................19 Social and Environmental Policies ...............................................................................................................................19 Employees....................................................................................................................................................................21 Foreign Operations.......................................................................................................................................................21 Directors and Officers.................................................................................................................................................................22 Audit Committee Information ......................................................................................................................................................25 Description of Share Capital .......................................................................................................................................................27 Credit Ratings.............................................................................................................................................................................29 Market for Securities...................................................................................................................................................................30 Dividends....................................................................................................................................................................................30 Legal Proceedings......................................................................................................................................................................31 Risk Factors................................................................................................................................................................................31 Transfer Agents and Registrars..................................................................................................................................................35 Interest of Experts ......................................................................................................................................................................35 Additional Information.................................................................................................................................................................35 Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements............................................................................................................................36 Note Regarding Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information ..........................................................................................37 Appendix A - Canadian Protocol Disclosure of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information........................................A-1 Appendix B - Report on Reserves Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluators (Canadian Protocol) .......................B-1 Appendix C - Report of Management and Directors on Reserves Data and Other Information (Canadian Protocol) ..............C-1 Appendix D - U.S. Protocol Disclosure of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information ................................................D-1 Appendix E - Audit Committee Mandate..................................................................................................................................E-1 Encana Corporation Annual Information Form (prepared in US$) 1 Introduction This is the annual information form of Encana Corporation ( Encana or the Company ) for the year ended December 31, 2010. In this annual information form, unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, reference to Encana or to the Company includes reference to subsidiaries of and partnership interests held by Encana Corporation and its subsidiaries. In this annual information form, the term liquids is used to represent crude oil and natural gas liquids ( NGLs ). Liquids also include condensate volumes. Certain liquids volumes have been converted to millions of cubic feet equivalent ( MMcfe ) or thousands of cubic feet equivalent ( Mcfe ) on the basis of one barrel ( bbl ) to six thousand cubic feet ( Mcf ). Also, certain natural gas volumes have been converted to barrels of oil equivalent ( BOE ) on the same basis. MMcfe, Mcfe and BOE may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A conversion ratio of one bbl to six Mcf is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent value equivalency at the well head. Unless otherwise indicated, all financial information included in this annual information form is determined using Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( Canadian GAAP ), which differs from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States ( U.S. GAAP ). The notes to Encana s annual audited consolidated financial statements contain a discussion of the principal differences between Encana s financial results calculated under Canadian GAAP and under U.S. GAAP. Readers are directed to the sections titled Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Note Regarding Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information . Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States ( U.S. ) dollars and all references to dollars , $ or to US$ are to U.S. dollars and all references to C$ are to Canadian dollars. Encana Corporation Annual Information Form (prepared in US$) 2 Corporate Structure Name and Incorporation Encana Corporation is incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act ( CBCA ). Its executive and registered office is located at 1800, 855 - 2nd Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2S5. On November 30, 2009, Encana completed a corporate reorganization (the Split Transaction ) to split into two independent publicly traded energy companies Encana Corporation, a natural gas company, and Cenovus Energy Inc. ( Cenovus ), an integrated oil company. In conjunction with the Split Transaction, Encana s articles were amended to make certain changes to its share capital. Further information on the Company s share capital is disclosed under Description of Share Capital . Intercorporate Relationships The following table presents the name, the percentage of voting securities owned and the jurisdiction of incorporation, continuance or formation of Encana s principal subsidiaries and partnerships as at December 31, 2010. Each of these subsidiaries and partnerships had total assets that exceeded 10 percent of the total consolidated assets of Encana or annual revenues that exceeded 10 percent of the total consolidated annual revenues of Encana as at December 31, 2010. Percentage Jurisdiction of Directly or Incorporation, Indirectly Continuance Subsidiaries & Partnerships Owned or Formation Encana USA Holdings 100 Delaware 3080763 Nova Scotia Company 100 Nova Scotia Alenco Inc. 100 Delaware Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. 100 Delaware Encana Marketing (USA) Inc. 100 Delaware Encana USA Investment Holdings 100 Delaware The above table does not include all of the subsidiaries and partnerships of Encana. The assets and annual revenues of unnamed subsidiaries and partnerships in the aggregate did