Southern Energy is an established oil and gas producer headquartered and incorporated in Alberta, Canada, with oil and gas interests in properties located in the south-eastern United States, primarily in Mississippi. The Group has controlling operated interests in properties covering approximately 30,000 net acres in the Mississippi Interior Salt Basin ("MISB"), which include its two principal properties Mechanicsburg and Mount Olive East, and approximately 1,200 net acres in the Black Warrior Basin. The majority of the Company's leases (97 per cent.) contain producing wells and are 'held by production', requiring no additional drilling or operations for the Group to maintain its existing interest.