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SandRidge Energy, Inc. Announces $500 Million Horizontal Mississippian Joint ...

Atinum has committed to a drilling carry obligation to pay 13.2% of SandRidge's share of drilling and completion cost for wells drilled in the AMI up to a total amount of $250 million, which is anticipated to occur over a three year period.  

Tom L. Ward, SandRidge's Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to announce this joint venture with Atinum Partners and look forward to having them as our partner. This transaction completes another step in our plan to raise the capital needed to accelerate and maximize the value of our assets."

Kyung Soo Chung, President and CEO of Atinum Partners, commented, "We are excited about the opportunity to invest in the Mississippi Lime and to partner with SandRidge, the leading operator in the area. This builds on our prior investments in the U.S. energy sector, implementing our strategy to actively invest in significant growth opportunities."

SandRidge was advised by Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. and Vinson & Elkins LLP, and Atinum was advised by Barclays Capital and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in this transaction.

About SandRidge Energy

SandRidge Energy, Inc. is an oil and natural gas company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with its principal focus on exploration and production. SandRidge and its subsidiaries also own and operate gas gathering and processing facilities and CO2 treating and transportation facilities and conduct marketing and tertiary oil recovery operations. In addition, Lariat Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SandRidge, owns and operates a drilling rig and related oil field services business. SandRidge focuses its exploration and production activities in the Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, West Texas Overthrust, Cotton Valley Trend in East Texas, Gulf Coast and Gulf of Mexico. SandRidge's internet address is www.sandridgeenergy.com .

Adult Adoptees Kick Off the International Forum at the National ...

A press conference at the National Press Club kicked off the International Forum in Washington D.C. this afternoon.

“We are celebrating 55 years of children and adoptive parents coming together into real families across the globe,” said Adoptees for Children member and Holt adoptee, Glenn Morey. “But the real focus of this weekend is how to move forward with 55 years of real-life perspective from those of us who are adoptees.”

Susan Soonkeum Cox, Holt vice president of policy and external affairs, and Kim Brown, Holt president and CEO, were also in attendance.

“One of the concerns that I have about the way international adoption and adoptees are presented is that adoptees never seem to grow up,” says Susan. “We are always frozen in time and always referred to as the ‘little children’ and babies….but adoption is a lifelong experience.”

To illustrate this concept, nine adoptees from various countries and backgrounds stood before members of the press, adoptive families and fellow adoptees and shared their adoption stories, experiences and personal perspectives.

“I think it’s great to be here and share our stories. I think for many people adoption is talked about in the context of being a choice. It’s the choice of birth parents to give up children and it’s a choice of adoptive parents to adopt,” explained Holt adoptee Adam Conner, “but for the children, it’s just something you inherit. It’s a reality that you are born with, just like anything else that your are born with. I think this is difficult for individuals to understand.   [Adoption] for the child is not a choice…it’s a wonderful gift.

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