Quicksilver Resources Inc., an independent oil and gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, and sale of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil in North America. The company focuses primarily on unconventional reservoirs, such as fractured shales, coal beds, and tight sands. It owns producing oil and natural gas properties principally in Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana, as well as in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The company primarily holds interests in assets covering an area of approximately 127,000 net acres located in the Barnett Shale, Fort Worth basin, North Texas; 129,000 net acres located in the Horn River Basin of Northeast British Columbia; and 30,116 net undeveloped acres located in the Horseshoe Canyon, Southern and Central Alberta. It also owns interests in approximately 143,000 net acres in the Southern Alberta basin; and approximately 39,514 net acres located in northwest Colorado and southern Wyoming. As of December 31, 2012, it had total proved reserves of approximately 1.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalents. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

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