Central Natural Resources

Central Natural Resources, Inc. engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas, as well as the leasing of real properties and mineral and timber interests in the mid-western and southern United States. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The firm is focused on the ownership and management of mineral properties and working interests in oil and gas. The firm's operations concentrate on domestic, onshore properties, with producing properties located in Texas, Louisiana, and the Arkoma Basin. The company holds both steam coal and metallurgical coal deposits of over 175 million tons, situated in western Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, north-eastern Oklahoma, and south-eastern Kansas. The company holds mineral interests in the Arkoma Basin (Arkansas and Oklahoma) where it leases properties for exploration and development. The company maintains mineral interests in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, a portion of which is developed and is producing, and it owns interests in production in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. The firm's wholly owned subsidiary, CNR Production (CNR), conducts oil and gas working interest activities domestically. CNR owns working interests in producing wells.