Baytex Energy Corp. is a Calgary, Alberta based conventional oil and gas corporation engaged in the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The corporation also has an emerging presence in the United States.
As a result of changes to trust taxation laws in Canada which took effect January 1, 2011, Baytex has converted to a corporation and is executing a growth-and-income model. Baytex is committed to maintaining its production and asset base through internal property development and delivering consistent returns to its shareholders.
Common shares of Baytex are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
BTE.