Nov 10 (Reuters) - Athabasca Oil Corp ATH.TO
* Athabasca Oil Corporation reports 2016 third quarter results and closing of the upsized $257 million contingent bitumen royalty
* Athabasca Oil Corp qtrly corporate production averaged 11,848 boe/d (86 pct liquids), an increase of 63 pct year-over-year
* Athabasca Oil Corp - Q3 volumes averaged 8,830 bbl/d and september production averaged 8,922 bbl/d
* Athabasca Oil Corp- remains on track to commission an oil battery at placid in April 2017 which will accommodate liquids handling through 2018
* Athabasca Oil Corp - maintains its $102 million net capital budget for 2016
* Athabasca Oil - annual light oil production is estimated at about 4,500 boe/d
* Athabasca Oil - in thermal oil division, wildfire impact, unplanned maintenance downtime ytd and planned pump changes in Q4 impacted production volumes
* Athabasca Oil Corp - annual guidance estimated at approximately 7,300 bbl/d on an unchanged capital budget of $11 million for thermal oil division Source text for Eikon: ID:nCCN3HD7l6 Further company coverage: ATH.TO