HOUSTON, Dec. 28, 2011 /Coal Geology-PRNewswire/ – Hyperdynamics Corporation (NYSE: HDY) today announced it has resumed drilling operations on the Sabu-1 exploration well in its concession offshore the Republic ofGuinea in West Africa.

Drilling recommenced from a point 1,440 meters subsea and is planned to continue to a total depth of 3,600 meters.  Hyperdynamics plans to continue to provide progress updates.

Hyperdynamics operates the Guinea concession with a 77 percent participating interest, with the remaining 23 percent held by Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Korean National Oil Company. The well is operated through AGR, a well management company.

About Hyperdynamics

Hyperdynamics is an emerging independent oil and gas exploration and production company that is exploring for oil and gas offshore the Republic of Guinea in West Africa.  To find out more, visit our website at www.hyperdynamics.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This news release and the Company’s website referenced in this news release contain forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding Hyperdynamics Corporation’s future plans and expected performance that are based on assumptions the Company believes to be reasonable. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believes”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “projects”, “estimates”, “plans”, “may increase”, “may result”, “will result”, “may fluctuate” and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will”, “should”, “would”, “may” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including without limitation, funding and exploration efforts, fluctuations in oil and gas prices and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s reports filed with the SEC, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the issuance of this news release or to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations with respect to these forward looking statements.

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Contacts:
Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar, LLC
Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
Jack Lascar, Partner
(713) 529-6600
Anne Pearson, Sr. Vice President
(210) 408-6321

SOURCE Hyperdynamics Corporation

HOUSTON, Nov. 29, 2011 /Coal Geology-PRNewswire/ — Bering Exploration, Inc. (OTCQB: BERX) announced today that it will begin installation on an approximately 3,500′ gas pipeline to connect its gas production from the Roxanne field located in Victoria County, Texas, to a commercial pipeline. The company’s current leasehold in the Roxanne field consists of approximately 640 acres and has one producing well and multiple drilling locations that will target the Yegua and Frio formations at various depths.  The entire Roxanne field, which includes an additional 2,000 targeted un-leased acres, is estimated to have over $35 million in potential gross reserves based upon the current price of oil and gas and assuming all wells are drilled and successful. Bering owns a 50% working interest in this prospect.

“This is another important part of the development of this prospect and will give us the access we need to begin marketing our gas production,” stated Steven Plumb, VP of Finance of Bering. “We expect to have this pipeline completed in the next 30 days at which time we will begin gas production, which should significantly enhance the value of Bering.”

About Bering Exploration, Inc.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Bering Exploration, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company that focuses on identifying, evaluating, developing and acquiring potential natural gas and oil wells in the Gulf Coast onshore region. Additional information about Bering can be found on the web atwww.beringexplore.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements and are based upon assumptions that management believes to be reasonable.  A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, without limitation, the success rate of exploration efforts and the timeliness of development activities, leasing of the target acreage, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, access to acquisition and development capital, achieving economically viable wells, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s reports filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company’s control. For additional information about Bering’s future business and financial results, refer to Bering’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bering undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Bering Exploration, Inc.

OAK BROOK, Ill., Nov. 10, 2011 /Coal Geology- PRNewswire/ — A. M. Castle & Co. (NYSE:CAS; A. M. Castle), a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products, value-added services and supply chain solutions, has announced today that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Houston, TX – based Tube Supply, Inc. (Tube Supply), a leading value-added distributor of specialty tubular and bar products for the oil and gas industry. The purchase price of $165 million is subject to customary adjustments at closing, and the acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to A. M. Castle’s earnings. A. M. Castle expects to close the transaction by the end of the first quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

Tube Supply has provided high quality products and services primarily to the North American oilfield equipment manufacturing industry for the past 25 years. Today, Tube Supply has the reputation of being a world-class provider of a broad range of oilfield quality metals with a specific focus on the equipment and tools used in downhole completion and wellhead applications. Tube Supply had unaudited revenues of approximately $208 million for the twelve-month period ended October 31, 2011. Tube Supply operates service centers in Houston, Texas and Edmonton, Alberta and has recently completed construction of a new, 250,000 square foot facility located at its Houston headquarters.

Tube Supply’s management team will remain in place and the combination of the two businesses will be led by Nick Jones, President of A. M. Castle’s Oil & Gas Commercial Unit which is also headquartered inHouston. A. M. Castle & Co. is a global leader in the supply of specialty metals to the oil and gas industry with locations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Singapore and China.

“We are extremely excited to add such a high quality company, experienced management team and dedicated employees to the A. M. Castle family,” said Michael Goldberg, President and CEO of A. M. Castle & Co. “Tube Supply is a strong complement to our existing oil and gas business, and our presence in the oil and gas industry will nearly triple with this acquisition. Tube Supply has a solid track record in the oil and gas market and we anticipate further growth through expanded product offerings to both Tube Supply’s and A. M. Castle’s customers. This partnership is a great long-term strategic fit that will allow us to capitalize on the growing demand and exciting opportunities we see in this sector. We believe that the combination of A. M. Castle and Tube Supply will add value for our shareholders, customers and employees.”

“The entire Tube Supply team is delighted at the prospect of joining A. M. Castle, a highly respected organization that is so well-known for its over 120 years of service within the industry,” noted Paul Sorensen, President of Tube Supply, Inc. “Together, we plan to leverage our product, processing and supply-chain expertise to deliver the best possible solutions to meet our customers’ growing requirements.”

Jefferies & Company, Inc. served as financial advisor to A. M. Castle. In addition, Jefferies Group, Inc. and its affiliates have provided A. M. Castle with a firm commitment for financing of up to $375 million. A. M. Castle & Co. plans to refinance its existing outstanding debt in conjunction with closing the acquisition of Tube Supply.

Tube Supply has been advised by Duff & Phelps.

Management will hold a conference call at 12:00 p.m. EST today, November 10, 2011, to discuss the proposed acquisition. The call can be accessed via the Internet live or as a replay. Those who would like to listen to the call may access the webcast through http://www.amcastle.com.

An archived version of the conference call webcast will be accessible for replay on the above website until the next earnings conference call. A replay of the conference call will also be available for seven days by calling 480-629-9772 (international) or 877-941-2332 and citing code 4488472.

About A. M. Castle & Co.

Founded in 1890, A. M. Castle & Co. is a global distributor of specialty metal and plastic products and supply chain services, principally serving the producer durable equipment sector of the economy. Its customer base includes many Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of medium and smaller-sized firms spread across a variety of industries. Within its core metals business, it specializes in the distribution of alloy and stainless steels; nickel alloys; aluminum and carbon. Through its subsidiary, Total Plastics, Inc., the Company also distributes a broad range of value-added industrial plastics. Together, A. M. Castle operates over 50 locations throughout North America and Europe. Its common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “CAS”.

About Tube Supply, Inc.

Founded in 1986, Tube Supply is a leading value-added distributor of high performance steel and alloy products for the high-end and specialty oilfield equipment and downhole tool manufacturing market. Tube Supply is based in Houston, Texas and its wholly owned subsidiary, Tube Supply Canada ULC operates a warehouse facility in Edmonton, Alberta. Tube Supply’s products include highly-engineered prime carbon and alloy mechanical tubing, bars and blocks, which are designed to operate in severe conditions in the oilfield. Tube Supply also provides value-added services including heat-treating, boring, honing, saw cutting, and machine work. Tube Supply was founded by Paul Sorensen and Jerry Willeford and employs approximately 90 people. More information about Tube Supply and its product and service offerings is available on their website at www.tubesupply.com.

Cautionary Statement on Risks Associated with Forward Looking Statements

Information provided and statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements only speak as of the date of this release and the Company assumes no obligation to update the information included in this release. Such forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of our business strategy and outlook. These statements often include words such as “may,” “will,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “predict,” “plan,” or similar expressions. These statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and they involve risks, uncertainties, and assumptions.  Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there are many factors that could affect our actual financial results or results of operations and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the ability to successfully close the transaction by the end of the first quarter of 2012 or at all; the ability to successfully integrate Tube Supply and achieve the expected results or synergies of the transaction; the ability to retain Tube Supply’s management team and Tube Supply’s relationships with customers and suppliers; and general and global business, economic, financial, credit and political conditions. Further information on these and other risks and uncertainties is provided under Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference, and elsewhere in reports that we file or furnish with the SEC. All future written and oral forward-looking statements by us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to above. Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information as required by the federal securities laws, we do not have any obligations or intention to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances in the future or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

SOURCE A. M. Castle & Co.

July 29, 2011, DENVER,(Coal Geology)– EnerCom, Inc. (www.enercominc.com) will host The Oil & Gas Conference® 16 (www.theoilandgasconference.com) at the Westin Denver Downtown on August 14-18, 2011 in Denver.  The Conference is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 100 presenting companies over four days with a combined enterprise value of approximately $1.5 trillion.

Oil and gas professionals interested in attending the event can register athttp://theoilandgasconference.com/Form1.aspx.

Conference Details and One-on-One Meetings: The Oil & Gas Conference® 16 forum offers investment professionals the opportunity to listen to the world’s key senior management teams present their growth plans, and provides industry professionals a venue to learn about important energy topics effecting the global oil and gas industry. EnerCom works with the presenting company management teams arranging one-on-one meetings with the attending institutional investors and research analysts during the Conference.  EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® website will interview executives and analysts during the Conference for viewing on www.oilandgas360.com.

The Conference’s “work-in-progress” presenter schedule can be found athttp://theoilandgasconference.com/presenter_schedule.shtml

Who Attends the Conference: More than 2,000 institutional and hedge fund investors, energy research analysts, retail brokers, trust officers, high net worth investors, investment bankers and energy industry professionals gather in Denver each year for the unique opportunity to meet and discuss future industry plans, growth opportunities, and economic trends that are impacting the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.

History and Sponsors: EnerCom, Inc. founded The Oil & Gas Conference® in 1996.  Sponsors for this year’s events include: Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank; Netherland, Sewell & Associates; Preng & Associates; Hein & Associates LLP; Enertia Software; Natixis; Wells Fargo Securities; Canaccord Genuity; Macquarie Group; NYSE Euronext; Royal Dutch Shell plc; Societe Generale; MLV; and Howard Weil Incorporated.

About EnerCom, Inc.

Founded in 1994, EnerCom, Inc. is a nationally recognized investor communications consultancy firm advising and serving energy-centric clients on corporate strategy, investor relations, media and corporate communications, and visual communications design.  The Company’s professionals have more than 150 years of industry and business experience and a proven track record of success. Headquartered inDenver, EnerCom uses the team approach for delivering its wide range of services to public and private companies large and small, operating in the global exploration and production, drilling, OilService, and associated advanced-technology industries. The Company annually hosts three oil and gas investment conferences:

• The Oil & Gas Conference® 16 – Denver, Colorado – August 14-18, 2011www.theoilandgasconference.com
• The Oil & Services Conference™ X – San Francisco, California – February 21-23, 2012www.theoilandservicesconference.com
• EnerCom’s London Oil & Gas Conference™ 4 – London, England – June 13-14, 2012http://www.enercomlogc.com/

For more information about EnerCom, its services, Conferences and Oil & Gas 360® please call +303-296-8834, or visit www.enercominc.com and www.oilandgas360.com.

About Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Credit Agricole Group, has more than 13,000 professionals operating in more than 50 countries.  It provides its clients with a complete range of products and services in the areas of structured finance and commercial banking, capital markets, brokerage, and investment banking.

With headquarters in New York City, and U.S. offices in Houston, Chicago, and Dallas, Credit Agricole CIB Americas offers its corporate and institutional clients financial products and services and made-to-order structuring, origination and distribution, through both its banking unit Credit Agricole CIB, and the full service broker-dealer Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., which is a member of the NYSE and NASD.  Credit Agricole CIB is also present in Montreal, Canada, and in Latin America with offices in Argentina,Brazil, and Mexico.

The Energy Industry represents the single largest concentration of industry exposure at Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, whose specialty focus dates back over 100 years. Our Energy practice for North America, located in Houston, focuses on all segments of the business and covers it on a truly global basis.

About Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI) was founded in 1961 to provide the highest quality engineering and geological consulting to the petroleum industry.  Today they are recognized as the worldwide leader of petroleum property analysis to industry and financial organizations and government agencies.  With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of the world. They provide reserves reports and audits, acquisition and divestiture evaluations, simulation studies, exploration resources assessments, equity determinations, and management and advisory services.  For a complete list of services or to learn more about Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. please visitwww.netherlandsewell.com.

For more information about NSAI, call C.H. (Scott) Rees, Chief Executive Officer, at 214-969-5401 or send an email to info@nsai-petro.com.

About Preng & Associates

Preng & Associates, for three decades, has earned a reputation as the world’s most accomplished executive search firm specializing in meeting the unique management leadership requirements of the energy and natural resources industries.

Working from offices in Houston, London, and Moscow, our consultants possess global search expertise, comprehensive industry knowledge and experience, a commitment to service, and a dedication to deliver consistently exceptional executive recruiting results across the energy value chain. We thank you for visiting and invite you to learn more about our global recruiting capabilities.

For more information about Preng & Associates and its services, please call:  Charles L. Carpenter, Partner, (713) 266-2600 or visit www.preng.com.

About Hein & Associates

For more than 30 years, Hein & Associates has been recognized as a leading accounting and advisory firm where its people and clients share knowledge, thrive in a culture of teamwork, and build long-term relationships deeply rooted in integrity.  With offices in Denver, Dallas, Houston and Irvine, Hein serves public and private companies in a variety of industries across the country.  Hein is a member of two of the largest international associations of accounting and advisory firms, which allows us to provide seamless client care domestically and throughout the world. Hein is ranked as one of the “Top 100″ accounting and advisory firms in the country by Accounting Today, and consistently recognized by Inside Public Accounting as a “Best of the Best” firm, an honor bestowed on only 25 firms each year, based exclusively on management performance.

For more information, please contact Brian Mandell-Rice, Managing Partner, at bmandell-rice@heincpa.com or 303.298.9600. www.heincpa.com

About Enertia Software

Enertia Software is the leading software developer and technical service provider for upstream oil & gas companies.  We offer the only single-vendor fully integrated, enterprise solution that can be uniquely tailored for the specific needs of your company across all departments including accounting and financial reporting, land and contract administration, mapping, well production and inventory management.

Enertia Software is specifically designed for the ever changing needs of the energy industry and our premise is simple – we develop a premium software solution that allows our customers to streamline data analysis, enhance workflow processes and increase efficiencies for improved business intelligence. Our interactive data-driven applications and technology provide our clients with real time knowledge that is essential in today’s market.  Thus, Enertia allows companies to create a competitive advantage in reducing costs and minimizing risk exposure, and ultimately improving bottom line performance.

For more information, contact Paula Jourde at 800-297-1753 or visit www.enertia-software.com.

About Natixis

Natixis’ dedicated Energy team delivers recognized expertise and personalized client service to tailor solutions that help energy-related businesses in the Americas meet their goals. We provide our clients with an integrated suite of products and services, including traditional corporate financings, reserve-based lending, 2nd lien loans, debt and equity capital markets; distribution; commodities, interest rate and currency hedging. Since 1979, we have served the needs of E&P, Midstream, Downstream, Corporate, Oilfield Services, Coal and Private Equity Sponsor clients.

Natixis is the corporate, investment management and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking player in France. With over 22,000 employees and offices in 68 countries, Natixis specializes in three core business lines: Corporate and Investment Banking, Investment Solutions (asset management, insurance, private banking, private equity) and Specialized Financial Services.

To learn how we can help you, contact:
Tim Polvado, Head of US Energy, 713-571-8739, timothy.polvado@us.natixis.com;
Donovan Broussard, E&P, 713-759-0973, donovan.broussard@us.natixis.com;
Carlos Quinteros, Oilfield Services, 713-759-9447, carlos.quinteros@us.natixis.com;
Gregg Schoenberg, Head of Sales, Research & Capital Markets, 212-698-3412,gregg.schoenberg@us.natixis.com;
Peter Wysong, Head of Equity Capital Markets, 212-698-3410, peter.wysong@us.natixis.com.

About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through more than 9,000 stores and 12,000 ATMs and the Internet (wellsfargo.com and wachovia.com) across North America and internationally.

The Energy Banking Group, headed by Kyle Hranicky (713.319.1980), provides corporate banking products and services to the energy sector, including upstream, midstream, oilfield services, and diversified industries.  With offices in Houston, Dallas, and Denver, the group’s success is driven by in-depth industry expertise and longstanding relationships with key industry participants.  The group has over$19 billion of capital commitments to energy companies.

The Energy & Power Investment Banking Group, headed by James Kipp (713.346.2701), provides strategic advisory and corporate finance expertise to energy and power clients, including upstream, midstream, oilfield services, downstream, coal and the power & utilities sectors.  Areas of focus include equity, equity-linked and debt underwritings, private placements, syndications, and mergers and acquisitions.  The Energy & Power Investment Banking Group has offices in Houston, St. Louis, and Charlotte.

These teams work together to offer clients industry and product expertise, in addition to sharing their understanding of internal and external forces that drive both industry trends and financial markets.

To learn more about Wells Fargo & Company, please visit the company’s web site atwww.wellsfargo.com.

About Canaccord Genuity

Canaccord Genuity is the global capital markets division of Canaccord Financial Inc (CF: TSX |CF.: AIM), offering institutional and corporate clients idea-driven investment banking, merger and acquisition, research, sales and trading services from 14 offices worldwide. Our team of over 400 capital markets professionals have industry and transactional expertise in critical sectors of the global economy: Metals and Mining, Energy, Agriculture, Technology, Telecommunications, Financials, Consumer Products, Real Estate, Transportation, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Life Sciences, Support Services and Investment Trusts. We are committed to providing valued services to our clients throughout the entire lifecycle of their business and operating as a gold standard independent investment bank – expansive in resources and reach, but targeted in industry expertise, market focus and individual client attention.

Canaccord Genuity operates through subsidiaries of Canaccord Financial Inc. Canaccord Genuity Inc. operates in the United States, Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal and is a member of FINRA/SIPC. Canaccord Genuity Limited operates in the United Kingdom, and is regulated and authorized by the Financial Services Authority and is a member of the LSE. Canaccord Genuity Corp. operates inCanada and is a Member of CIPF and IIROC.  Canaccord Genuity Asia (Beijing) Limited operates inChina.

More information is available at www.canaccordgenuity.com.

About Macquarie Group

With more than 10 years’ intensive involvement in the global energy sector, Macquarie Group has a long-standing financial services expertise with a dedicated focus on the energy industry.

We offer a broad range of financial services to clients around the world. Using our in-depth specialist knowledge, we focus on:

• advice on mergers and acquisitions
• debt and equity underwriting
• equities research
• initial public offerings
• acquisitions and divestitures advice
• hedging and structured transactions
• strategic and capital management advice
• transportation and storage
• physical asset management
• physical trading in natural gas, power, LNG, coal, oil and natural gas liquids.

With a leading electronic execution platform and a sales presence in all major financial centers, Macquarie provides 24-hour, globally coordinated, comprehensive services to a range of energy-focused corporate and institutional clients. Working with our equities research professionals, our sales and trading team has specialist expertise and deep market knowledge of the energy sector – and we combine this with a generalist sales force of more than 400 professionals worldwide.

Bringing together energy producers and investors around the world, Macquarie Connections arranges frequent, high-quality corporate access events, such as non-deal roadshows, client trips, site tours, specialist seminars and conferences. In 2010, we held 45 non-deal roadshows and four client tours in the US for the oil and gas and energy sectors. Through these events, we connected 275 investors with more than 49 producers. This year we will hold a conference featuring 64 producers, and we hope to attract more than 200 investors.

For more information: www.macquarie.com/energy

About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies.  The company’s exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products.  With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext’s equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world’s second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500.  www.nyse.com/exccelerate/

For more information about NYSE Euronext and its services, please call: Bruce Poignant, Managing Director, 212-656-5804.

About Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell plc is incorporated in England and Wales, has its headquarters in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam, and New York stock exchanges. Shell companies have operations in more than 90 countries and territories with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects.

For further information, visit www.shell.com.

About Societe Generale

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank is a global leader in energy finance within the Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream segments of the industry.  We are a full-service financial partner with expertise in Reserve Based Facilities, Asset Based Facilities, Project Financings, Infrastructure Financings, and Commodity Derivatives. Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Bank has 11,000 professionals in over 33 countries across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific, tailoring solutions for issuers and investors by capitalizing on its worldwide expertise.

For more information about SG’s offerings, please contact Jason Henderson, Managing Director, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Bank, at 713-759-6340 or go to www.sgcib.com.

About MLV

MLV is a boutique investment bank and institutional broker-dealer focused on providing independent financial advice and unique capital markets expertise to corporate and institutional clients in capital intensive industries such as metals and mining, life sciences, energy and real estate. With a focus on raising money efficiently for clients, MLV has rapidly become a leader in the At-the-Market(ATM) transaction market.

For more information about MLV and its services, contact Randy Billhardt at 212-542-5882, or visithttp://www.mlvco.com.

About Howard Weil Incorporated

Established in 1946, Howard Weil is an investment banking boutique focused exclusively on the energy industry.  The firm’s services include equity research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking.

Equity Research:  Howard Weil’s equity research professionals cover approximately 106 energy companies operating in the following sectors: Major Integrated Oils, Exploration and Production, Oilfield Equipment & Service, Natural Gas Hybrids, Independent Refiners, and Coal Producers.

Institutional Sales and Trading: Given the firm’s exclusive focus on the energy industry, Howard Weilbelieves that its sales and trading professionals possess a deeper understanding of energy-industry and company-specific events and trends than professionals at more diversified firms. Howard Weil’s sales and trading expertise spans multiple sectors of the energy industry and includes small-, mid- and large-market capitalization companies.

Investment Banking:  Howard Weil offers a full range of investment banking services, including public offerings, private placements, M&A and other financial advisory services, and fairness opinions. With its exclusive focus on the energy industry, Howard Weil’s investment banking professionals have developed a deep level of industry knowledge and contacts, which can significantly enhance the level of service to the firm’s energy investment banking clientele. Since re-establishing its investment banking department in 2005, Howard Weil has served as a co-manager, co-placement agent or lead manager of 81 equity and debt financings, totaling over $29 billion of capital for a wide range of energy companies.

For more information about Howard Weil, please visit www.howardweil.com.

SOURCE EnerCom, Inc.