Whitecap Resources Inc. and Compass Petroleum Ltd. Announce Strategic Arrangement and Whitecap Announces Increased 2012 Guidance

Whitecap Resources Inc. ("Whitecap" or the "Company") (TSX:WCP.TO - News) and Compass Petroleum Ltd. ("Compass") (TSX VENTURE:CPO) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") providing for the acquisition by Whitecap of all the issued and outstanding common shares of Compass (the "Transaction"). Compass is a light oil-weighted public energy company with its primary operations located in the Dodsland/Kindersley area of West Central Saskatchewan and the majority of its production and reserves focused in the Viking formation. Under the terms of the Transaction, Compass shareholders will receive, at their election, for each Compass share held, either: (i) 0.205 of a Whitecap common share; or (ii) $1.60 in cash, subject to an aggregate cash maximum of $20 million and a maximum distribution of approximately 10.9 million Whitecap common shares.

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POINT ROBERTS, December 15, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in cleantech research and news for independent investors, publishes the following CFA commentary on Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CCGI). The report, Opportunity and Valuation in the Electric Vehicle Charging Market, was issued by Patrick J. Murphy, Murphy Analytics LLC, a provider of sponsored research coverage on small cap stocks.

Opportunity and Valuation in the Electric Vehicle Charging Market

Car Charging Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CCGI), headquartered in Miami, Florida, is one of the nation's fastest growing providers of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging services. The Company's ultimate mission is to establish a nationwide infrastructure, enabling EV and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) owners to charge their EVs anytime, anywhere in North America and ultimately Europe and Asia.

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Passport Energy Ltd. Announces Acquisition of 7 Gross Sections of Land in Hardy Bakken Core Area

Calgary Alberta, December 13, 2011 - Passport Energy Ltd (CNSX: PPO; "Passport" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the expansion of the Hardy Bakken core area following the December 05, 2011 Saskatchewan land sale. The company was successful in its bid to acquire 7 gross (6.25 net sections) in close proximity to its existing acreage in the Hardy area. Within these 7 sections, 6 were purchased at 100% working interest and 1 at 25% working interest (with the company's area partner, Eternal Energy, at 75%). This brings the total number of sections that Passport has an interest in to 46.75 (gross) or 18.7 (net) within the core area.

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Angle Energy Inc. Provides Operational Update and Accomplishment of 2011 Exit Production and Light Oil Goals

Angle Energy Inc. ("Angle" or the "Company") (TSX:NGL.TO - News) is pleased to provide shareholders with an activity update with respect to its test results in the Harmattan Cardium oil play, Ferrier Cardium oil play, and the Ferrier Mannville liquids-rich gas play.

HIGHLIGHTS
--  Current production is approximately 16,000 boe/d with another 1,000    boe/d tested and awaiting tie-in. The corporate production mixture is    54% natural gas, 27% NGLs and 19% light oil and condensate.

--  At Harmattan, Angle's first slick water completion on a 100% working    interest Cardium light oil well has yielded an average two week flowing    production rate of 665 boe/d, 93% light oil and 7% gas. Over the two    week test period the well produced over 9,000 bbls of new oil. Current    production rates (flowing) at the well are 610 boe/d, 93% light oil.

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Petrominerales Cobra-2 Well on Production at Over 5,000 Bopd

Petrominerales Ltd. ("Petrominerales" or the "Company") (TSX:PMG.TO - News) (BVC:PMGC) is pleased to report that our Cobra-2 well is currently producing over 5,000 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") of 30 degree API oil at a two percent water cut.

The Cobra-2 well is located on our Corcel Block and was drilled to target by-passed pay in the Guadalupe formation encountered in the original discovery well. With the production additions from Cobra-2, total Company production is currently over 39,000 bopd.

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