Pacific Ethanol Increases Ownership in Plants

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEIX - News), the leading marketer and producer of low-carbon renewable fuels in the Western United States, purchased an additional 7% ownership interest in New PE Holdco LLC, the owner of the four Pacific Ethanol production facilities with a combined annual production capacity of 200 million gallons. The company paid $4.5 million in cash for the additional interest. This purchase brings the company's total ownership interest to 27%. On October 6, 2010, the company paid $23.3 million in cash for its initial 20% ownership interest.

"We are excited to increase our ownership interest at an attractive valuation. At current margins, this transaction is immediately accretive to shareholders, and is priced at a discount to both market valuations and our initial 20% purchase," said the company's president and CEO, Neil Koehler.

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Royale Continues to Turn Prospects Into Production

    Royale Jewel Tests 3,000,000 Cubic Ft. Per Day
    Royale Bristol Finds 40 Ft. of Log Pay With 2,200 PSI Shut-In Pressure

Royale Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:ROYL - News) has made two more natural gas discoveries in its core area. The Royale Jewel has been drilled to its total depth. The well is in close proximity to Royale's production facilities and will begin selling gas in two weeks. Three separate Forbes sands were encountered and the deepest zone has been completed with a stabilized production rate of 3,000,000 cubic ft. of natural gas per day. Last year the company began producing its Goddard wells 3/4's of a mile to the north. The Goddard wells have already produced over 2 billion cubic ft. of natural gas to date.

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NiMin Energy Corp. Announces Strategic Review

NiMin Energy Corp. (TSX: NNN.TO - News)(OTC.BB: NEYYF.PK - News)(OTCQX: NEYYF.PK - News) (the "Company" or "NiMin") today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a broad review of strategic alternatives aimed at maximizing shareholder value. To assist in the review process, NiMin has engaged Macquarie Capital as its financial advisor.

Based on the Company's current reserves, production and operations, the Company has concluded that the common shares of NiMin trade at a substantial discount to the net asset value of its underlying assets. The strategic review will evaluate the Company's current long-term business plan against a range of alternatives that have the potential to maximize shareholder value in the near-term. NiMin expects to consider and evaluate several alternatives, including strategic financing opportunities, asset divestitures, technology licensing agreements, joint ventures and/or a corporate sale, merger or other business combination.

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SAN DIEGO - November 21, 2011 (Investorideas.com Energy Newswire) Osage Exploration and Development, Inc. (OTCBB: OEDV) announced today that it has increased its land position targeting the Mississippian Lime in the Nemaha Ridge project to 20,000 net acres. Osage also announced the commencement of drilling its first salt water disposal well on the Company�s prospect by Slawson Exploration Company, the Operator and 45% owner of the project. Osage retains 25% ownership and a third partner, US Energy Development Corporation, owns 30%.

 This is the final precedent step to drilling the first Horizontal Mississippian well on the prospect acreage.

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 Point Roberts, WA - November 17, 2011 (Investorideas.com renewable energy/green newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in renewable energy stock research, releases a trading and news alert for wind stock, Juhl Wind Inc. (OTCBB: JUHL).

As oil prices top the $100 barrel mark once again , investors that follow renewable energy stocks are looking for the winners within the sector. Following some major disappointments in solar stocks and the headlines of the Solyndra failure, a wind stock that is growing in revenue, net income and cash is gaining investor attention .

Juhl Wind's stock closed up 5% at $0.63 in Wednesday's trading session following Tuesday's news.

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