Hemisphere Energy Announces 156 BOPD Production Test From New Horizontal Well on Jenner Property

Hemisphere Energy Corporation (TSXV:HME.V) announces it has completed and equipped a new horizontal oil well in the Glauconitic formation on its Jenner property in southeast Alberta. The new 100% owned and operated horizontal well production tested over a 72 hour period at an average rate of 156 barrels-of-oil per day (BOPD). The well is being pipelined into existing facility infrastructure.  Hemisphere has also finished drilling and casing a vertical well in the Jenner area and is preparing for completion operations. The company continues to plan additional drilling locations on its existing land base of over 6900 net acres in Jenner.  Hemisphere has oil production from its Jenner property in southeast Alberta, natural gas production from its Sylvan Lake and Wainwright properties in central Alberta and liquids-rich natural gas production from its Trutch property in northeast British Columbia. 

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Tethys Petroleum Limited: Kazakh AKD06 Well Flows Over 4,300 Barrels of Oil Per Day

Tethys Petroleum Limited ("Tethys" or the "Company") (TSX:TPL.TO - News)(LSE:TPL.TO - News) today announced that the Cretaceous sand interval on the AKD06 Doris appraisal well had tested oil at a rate of over 4,300 barrels of oil ("bopd") per day.

"This is a very successful appraisal of the Doris discovery and once again shows the good flow potential of the Cretaceous sandstone reservoir. This is an excellent result and bodes well for the further development of Doris," commented Graham Wall, Chief Operating Officer of Tethys.

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Twin Butte Energy to Combine With Emerge Oil & Gas to Create a Sustainable Model of Income and Production Growth

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 13, 2011) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Twin Butte Energy Ltd. (Toronto:TBE.TO) ("Twin Butte "or the "Company") and Emerge Oil & Gas Inc. ("Emerge") (Toronto:EME.TO) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an arrangement agreement providing for the acquisition by Twin Butte of all of the outstanding common shares of Emerge (the "Emerge Shares") on the basis of 0.585 of a common share of Twin Butte ("Twin Butte Share") for each outstanding Emerge Share (the "Transaction").

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Knight Signs Letter of Intent

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2011) - Mr. David Patterson, Chairman of Knight Metals Ltd. (TSXV:KNP.V) ("Knight Metals" or the "Company") reports that it has entered into a letter of intent (the "LOI") dated November 8, 2011 with Watutatu Inc. ("Watutatu"), a private Ontario company, with regards to a proposed transaction between the Company and Watutatu (the "Transaction"), a company with an option to acquire a 47.5% interest in certain oil and gas exploration assets in Northern Africa. Pursuant to the LOI, it is contemplated that all of the common shares of Watutatu will be exchanged for an aggregate of 16,000,000 common shares of Knight Metals and C$300,000.

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PetroBakken Announces Third Quarter 2011 Results, Current Production in Excess of 47,500 Boepd, and Revision to Exit Guidance

PetroBakken Energy Ltd. ("PetroBakken" or the "Company") (Toronto:PBN.TO), a 59% owned subsidiary of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. (TSX:PBG), is pleased to announce third quarter 2011 financial and operating results and current production in excess of 47,500 boepd (based on field estimates). PetroBakken third quarter 2011 financial and operating results were highlighted by funds flow from operations of $152.4 million ($0.81 per basic share and $0.76 per diluted share), a top decile operating netback of $50.04 per barrel of oil equivalent ("boe") and average production of 39,074 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("boepd") (85% light oil and NGLs).

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