SCOTTSDALE, AZ  May 4, 2011 (Investorideas.com energy newswire) - American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB:AAPH) ("American Petro-Hunter" or the "Company") announced today the commencement of a "multi-stage surge frack" regarded as the final event in the completion process at the NOS227 well prior to the onset of commercial oil production.

The fracture stimulation ("frack") program is a newly designed approach intended to break apart the reservoir allowing for a significant increase in the flow of oil. The process has proven to be highly effective in dramatically increasing production from the Mississippi formation elsewhere in the area. Currently, all requisite equipment has arrived onsite and efforts have commenced.

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Passport Energy Announces Signing of Formal Agreement for Hardy Farm-in

Passport Energy Ltd. (PPO - CNSX), ("Passport" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has executed a formal farm-in agreement with American Eagle Energy Inc. and Eternal Energy Corp. for the previously announced letter of intent in the Hardy Bakken field in south-eastern Saskatchewan.

The agreement allows Passport to farm-in on up to two wells and associated acreage in the Hardy Bakken Field in south-eastern Saskatchewan. The Company can earn a 25% interest (subject to applicable royalties) in the new wells by paying 38.5% of the drilling costs associated with each well and fulfilling other obligations. The remaining costs will be shared by two partners - American Eagle Energy Inc. and Eternal Energy Corp.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA - May 2, 2011 (Investorideas.com energy stocks newswire)  Aroway Minerals Inc. (TSX-V:ARW; PINK:ARWJF) (www.arowayenergy.com) (the "Company") - The Company is pleased to announce the following update on its operations in the Peace River Arch area of Alberta.

The company's first well of the 2011 exploration program has been drilled, completed and tested and will begin producing from the Leduc formation in approximately three weeks. Production tie-in operations on this well were suspended as a result of "spring break-up" weather conditions commonly experienced at this time of the year in the area. The tie in construction will immediately commence once "spring break-up" has come to an end.

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ  May 2, 2011 (Investorideas.com energy newswire) - American Petro-Hunter, Inc. (OTC.BB:AAPH) ("American Petro-Hunter" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce the latest producing oil well in an ongoing series of wells at the North Oklahoma Yale Prospect. The well has been designated as NOS122 and has been swab tested and deemed ready for immediate commercial production.

The NOS122 is a re-entry project where the well bore and casing was opened and then cleaned, with tests resulting in high gravity oil swabbed at a final rate of 5 barrels per hour or the equivalent of 120 barrels per day at 2,700 feet. The testing showed 100% oil cut with no water from 6 feet of sand within the Skinner Formation.

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Second Wave Petroleum Announces Successful Beaverhill Lake Well in Judy Creek

Second Wave Petroleum Inc. ("Second Wave" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has drilled and completed its first successful Judy Creek Beaverhill Lake horizontal oil well under the terms of its previously announced Joint Venture and Farm-Out Agreement. The well was drilled from the surface location of 04-31-063-09W5 with the final bottom hole located at 15-36-063-10W5 ("the 15-36 well"). The 15-36 well was drilled by Second Wave to a total depth of 4,005 meters and will qualify for a 5% incentive royalty rate for 42 months or 90,000 boe of production, whichever comes first.

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