Passport Energy Announces Addition of Oil and Gas Management

Passport Energy Ltd. (PPO - CNSX), announces that it has strengthened its management team by making two new appointments. Bruce Murray who is a director and Chairman of the board has now been appointed to the Chief Executive Officer and Daniel Tiberio as Vice President, Operations.

Bruce Murray brings to the Company over 30 years of experience gained in various positions with emerging, junior and senior oil and gas companies. Mr. Murray was President and Director of Tenergy Ltd., which was sold in 2006. He was also a co-founder, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Purcell Energy Ltd., which sold two-thirds of its oil and gas assets in mid-2005 and spun-out its remaining assets into two separate exploration companies, one being Tenergy Ltd.

Western Energy Services Corp. Acquires Stoneham Drilling Trust To Create Canada's Sixth Largest Contract Driller

Western Energy Services Corp. ("Western") (TSXV:WRG.V) and Stoneham Drilling Trust ("Stoneham") (Toronto:SDG-UN.TO) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") whereby the two entities will combine to create the sixth largest contract driller in Canada. 

Subject to certain conditions, Western will acquire all of the issued and outstanding units of Stoneham in exchange for a combination of cash and Western common shares (the "Transaction"). 

Vancouver, B.C. - April 8, 2011 (Investorideas.com Newswire) - TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to report the company's common shares have been called to trade on the premier tier of the OTC market in the United States, the OTCQX International. The trading symbol is TAOIF.

The OTCQX platform is a highly visible electronic quotation and trading venue in the United States where qualifying companies can enjoy the benefits of increased international exposure without becoming a reporting company with the Securities & Exchange Commission under U.S. securities laws. Trading on the OTCQX International is available to international issuers such as TAG Oil whose shares meet clear quantitative standards, and currently trade on a qualifying foreign stock exchange.

Vancouver, B.C. - April 7, 2011 (Investorideas.com Newswire) - TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V: TAO) and (OTCQX: TAOIF) is pleased to report that the Sidewinder-3 exploration well is confirmed as a light oil and gas discovery, the third discovery made in TAG Oil's 100%-controlled Petroleum Exploration Permit 38748 in the onshore Taranaki Basin, North Island, New Zealand, and the Company's fourth new oil and gas discovery in five months.

The Sidewinder-3 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 2160 meters (7087 feet), targeting a large anomaly identified on 3-D seismic, approximately 1.1 km to the south of the recent Sidewinder-1 and Sidewinder-2 discoveries. Sidewinder-3 encountered 15.4 meters (50 feet) of net oil-and-gas-bearing sandstones in the primary Sidewinder zone, including "free oil" observed over the shakers during the drilling operation.