Talisman Energy Announces a Promising Oil Discovery Offshore Norway

Talisman Energy Norge AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX: TLM) (NYSE: TLM), has made a promising oil discovery in the 15/12-21 exploration well drilled on the Grevling Prospect in the North Sea. The Grevling well is located about 215 kilometres off the west coast of Norway in PL038, Block 15/12, on the eastern flank of the Central Graben.

The well, which targeted Mesozoic sandstone reservoirs on a structural high, was drilled to a total vertical depth of 3,268 metres, encountering a gross hydrocarbon bearing interval of approximately 133 metres. Two zones were tested at a combined rate of 1,250 bbls/d (197 m3/d). Currently a sidetrack well is being drilled down-dip on the flank of the structure to assess its volumetric upside potential. The discovery lies 16 kilometers north of the Talisman operated Varg Field.

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Running Fox 09 First Quarter: 3 Month Revenues Up 99 % to $4.381 Million, EBITDA Earnings Up 324 % to $741,000, Net Income Up 1279 % to $524,486

Running Fox 09 First Quarter: 3 Month Revenues Up 99 % to $4.381 Million EBITDA Earnings Up 324 % to $741,000, Net Income Up 1279 % to $524,486

Steven Schurman, CEO, U.S. Professional Geologist, reports:
Running Fox has filed its 2009 first quarter financial statements on SEDAR.

Revenues for the 3 month period increased 99 % to $4,381,403. This compares favorably to $2,195,325 for the comparable 3 month period in 2008.

3 month income from operations (EBITDA) increased 324 % to $741,001. This compares favorably to $228,462 for the comparative period in 2008.

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Mooncor announces preliminary shale gas test results from its southeast extension of the Horn River Basin at Hamburg, Alberta

Mooncor Oil & Gas Corp. ("Mooncor") is pleased to announce the results of its year-long efforts to map a large, shale gas opportunity in northern Alberta.

Mooncor has received National Instrument 51-101 compliant reports from its Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator, DeGolyer and MacNaughton Canada Limited. The first report provides an estimate of Contingent Resources and the second report provides an estimate of Prospective Resources for Mooncor's Hamburg area Devonian shale gas play. These reports can be accessed electronically from the SEDAR system at www.sedar.com.

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Eveready Signs Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Clean Harbors, Inc.

Eveready Inc. (TSX:EIS) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Clean Harbors, Inc. (NYSE:CLH), North America's leading provider of environmental and hazardous waste management services. Under the terms of the agreement, Clean Harbors will acquire 100% of Eveready's outstanding common shares through a combination of cash and stock totaling approximately CAD $11.00 for each Eveready share, based on an agreed upon price for Clean Harbors' common stock of US $48.81 per share and a Canadian/US exchange rate of 0.8263. The total consideration, approximating CAD $202 million, will consist of CAD $3.30 per share in cash and approximately CAD $7.70 per share of Clean Harbors' common stock (a ratio of 0.1304 Clean Harbors shares for each Eveready share). The transaction represents a 217% premium to Eveready's closing trading price of $3.47 on April 28, 2009.

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Zion Oil Updates Drilling Schedule; 2,000 Horsepower Drilling Rig Arrives in Israel

Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (AMEX: ZN) announced today updated information regarding the import into Israel of a drilling rig and crews owned and employed by Aladdin Middle East Ltd (AME). AME has been contracted to provide a completely refurbished and updated 2,000 horsepower rig and crews to drill Zion’s planned Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 well ‘directionally’ to below 18,000 feet.

The drilling rig arrived by ship at the Israeli Port of Haifa during the evening of April 18, 2009. The required taxes and import charges were paid and the first thirteen loads (out of a total of approximately eighty loads) cleared Israeli Customs on April 19 and were transported to the Ma’anit-Rehoboth #2 drill site and unloaded. The remaining loads are scheduled to be transported to the drill site on April 20 and 21.

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