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Thursday, June 16, 2011

CAMAC Commences Drilling at China Well

- CAMAC Commences Drilling at China Well

Thursday, June 16, 2011
CAMAC Energy Inc.

CAMAC announced the spudding and progress of its ZJS-04 well in China. Drilling is expected to take about 50 days to reach the well's target depth of approximately 5,900 feet. Currently the penetrating depth is 2,630 feet drilled towards the main target formations.

"We are very pleased to announce the spudding of this well," said Chief Executive Officer, Kase Lawal. "The work program in China continues to move forward, which is an important step towards further evaluating the resource potential of the Zijinshan Gas Asset."

The ZJS-04 well is the second well of the three wells planned to be drilled in 2011, in accordance with the annual work program as approved by CAMAC Energy and its Chinese Partner, PetroChina CBM Co.

The Company's Zijinshan Gas Asset covers an area of 175,000 acres in the Ordos Basin in the Shanxi Province, the second largest petroleum bearing basin in China. It is in close proximity to major infrastructure, including the West-East Gas pipeline and the Ordos-Beijing Pipelines.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

CAMAC Appoints New CFO, Senior VP of E&P

- CAMAC Appoints New CFO, Senior VP of E&P

Monday, June 06, 2011
CAMAC Energy Inc.

CAMAC announced the appointment of Edward G. Caminos as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of July 1, 2011, and the appointment of Alan W. Halsey as Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, of the Company, effective as of June 6, 2011.

Mr. Caminos, 48, has been Chief Financial Officer of BPZ Resources since May 2007. From October 2006 until May 2007, Mr. Caminos served as BPZ's Vice President - Finance and Chief Accounting Officer. Mr. Caminos served as BPZ's interim Chief Financial Officer from June 2006 until October 2006 and as Corporate Controller of BPZ from January 2005 until October 2006. During the 15 years prior to joining BPZ, Mr. Caminos gained valuable experience in the energy sector through various managerial level roles including, Director—Financial Reporting for the Americas Division at Duke Energy, Financial Reporting Manager and, prior to its sale, as interim Controller for Reliant Energy Europe Divisions, and Regional Controller – Latin America for the seismic division of Schlumberger. Mr. Caminos began his career with the international accounting firm KPMG Peat Marwick Main.

Mr. Caminos is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration — Accounting, in 1984.

Mr. Halsey, 61, joined the Company as its Senior Vice President, Exploration & Production, on June 6, 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he managed his private investment interests after leaving Transmeridian Exploration in 2008, where he had served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for this company that had producing assets in Kazakhstan and other exploration interests in the former Soviet Union. He joined Transmeridian in 2006 following a short hiatus after taking early retirement from Texaco Inc. in 2002, where he had served for almost 21 years in positions of increasing responsibility that included Chief Petroleum Engineer for Texaco's Latin America/West Africa group in Miami and, most recently, Chairman and Managing Director of the Texaco Upstream Companies in Nigeria. Prior to that time he served as President of Texaco's affiliate in Colombia, South America and as General Manager of Texaco's Angola oil and gas operations. Mr. Halsey graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London with a degree in Oil Technology in 1971 and subsequently worked in Latin America, USA and the North Sea before joining Texaco in 1981.

Dr. Kase Lukman Lawal, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director of CAMAC, commented, "We are extremely pleased to welcome both Ed and Alan to their new roles with CAMAC. Their many years of collective experience and leadership in the oil and gas industry will be of great benefit to the new vision for growth of CAMAC."

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

CAMAC Drills Ahead at Ordos Well

CAMAC Drills Ahead at Ordos Well

Thursday, April 07, 2011
CAMAC Energy Inc.
CAMAC announced the spudding and progress of its ZJS-3 well in China. Drilling is expected to take between 40 and 60 days to reach the well's target depth of between 4,500 and 5,500 feet. Currently the penetrating depth is 3,300 feet drilled towards the main target formations. Mud logs have already shown gas readings from several penetrated intervals.

In January 2011, CAMAC Energy and its Chinese partner, PetroChina CBM Co., approved an aggressive work program to expedite exploration and delineation of the gas resources in the Zijinshan contract area. The work program consists of drilling three additional wells and conducting a seismic reinterpretation integrating the data obtained from recent drilling. The ZJS-3 well is the first of the three wells planned to be drilled in 2011.

Abiola L. Lawal, CFO and Executive Vice President of CAMAC Energy, commented, "We are very pleased to announce the spudding of this well. The timely start of the drilling operation is critical to ensure completion of the 2011 work program which is an important step towards commercialization of the asset. We intend to flow test this well and will use the results to help firm up succeeding wells during 2011."

The Company's Zijinshan Gas Asset covers an area of 175,000 acres in the Ordos Basin in the Shanxi Province, the second largest petroleum bearing basis in China. It is in close proximity to major infrastructure, including the West-East Gas pipeline and the Ordos-Beijing Pipelines.