Cougar O&G Bags Additional Leases in Alberta Land Sale

- Cougar O&G Bags Additional Leases in Alberta Land Sale

Monday, August 29, 2011
Cougar O&G Canada Inc.

Cougar O&G has acquired an additional 3 sections of land (1920 acres) at an Alberta Provincial Government land sale on Wednesday August 25, 2011.

These lands are on the southern boundary of lands we acquired in July of 2010 and the 3D seismic program conducted in early 2011. We believe there are extensions of reserves identified in the seismic and the Reserves Assessment and Evaluation of the new or previously unevaluated Trout Core oil properties of Cougar, released on July 14, 2011.

That review completed based on existing information in the public domain coupled with the extensive Cougar 3D seismic program placed a $77.4 million Cdn Net Present Value (NPV) discounted 10% for Proven (P1) plus Probable (P2) plus Possible (P3) and an estimated 2.7 million barrels recoverable P1+P2+P3 from the project. The report is based on a previously announced logical development plan with a 2-4 well drill program to be followed up with a 4-6 well program. Those programs are dependent upon financing.

William Tighe, CEO of Cougar provided, "We are pleased with the extension of the lands acquired based on the geological analysis with extensions of structures identified in the 3D seismic. Despite challenges from the horizontal well inconclusive results due to insufficient pumping capability with the equipment currently available to properly test that well, the continued Rainbow Pipeline shut in since late April and the resulting need to truck our oil to markets in a 12hr round trip per load often in inclement weather and at discounts to contract prices, the Slave Lake area wild fires in early May, during which the focus was to keep all the wells producing, - we in addition have kept the projects moving forward wherever possible.

The drilling program, as a drill ready program which is subject to financing, is ready to move forward as soon as financing is sourced. The engineering report identifies this project has the potential to add revenue, estimated cash flow with pay outs on the capital program in the 130 day range, and add substantial proven reserves once the wells have been producing for 6 months, while continuing our goal of attaining 2000 bbl/d production from operations."

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Cougar O&G Notes Progress at Trout Proj.

- Cougar O&G Notes Progress at Trout Proj.

Cougar O&G Canada Inc.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Cougar O&G provided an update for the Corporation's Trout light oil project including the preparation of an updated drilling prospect reserve report.

The Corporation has finished the initial interpretation and evaluation of the Trout 3D seismic that was acquired and processed earlier this year. Over 20 vertical Keg River and Granite Wash light oil targets have been identified and 15 of these targets have been selected to be included in a drilling prospect reserve evaluation report. On June 3, 2011, Cougar signed an engagement letter with an independent reserves company to review and prepare the drilling prospect report. During the initial project meeting it was confirmed the 15 selected locations will be evaluated and assigned a range of proven, probable and possible reserve estimates and risked NPV values. Cougar anticipates that this report will be finished and released by the end of June.

Mr. William Tighe, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Cougar stated, "We are happy to be able to announce the development of this independent reserve report for our Trout drilling prospects. The 3D seismic has been extremely helpful in finalizing the development plans for the Trout field and commissioning an independent report will assist us in sharing that information with the shareholders as well as a key portion of the support documentation for fund raising for the drilling program.

"In addition to the reserve report we continue to prepare for the next drilling field operations in the main Trout production area. A series of ortho-photos were prepared and are being reviewed in order to select surface locations that are accessible using the all season infrastructure in the area. Once the locations are finalized the permitting will continue with surveying and Landowner/First Nation consultation."

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Cougar O&G Acquires Assets in Alberta

Cougar O&G Acquires Assets in Alberta

Thursday, April 28, 2011
Cougar O&G Canada Inc.

Cougar O&G has closed the acquisition of several operated and non-operated oil and natural gas properties ("Properties") in Alberta.
Cougar acquired the Properties from a private company. The Properties include the following assets:

• 4 producing non-operated CBM gas wellsand associated gathering and production facilities located in Central Alberta with a net production of approximately 25 BOEPD.
• 3 suspended Cardium oil wells located in central Alberta with the potential to reactivate 2 of the wells this summer for an estimated net production of 25bbl per day. The wells are also located in an area that has recently proven successful for horizontal Cardium oil development.
• 5 standing natural gas wells in central and southern Alberta. These wells require additional workover and/or tie-in work and will be evaluated for development, farmout or divestiture.
• 3200 net acres of mineral rights adjacent to Cougar's oil producing Alexander property. These mineral rights include all P&NG rights and will be evaluated for oil production potential.

On April 25. 2011 Cougar received notification that the ERCB had approved the transfer of the operated wellbores included in the acquisition of the Properties. Payment for the Properties included Cougar assuming the abandonment liability for the Properties and forgiving an outstanding Accounts Receivable from the private company.

Mr. William Tighe, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Cougar stated, "We are delighted that this asset acquisition has closed. The acquisition did not have a debt or equity cost to the Corporation and it had an immediate strategic value. It provides access to a defined Cardium horizontal oil prospect, a profitable CBM natural gas production field with a long reserve life and an undeveloped land base close to our Alexander oil prospect.

"In the Trout production area, the horizontal well continues to steadily improve as the drilling fluid lost to the formation is recovered. The reservoir pressure is increasing and the fluid level in the wellbore continues to increase. A temporary hydraulic pump jack was installed on the well just prior to breakup and once the lease conditions dry up we hope to replace that with an electric submersible pump which will result in the higher production rate required to properly evaluate the well.

"The geological and geophysical work continues regarding the evaluation of the new Trout 3D seismic data shot in January and within the next two weeks we plan to kick off the permitting of a Q3 multiwell oil drilling program."