Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (fka KOGGF)

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KOGGF: Kodiak Oil & Gas to present at IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York
Tuesday April 4, 9:12 am ET


DENVER, April 4 /CNW/ - Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX Venture: KOG; KOGGF.PK) today announced that it will be a presenting company at the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York.
Kodiak's President and CEO, Lynn Peterson, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 2:50 PM EST. Mr. Peterson will provide an update on the Company's Rocky Mountain operations, specifically in the Vermillion Basin of southwestern Wyoming, where it targets natural gas, and in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, where it develops crude oil prospects.

The IPAA presentation will be webcast and a link to the webcast, along with the accompanying slides, will be available at Kodiak's website, www.kodiakog.com or http://www.vcall.com/CEPage.asp?ID(equal sign)102992 around the time of the presentation. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be available for replay at http://www.vcall.com/ClientPage.asp?ID(equal sign)102992 or http://www.investorcalendar.com/ immediately following the presentation. Additional conference information is available at www.ipaa.org.


About Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp.
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Kodiak Oil & Gas, headquartered in Denver, is an independent energy exploration and development company focused on exploring, developing and producing oil and natural gas in the Williston and Greater Green River Basins in the U.S. Rocky Mountains. The common shares of the Company are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "KOG" and the U.S. symbol "KOGGF."

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please contact: Mr. Lynn A. Peterson, President, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., [phone]
Mr. David Charles, EnerCom, Inc. [phone]
Ms. Heather Colpitts, Associate Account Manager, CHF Investor Relations, [phone] x.223