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Nord Oil International Deny Allegations of Chinese State Owned Enterprise Takeover
Nord Oil International Inc. (OTC: NDOL) denied allegations today that a Chinese State Owned enterprise was the offering party to the recent unsolicited purchase offer. However, the company does confirm that the State Planning and Development Commission through its subsidiary CEInet does own approximately 1% of the total issued and outstanding shares of the company.

The company is currently reviewing the purchase offer received April 6, 2006 and has opted to keep the information confidential until all information can be reviewed and expects to release said purchase offer as soon as it can be bona fide.

About Nord Oil International Inc.

Nord Oil International Inc. is a reporting publicly traded Oil & Gas junior producer, trading under the ticker symbol NDOL on the US Pinksheets market. Nord Oil International operates three wholly owned Russian subsidiaries; Nord Oil Products, Nord Oil Samara and NANA. Nord Oil's properties currently have a total of 48 million barrels of proven and probable reserves and the company plans to acquire additional properties and has an objective of 150 million barrels in proven and probable reserves