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EnerCom, Inc. Announces Presenting Companies for The Oil & Services Conference(TM) VII February 18-19, 2009


DENVER, Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerCom, Inc. announced today the lineup of presenters for The Oil & Services Conference(TM) VII. The Conference, to be held at the City Club of San Francisco February 18-19, 2009, is an exclusive opportunity for institutional, private equity and high net worth investors, energy research analysts, investment advisors, and industry executives to meet with company representatives and discuss topics relating to the energy outlook for 2009. Top executives from leading oilservice and exploration and production companies will present their corporate expectations for the upcoming year, and several analysts will offer their insight on the future of the industry. Attendees can register to attend this Conference at

http://www.theoilandservicesconference.com/index.html




EnerCom, Inc. founded this Conference in 2002. Calyon Corporate Investment Bank and NYSE Euronext are sponsors of this event. This year's confirmed line-up for The Oil & Services Conference(TM) VII:


Wednesday, February 18 through Thursday, February 19, 2009


ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG) - offshore oil and gas development and production company operating in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea


Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) - provides reservoir consulting, drilling, formation evaluation, completion and production products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry


CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR) - the world's leading manufacturer of ceramic proppants and supplier of fracture diagnostic services for use in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells


Caspian Services, Inc (OTC Bulletin Board: CSSV) - provides geophysical and seismic data acquisition and interpretation services in the Caspian Sea


Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE: XEC) - an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with principal operations in the Mid-Continent, Permian Basin and Gulf Coast areas of the U.S.


Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) - a crude-oil concentrated, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations in the Rocky Mountain, Mid-Continent and Gulf Coast regions of the United States


Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB) - reservoir description, production enhancement and reservoir management


Dawson Geophysical (Nasdaq: DWSN) - America's leading provider of onshore seismic data acquisition and processing services


Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE Alternext: END) - an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of energy reserves in the North Sea


Energy XXI (Nasdaq: EXXI) - an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company whose growth strategy emphasizes acquisitions, enhanced by its value-added organic drilling program


Gastem Inc. (CDNX: GMR.V) - holds exploration and storage rights to 3,135 km2 of land in the St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Gaspe Peninsula and the Magdalen Islands in Quebec as well as rights and interests in New York and West Virginia


Geokinetics (NYSE Alternext: GOK) - a leading global provider of seismic acquisition and high-end seismic data processing services to the oil and gas industry


GMX Resources Inc. (Nasdaq: GMXR) - a 'Pure Play', E & P company that has significant Haynesville / Bossier Shale acreage in East Texas and North Louisiana


Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) - an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with the majority of its properties in Louisiana and Texas


InterOil Corporation (NYSE Alternext: IOC) - developing a vertically integrated energy business whose primary focus is Papua New Guinea and the surrounding region


Key Energy Services (NYSE: KEG) - provides oilfield services including well servicing, pressure pumping, fishing and rental tools, electric wireline and other oilfield services and is the world's largest rig-based well service company


NATCO Group Inc. (NYSE: NTG) - a leading provider of process equipment, systems and services used in the production of oil and gas


Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - PETROBRAS (NYSE: PBR) - an integrated company that performs in oil and oil byproduct exploration, production, refining, marketing, and transportation, both in Brazil and abroad


Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq: PETD) - an independent energy company engaged in the development, production and marketing of natural gas and oil, with operations focused in the Rocky Mountains and additional operations in the Appalachian Basin and Michigan


Superior Well Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: SWSI) - an oilfield services company operating in many of the major oil and natural gas producing regions of the United States


TransAtlantic Petroleum Corporation (TSX: TNP) - engaged in the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas properties in Morocco, Turkey and Romania


TXCO Resources (Nasdaq: TXCO) - independent oil and gas exploration and production company that uses advanced drilling technologies and geological modeling to extract hydrocarbons from its large resource base in south Texas


Unit Corporation (NYSE: UNT) - the fourth largest U.S. premium contract land driller and a fast growing exploration and production company


Venoco Inc. (NYSE: VQ) - an independent energy company primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of oil and natural gas properties offshore and onshore California and in Texas


Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL) - independent oil and gas company that acquires, exploits, develops and explores for crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids primarily in the Permian Basin, Rocky Mountains, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast and Michigan regions of the United States



Analyst presentations:

J. Marshall Adkins, Managing Director and Head of Energy Research, Raymond James and Associates, Inc.

Thomas A. Petrie, Vice-Chairman, Merrill Lynch

Roger Read, Senior Analyst, Oil Services, Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.

Waqar Syed, Vice President & Director Institutional Research, Tristone Capital Inc.

Mark Urness, Managing Director, Head of Energy Research, Calyon Securities (USA), Inc.

Dave Wilson, Senior Analyst, Research, Howard Weil Incorporated


About EnerCom, Inc.

Founded in 1994, EnerCom, Inc. is a nationally recognized investor communications consultancy firm advising and serving energy-centric clients on corporate strategy, investor relations, media and corporate communications, and visual communications design. The Company's professionals have more than 150 years of industry and business experience and a proven track record of success. Headquartered in Denver, EnerCom uses the team approach for delivering its wide range of services to public and private companies large and small, operating in the global exploration and production, drilling, oilservice, and associated advanced-technology industries. EnerCom measures its success from the realization of the increase of a client's shareholder value resulting from the development, implementation and execution of an integrated corporate communications plan.


For more information about EnerCom and its services, please call: Gregory B. Barnett, President, at 303-296-8834 or visit www.enercominc.com.


About Calyon Credit Agricole CIB

Calyon is the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of the Credit Agricole Group, France's largest bank and one of the world's largest with its over $1.8 trillion in assets. Calyon is AA-/Aa1 rated, and came into existence in April 2004 with the consolidation of Credit Agricole Indosuez and the corporate and investment banking division of Credit Lyonnais. Calyon ranks among the top ten foreign banks in the U.S. Headquartered in Paris, France, Calyon has offices in 58 countries with assets of approximately $400 billion. It is a global leader in structured financing, interest rate and credit derivatives, U.S., European and Asian equities, futures and foreign exchange, as well as syndicated lending and fixed income.


Specializing in this sector for over 100 years, Energy represents the single largest concentration of industry exposure at Calyon. Calyon focuses on all segments of the business and covers it on a truly global basis. The Bank's Energy practice for the U.S. is located in Houston, Texas. Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Calyon, is a global full service institutional and self-clearing broker-dealer. It is a member of NYSE, NASD, and ISE as well as all major global clearing organizations.


For more information about Calyon, please contact Dennis Petito, Managing Director, Head of North American Energy, Calyon Credit Securities at 713-890-8601 or Mark Urness, Managing Director, Head of Energy Research, Calyon Securities, at 212-408-5683.


About NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) operates the world's leading and most liquid exchange group, and seeks to provide the highest levels of quality, customer choice and innovation. Its family of exchanges, located in six countries, includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest cash equities market; Euronext, the Eurozone's largest cash equities market; Liffe, Europe's leading derivatives exchange by value of trading; NYSE Liffe, the company's U.S. futures business and NYSE Arca Options, one of the fastest growing U.S. options trading platforms. NYSE Euronext offers a diverse array of financial products and services for issuers, investors and financial institutions in cash equities, options, futures and derivatives, ETFs, bonds, market data, and commercial technology solutions. As the world's largest exchange group by number of listings and market capitalization, NYSE Euronext is home to more than 6,500 listed issues (as of Oct. 1, 2008) with total global market capitalization more than four times that of any other exchange group. The average daily trading value of NYSE Euronext's equity exchanges represent more than one-third of the world's cash equities trading. NYSE Euronext is part of the S&P 500 index and the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index.


For more information about NYSE Euronext and its services, please call: Bruce Poignant, Managing Director, 212-656-5804





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