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DOIG Delta Oil & Gas Approaches Targeted Depth on Potential Gas Well in Alberta, Canada
Market Wire - November 30, 2005 9:00 AM (EDT)

SEATTLE, WA, Nov 30, 2005 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Delta Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTC BB: DOIG) is pleased to announce that drilling is continuing on its potential natural gas well in its recently acquired, highly prospective property in the Deep Basin along the edge of the Alberta foothills belt approximately 80 miles northwest of Calgary, Alberta ("Strachan Prospect"). The targeted depth of the well is approximately 13,500 feet and this depth is expected to be achieved in 10 to 14 days.

The original Strachan gas pool was discovered 35 years ago; however, in November 2004, Shell Oil announced a new Leduc Pool discovery at Ricinus with potential one trillion cubic feet gas reserves.

Delta's Strachan Prospect is 12 miles northeast of the Shell Oil discovery and 2 miles northeast of the original Strachan gas pool in the same part of the Deep Basin. We are looking for a new, virgin Strachan gas pool. This new Strachan Prospect is based on newly developed highly technical Three Dimensional Seismic programs that shed new light on identifying deeply buried full height and partial height pinnacle reefs.

The original Strachan Leduc discovery well was drilled in October 1967 by a junior oil company called Stampede Oil. Six gas wells delineate the aerial extent of this major gas pool with initial production rates to fill the maximum capacity of the Strachan Gas Plant at 250MMCF per day. After 20 years, key wells had cumulative production of between 150 to 225 billion cubic feet natural gas each. To date, 962 billion cubic feet of natural gas reserves have been recovered and currently only minimal residual gas production is pipelined to the under-utilized Strachan Gas Plant.

About Delta Oil and Gas

Delta Oil and Gas is a growing exploration company focused on developing North American oil and natural gas reserves. The Company's current focus is on the exploration of its land portfolio comprised of working interests in highly prospective acreage in the Southern Alberta Foothills area, its interest in the Cache Slough Project in California and its newest interest in the Strachan Prospect. Delta Oil & Gas is seeking to expand its portfolio to include additional interests in Canada and the USA.