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December, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed one more well in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Hazlak #8497H was completed for 2,500 MCFGPD.

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November, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed one more well in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Derr #8545H was completed for 5,600 MCFGPD.

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October, 2011, Sheridan County, MT
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partners have permitted a 1,280 unit for our first horizontal Bakken/Three Forks well in our Snow Goose Prospect in Sheridan County, Montana; the Zuma #15. The well will be drilled horizontally to a vertical depth of approximately 8,200 ft. with a horizontal leg of approximately 8,000 ft, for a total measure depth of 16,200 ft. Drilling will commence on December 1.

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October, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Marquardt 8517H was completed for 7,500 MCFGPD, and the Derr 8544H was completed for 4,000 MCFGPD.

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September, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed one more well in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Lucella #8564H was completed for 4,350 MCFGPD.

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August, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Marquardt #B2H was completed for 3,650 MCFGPD, and the Marquardt #B3H was completed for 5,100 MCFGPD.

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July, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Jenzano #8543H was completed for 4,650 MCFGPD, and the Jenzano #8542 was completed for 4,200 MCFGPD.

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June, 2011, Sheridan County, MT
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture for the drilling and development of the Bakken/Three Forks oil shale on 52,000 acres of leasehold making up WhitMar’s Lego and Snow Goose prospects in Sheridan County, Montana. Initial commitment is for the drilling of two horizontal wells to test the Bakken/Three Forks. WhitMar retains a 25% working interest in the play, and our joint venture partner has acquired a 75% working interest. We anticipate drilling the first well in 4th quarter, 2011.

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June, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Brown #8519H was completed for 5,150 MCFGPD, and the Brown #8520H was completed for 5,200 MCFGPD.

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May, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed three more wells in our Nittany Prospect in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; the Diettrick #8510H was completed for 3,050 MCFGPD, the Everbe Farms #8518H was completed for 6,200 MCFGPD, and the Everbe Farms #8551H was completed for 6,250 MCFGPD.

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April, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed 4 more wells in their Nittany Prospect, (Marquardt 8534H, Moser 8521, Moser 8560H, Moser 8561H) with average IP's in excess of 5,000 MCFGPD.

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February, 2011, Rocky Mountain Region
 

WhitMar has leased in excess of 100,000 acres in a stealth oil shale prospect that we have identified as highly prospective for oil production from a formation that is analogous to the Bakken/Three Forks formation in the Williston Basin. We will be offering working interest participation in this prospect in the near future.

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February, 2011, Sheridan County, MT
 

WhitMar's leasehold count in Sheridan County, Montana for the Bakken/Three Forks has increased to 40,000 net acres, and WhitMar continues to lease more acreage in the play.

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January, 2011, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed the ninth and tenth wells in their Nittany Prospect, with IP's for both wells in excess of 5,000 MCFGPD.

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December, 2010, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in their Nittany Prospect, the Tome 8522H well, and the Derr 8544H well, with IP's for both wells in excess of 5,000 MCFGPD.

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December, 2010, Susquehanna County, PA
 

The IP flow rate of the Loomis 2H well, recently drilled by WhitMar and its partners, Stone Energy and Carrizo, in Susquehanna County, PA, has increased to 9,200 MCFGPD.

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December, 2010, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO/Exxon, have completed two more wells in their Nittany Prospect, the Tome 8522H well and the Derr 8544H well, with IP's for both wells in excess of 5,000 MCFGPD.

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November, 2010, Sheridan County, MT
 

WhitMar has leased in excess of 25,000 acres in two prospect areas in Sheridan County, Montana; which we have identified as highly prospective for oil production from the Bakken/Three Forks section. This leasehold is in the heart of the Bakken/Three Forks trend that is being horizontally drilled in North Dakota and Montana. We are offering working interest participation in these prospect areas.

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November, 2010, Susquehanna County, PA
 

WhitMar and its partners, Stone Energy and Carrizo Oil and Gas have completed the first two Marcellus Shale wells in our 25,000 acre Pleasant Mount Prospect. The Loomis 2H has been tested with and IP of 4,000 MCFGPD and the Loomis 3H has been tested with and IP of 9,800 MCFGPD.

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November, 2010, Luzerne County, PA
 

WhitMar and partner EnCana Oil and Gas USA recently concluded the drilling phase of two pilot test wells in our Moose Prospect in Luzerne county, PA; the Buda 1H and the Salansky 1H. As a result of negative well log data and core data on both wells and an unsuccessful completion attempt on the Salansky 1H well, WhitMar and EnCana have jointly decided to discontinue all activity in the prospect area.

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September, 2010, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar and its joint venture partner, XTO, have completed the sixth Marcellus Shale well in their Nittany Prospect with an IP of approximately 4,000 MCFGPD, and they are in various stages of drilling and/or completion operations on four additional wells in this prospect

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August 2010, Susquehanna County, PA
 

WhitMar announces the commencement of drilling operations of the first horizontal Marcellus Shale Well (Loomis #3) in our 25,000 acre Pleasant Mount Prospect with joint venture partners, Stone Energy and Carrizo Oil and Gas.

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July, 2010, Luzerne County, PA
 

WhitMar announces the commencement of drilling operations of the Buda #1 well, the first Marcellus Shale well in our 30,000 acre Moose Prospect with joint venture partner, EnCana Oil and Gas, (USA) Inc.

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July, 2010, Lycoming County, PA
 

WhitMar announces the completion of the fifth Marcellus Shale well drilled in our 35,000 acre Nittany Prospect with joint venture XTO, with an IP in excess of 6,000 MCFGD.

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June 2010, Chemung County, New York
 

WhitMar announces the successful completion of the Dow #1 well in its Horseheads Prospect, a Trenton-Black River play in upstate New York. The horizontal well encountered 1,000 feet of gas shows in a heavily dolomitized section of the Trenton-Black River formation and tested to the atmosphere at a steady 8,000 MCFGD for 24 hours with 3,500 PSI tubing pressure. The well is shut-in and pipeline ROW is being secured, and the well is expected to turn into sales at 10,000 MCFGD in 4Q 2010. WhitMar’s partner, Anschutz Petroleum, is the operator of the well with a 46.6% working interest and WhitMar has a 30.6% working interest in the well. Other WhitMar partners own the remainder of the working interest.


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May 2010, Chemung County, New York
 

WhitMar announces the commencement of drilling operations on two Trenton-Black River wells with JV Partner, Anschutz Petroleum, in its ongoing Trenton-Black River drilling program in its Horseheads Prospect in Chemung County, NY.


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April 2010, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
 

WhitMar announces that the second two horizontal Marcellus wells drilled on its Nittany Prospect have been completed, with both wells having IP’s in excess of 7,000 MCFGD.


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March 2010, McKenzie County, North Dakota
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a joint venture with Nadel & Gussman for the drilling of horizontal Bakken wells in WhitMar’s Bicentennial Prospect in the Williston Basin. The first well should spud by third quarter of 2010.


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January 2010, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
 

WhitMar announces that the first two horizontal Marcellus wells drilled on its Nittany Prospect have been completed, with both wells having IP’s in excess of 5,000 MCFGD.


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November 2009, Luzern and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture with EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., Denver, CO for the drilling and development of the Marcellus Shale to be centered around a block of leasehold covering a total of approximately 25,000 acres in Luzerne and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania. Initial commitment is for the acquisition of seismic data and the drilling of two horizontal wells to test the Marcellus Shale. WhitMar and EnCana intend to expand on their lease block before commencement of drilling.


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June 2009, Chemung County, New York
 

WhitMar has drilled, completed, and flow-tested the Ruger #1 in central NY. WhitMar’s partner, Anschutz Petroleum, is the operator of the well with a 46.5% working interest and WhitMar has a 28.5% working interest in the well. Other WhitMar partners own the remainder of the working interest. The horizontal well encountered 1,000 feet of gas shows in a heavily dolomitized section of the Black River formation and tested to the atmosphere at a steady 5,000 MCFGD for 24 hours with 2200 psi tubing pressure. The well is shut-in and pipeline ROW is being secured, and the well is expected to turn into sales at 5,000 MCFGD in 4Q 2009.

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February 2009, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the King 1-24, with Partner Devon Energy, at an IP of 8,169 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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February 2009, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the D & L Cattle 2-24, with Partner Devon Energy, at an IP of 5,641 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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February 2009, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the King 2-24, with Partner Devon Energy, at an IP of 6,793 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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January 2009, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the D & L Cattle 1-24, with Partner Devon Energy, at an IP of 6,714 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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October 2008, Chemung County, New York
 

WhitMar has drilled, completed, and flow-tested the Center at Horseheads #1 in central NY. The horizontal well encountered 3,000 feet of gas shows in a heavily dolomitized section of the Black River formation and tested to the atmosphere at a steady 6,000 MCFGD for 24 hours with 3350 psi tubing pressure. The well is shut-in and pipeline ROW is being secured, and the well is expected to turn into sales at 10,000 MCFGD in 3Q 2009.

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October 2008, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Sherry 1-13, with Partner Chesapeake Energy, at an IP of 5,182 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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September 2008, Johnston County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Hartgraves 1H-5, with Partner Wagner & Brown, LTD., at an IP of 881 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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June 2008, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture with XTO Energy, Inc., Fort Worth, TX for the drilling and development of the Marcellus Shale to be centered around a block of leasehold covering a total of approximately 25,000 acres in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Initial drilling commitment is for a total of 2 wells, one vertical and one horizontal wells to test the Marcellus Shale. The parties intend to expand on their lease block before commencement of drilling.

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April 2008, Broome and Delaware Counties, New York
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture with XTO Energy, Inc., Fort Worth, TX for the drilling and development of the Marcellus Shale to be centered around a block of leasehold covering a total of approximately 25,000 acres in Broome and Delaware counties, New York. Initial drilling commitment is for a total of 4 wells, two vertical and two horizontal wells to test the Marcellus Shale. The parties intend to expand on their lease block before commencement of drilling.

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February 2008, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Roland 1-35, with Partner Devon Energy Corporation, at an IP of 796 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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January 2008, Upstate New York and Northeast Pennsylvania
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture with Carrizo Oil and Gas, Inc., Houston, TX for the drilling and development of the Trenton-Black River and the Marcellus Shale to be centered around three blocks of leasehold covering a total of approximately 30,000 acres (each block consisting of 10,000 acres) leased by WhitMar in certain counties in upstate New York and Northeast Pennsylvania. Initial drilling commitment is for a total of 6 wells, one vertical and one horizontal Marcellus Shale well to be drilled on each of the three lease blocks. The parties intend to expand on their lease blocks before commencement of drilling.

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November 2007, Hughes County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Holder 1-24, with Partner Devon Energy Corporation, at an IP of 2,944 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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August 2007, Coal County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Hartgraves 1-28, with Partner Devon Energy Corporation, at an IP of 1,420 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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June 2007, Coal County, Oklahoma
 

WhitMar announces the drilling and completion of the Perry 1-2, with Partner Newfield Exploration, at an IP of 1,716 MCFGD in the Woodford formation.

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May 2007, Chemung County, New York
 

WhitMar announces the formation of a leasehold acquisition and drilling joint venture with Anschutz Exploration Corporation, Denver, CO for the drilling and development of the Trenton-Black River and the Marcellus Shale to be centered around approximately 10,000 acres of leasehold leased by WhitMar in Chemung County, NY. Initial drilling commitment is for one horizontal Trenton-Black River well to be drilled to 10,000’ TVD/14,000’ MD.