Petroglobe Inc. PTGBF

NEWS Cardium horizontal wells

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CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Feb. 18, 2010) - PetroGlobe Inc. ("PetroGlobe" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PGB) is pleased to announce the initial results of the Company's first horizontal Cardium oil well and the drilling of a second horizontal well in Pembina, Alberta.

Cardium horizontal wells

PetroGlobe drilled and completed its first horizontal Cardium oil well in Pembina in early February 2010. The well was drilled with a 1,186 meter open hole horizontal leg and completed with an 11 stage fracture stimulation. Over the first 43 hours of flowback after completion, the well flowed a cumulative 3,548 barrels of load oil. The well was then shut in, all ports were drilled out and production equipment was set in place. The well was placed on pump on February 12, 2010 and associated natural gas was tied into PetroGlobe infrastructure on February 16, 2010. In the first six days of production, the well produced a sustained average gross production rate of 165 barrels per day (bbls/d) of a combination of formation oil and remaining load oil. PetroGlobe's working interest in this well is 60%.

The Company is also pleased to announce that it spud its second Cardium horizontal well on February 14, 2010. PetroGlobe has a 33.75% working interest in the well. If successful, the Company expects the second well to be on production by the end of the first quarter 2010.

The Company has identified an additional 10 gross (6 net) Cardium horizontal well locations on its Pembina lands. The Company expects to continue to focus its Cardium drilling in the Pembina area and plans to drill an additional three to five gross (1 to 2 net) wells in Pembina during the remainder of the year.

The Company wholly owns and additional 2.5 sections of prospective Cardium rights in West Central Alberta that could add an additional 10 net Cardium horizontal drilling locations.

Natural gas tie-ins

In addition to its Pembina Cardium oil development, PetroGlobe recently tied in and brought on stream three net natural gas wells. These wells were part of a three well fracture stimulation (frac) program in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Based on the initial success of this program, the Company plans to evaluate remaining standing wells in its inventory for a future frac program.

As a result of all items described above, the Company's net production is approximately 460 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Closing of Cardium interest acquisition

PetroGlobe is pleased to announce it has closed the previously announced acquisition of an additional 40% after payout working interest in the Cardium formation on certain lands in exchange for 2,000,000 common shares, cash consideration and other non-core mineral interests. This transaction adds an additional 115 net acres of highly prospective Cardium rights to PetroGlobe's existing Cardium potential in Pembina. The deemed value per share used in the transaction was
.31 per share.