CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 30, 2013) - Pan Orient Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:POE)

Indonesia Citarum PSC - (Pan Orient Operator and 97% Working Interest)

Cataka-1A Exploration Well

The decision has made to abandon the Cataka-1A exploration well before reaching its Paragi Limestone primary objective. The well encountered numerous intervals of severely tectonically fractured shale that were highly unstable, particularly in this directionally drilled deviated well bore. The company believes that to continue drilling would not be prudent given the difficulties encountered to date and the low probability of reaching the final objective.

The data gathered from the Cataka-1A well will be analysed over the coming weeks and the company will initiate farm-out process seeking a partner for the Citarum Production Sharing Contract which possesses an attractive large cost recovery pool, good fiscal terms for natural gas and significant prospectivity within a region of existing infrastructure and a large deficit of natural gas supply relative to demand.

Thailand - Concession L53 (Pan Orient Operator and 100% Working Interest)

The company will issue an operations update covering the recently completed onshore Thailand Concession L53 drilling program within the next few weeks, at which time testing will have commenced on the recently drilled L53-G1 well and testing completed on three other wells in the recent program.

Pan Orient is a Calgary, Alberta based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations located onshore Thailand, Indonesia and in Western Canada.

Readers are cautioned that well test results are not necessarily indicative of long-term performance or of ultimate recovery.
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