CEN Claren Energy Corp

Coastal Energy Company (the "Company" or "Coastal") (TSX-V: CEN) (AIM: CEO), an independent exploration and production company with assets in Thailand, announces that it was notified January 21, 2010 of the following sales transaction of ordinary shares in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"):

                                                       Shares      % of
                                     Shares            Owned       Total
                       Transaction    this           Following  Outstanding
Shareholder    Title       Date   Transaction Price  Transaction     *
-----------   -------- ------------ -------- ------- ----------- ---------

John Zaozirny Director Jan 21, 2010   25,000 C$ 5.39      75.000      0.07%

All other
 Directors                                             3,249,475      2.98%
-----------   -------- ------------ -------- ------- ----------- ---------
Total all
 Directors                                             3,314,475      3.05%


* Based on total common stock currently issued and outstanding of
  109,072,593 shares.

This sale was undertaken in conjunction with an exercise of 25,000 incentive stock options by Mr. Zaozirny.

Update on Block Admission

The Company received approval from the London Stock Exchange for the block admission to trading on AIM of 113,078,222 Ordinary Shares on November 6, 2009 (the "Block Admission). As at the date of this announcement the Company has issued 109,072,593 Ordinary Shares under the terms of the Block Admission and therefore have received approvals to issue, in the future, a further 4,005,629 Ordinary Shares. Further updates will be provided on a semi-annual basis from the date of this announcement.

Additional information, including the Company's complete competent person's report may be found on the Company's website, www.CoastalEnergy.com or may be found in documents filed on SEDAR, www.sedar.com.

These securities have not been registered under United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "US Securities Act") or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to US persons (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act) unless an exemption from registration is available.

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Enquiries: Coastal Energy Company Randy L. Bartley Chief Executive Officer +1 713 877 6705 William C. Phelps Chief Financial Officer +1 713 877 6727 Email: Email Contact Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser) +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 Rory Murphy Paul Cocker Thomas Weisel Partners (Broker) +44 (0) 20 7877 4300 Paul Colucci Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (Broker) +44 (0) 20 3037 2000 Ben Colegrave Paul Connolly Buchanan Communications +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 Tim Thompson Catherine Breen Katharine Sutton