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 an update of its operations in the Gulf of Thailand.

Bua Ban

The Bua Ban A-01, A-02 and A-05 wells have been completed using electric submersible pumps ("ESPs") and tied into production facilities. Combined production from the three wells is averaging 3,000 bopd. The oil being produced is sweet and has API gravity of 30 degrees.

The Bua Ban A-03 well has reached total depth of 8,650 feet TVD. It was drilled off structure to test the lower limits of the Lower Oligocene oil column. The well encountered 20 feet of net pay in a Lower Oligocene section which is 310 feet below the previous lowest known oil point. Additionally, the well encountered 24 of net pay with 20% average porosity in the higher Miocene section at approximately 3,400 feet TVD. The oil tested from the Miocene formation is sweet and has API gravity of 34 degrees. The Company is evaluating the future prospectivity of this play.

Benjarong

The Benjarong A-01 and A-02 wells have been completed and flow tested at uncommercial rates. The Company is evaluating the cost and probability of success of fracture stimulation.

Songkhla A

The four wells at Songkhla A continue to perform in line with modelled rates. Production at Songkhla A is currently averaging between 8,000 - 8,500 bopd.

The Company's total offshore production is now approximately 11,000 bopd. Total combined production, including 2,000 boepd from Sinphuhorm, is approximately 13,000 boepd.

Randy Bartley, Chief Executive Officer of Coastal Energy, commented:

"The initial test results at Bua Ban are encouraging. Production from the A-05 well is higher than was anticipated in the original development plan. The new Miocene play seen in the A-03 well is exciting as it is the first time that productive Miocene sands have been encountered in Block G5/43. This discovery has significant potential for future appraisal and development. We continue to expect the current development at Bua Ban to bring further success and increases in production."

Randy Bartley, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineering and Jerry Moon, Vice President, Technical & Business Development, a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, a Licensed Professional Geoscientist and a Certified Petroleum Geologist in the state of Texas, have reviewed the contents of this announcement.

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

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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 3205 3615 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