PGB Petroglobe

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 $0.31 per share. 


ABOUT PETROGLOBE INC.

PetroGlobe's focus is on high working interest, company-operated properties in
Alberta, including Pembina Cardium light oil, Pembina Edmonton Sands natural gas
and Sawtooth oil in the Grand Forks/Taber area of southern Alberta. PetroGlobe
is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and trades under the symbol PGB.


Forward-looking information

This PetroGlobe Inc. news release may contain forward-looking information
relating to business strategy, geographic areas of activity, capital
expenditures, future drilling, drilling costs, production rates, cash flow,
investment payouts and other matters. This information is based on PetroGlobe's
current expectations and assumptions as to a number of factors, including access
to capital, availability of drilling rigs, weather conditions, drilling success,
resulting reserves production, ability to tie-in production, decline rates,
commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates and general economic and
industry conditions. The material assumptions applied were that PetroGlobe Inc.
continues its exploration and development focus in Alberta, sufficient cash is
available to fund capital programs, through existing cash balances and future
capital raises on acceptable terms, drilling costs are maintained at expected
levels, drilling results, reserves and production are within expectations and
there is sufficient access to transportation, processing facilities, commodity
prices and sales markets. If those expectations and assumptions prove to be
incorrect, or factors change, then actual results could differ materially from
the forward-looking information contained in this news release.


Barrels of oil equivalent

BOEs may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A BOE conversion
ratio of 6 Mcf : 1 bbl is based on an energy equivalency conversion method
primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a value
equivalency at the wellhead.

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