CEO Coastal Eng

Coastal Energy Company (the "Company" or "Coastal") (TSX:CEN) (AIM:CEO), an independent exploration and production company with assets in Thailand, announces that it was notified today of the following transactions in the Company's common shares:

Shareholder	Title	Transaction Date	Shares this Transaction	Transaction Price	Shares Owned	% of Total Outstanding
Open Market Sale
L. Barney Smith	Non-Executive Chairman	27 September 2012	19,596	C$18.3898	90,000	0.08%

After accounting for the transactions listed above, Directors & Officers own a total of 3,704,550 Common Shares of the Company, or 3.29% of outstanding shares based on total shares issued and outstanding of 113,257,328

The Coastal Energy Company logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=10062

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.

This statement contains 'forward-looking statements' as defined by the applicable securities legislation. Statements relating to current and future drilling results, existence and recoverability of potential hydrocarbon reserves, production amounts or revenues, forward capital expenditures, operation costs, oil and gas price forecasts and similar matters are based on current data and information and should be viewed as forward-looking statements. Such statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks and uncertainties beyond Coastal Energy's control. Actual results may differ substantially from the forward-looking statements.

CONTACT: Coastal Energy Company
         Email: investor@CoastalEnergy.com
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         Strand Hanson Limited (Nominated Adviser)
         Rory Murphy / Paul Cocker
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         Macquarie Capital (Europe) Limited (Broker)
         Paul Connolly / Jeffrey Auld
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         FirstEnergy Capital LLP (Broker)
         Hugh Sanderson / Travis Inlow
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         Buchanan (Financial PR)
         Tim Thompson / Ben Romney / Helen Chan
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