ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Energy Corporation Schedules Second Quarter 2009 Financial and Operational Results Conference Call

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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Energy Corporation (Nasdaq:GPOR) will hold a conference call on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. CST to discuss its second quarter 2009 financial and operational results. The call will follow the release of ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's second quarter 2009 earnings the morning of August 6, 2009.

Interested parties may listen to the call via ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's website at or by calling toll-free at 1-866-730-5762 or 857-350-1586 for international callers. The passcode for the call is 14626105. A replay of the call will be available for two weeks at 1-888-286-8010 or 617-801-6888 for international callers. The replay passcode is 34356238. The webcast will be archived on the Company's website and can be accessed on the Company's "Investor Relations" page.

About ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø

ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Energy Corporation is an Oklahoma City-based independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with its principal producing properties located along the Louisiana Gulf Coast and the Permian Basin in West Texas. ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø also holds a sizeable acreage position in the Alberta Oil Sands in Canada through its interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC. In addition, ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø is participating in numerous wells in the Bakken play in the Williston Basin in North Dakota.

CONTACT: ÄϹ¬ÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Energy Corporation
         Paul K. Heerwagen IV
         Investor Relations
         405-242-4888
         pheerwagen@gulfportenergy.com

Released July 30, 2009