Daytona receives seismic survey results; appointment
  Daytona Energy Corp                                                     DYT Shares issued 2,154,508                                  Jan 14 close $0.17 Mon 17 Jan 2000                                                News Release Mr. John Tarrant reports Excellent progress in being made with the integration and interpretation of the  Sleeper  seismic  survey  data  across  AC/P-27 and the Sheila seismic survey data over AC/P-25, both located in Northern Australia. These  blocks are 50-per-cent and 100-per-cent owned respectively, by Daytona subsidiary, Flare Petroleum NL. The interpretation over AC/P-27 is being carried out by operator Arc Energy NL to further delineate the large Sleeper prospect. The interpretation  across  AC/P-25  is  being  carried  out   by   Malo/Plybon Geoscience  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  where several leads including Up-Dip Talbot prospect are being finalized. Exploration blocks AC/P-25 and AC/P-27 are located in the Timor  Sea  where substantial  drilling activity is scheduled by a number of companies during the year 2000 with more than 20 wells scheduled. The first of these  wells, Brontosaurus-1,  was  spudded by the operator, Coastal Petroleum, in permit AC/P-20 on Jan.  10,  2000.  It  is  located  approximately  60  kilometres north-northwest  of  AC/P-27  and  AC/P-25.  Nippon  will  be  drilling  an exploratory well, Crux-1, in permit AC/P-23 in March, 2000. This well is in the permit immediately southwest of Daytona's AC/P-27. Mr. Tarrant also reports Dr. Jim Edwards has been appointed as director and chief executive  officer of Daytona Energy. Dr. Edwards has  been  actively  involved  in  international  oil  and  gas exploration  for  more  than  24  years. He has participated in oil and gas discoveries  in  Australia,  Colombia,  France,  United  Kingdom,   Norway, Trinidad   and   Thailand.  His  experience  includes  both  technical  and managerial  responsibilities  ranging  from  basin  analysis  and  prospect generation to definition and implementation of corporate policy. From 1990 to 1997, Dr. Edwards was president and  chief  operating  officer for  Global  Exploration,  Inc.  and between 1975 and 1990 acted in various capacities with Triton Energy Corporation and Tenneco Oil Company. Dr. Edwards holds advanced  degrees  in  geology,  including  a  master  of science  degree  from  the  University  of  Georgia  and  a  PhD  from Rice University, Houston, Tex. |