To: Leigh McBain who wrote (121 ) 8/19/1999 8:04:00 PM From: Ross Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 242
August 19, 1999 Trading Symbol: CWY (ASE) MEDIA RELEASE COMMONWEALTH TO COMMENCE DRILLING FOR OIL & GAS IN WYOMING . . . Commonwealth Energy Corp. ("Commonwealth" or "the Company") is pleased to introduce the 2,300 acre ALKALI DRAW PROSPECT located in Weston County, Wyoming. A test well known as the F24-5 BELTCH well is scheduled to be drilled in late August, 1999. The drilling location has been staked and the well will be drilled to an approximate depth of 5,700 feet. The F24-5 BELTCH well will target Channel Sand oil and gas in the Fall River (Dakota) Formation of the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. The Company is very optimistic about the potential of this area, which has produced prolific results in the past. An oil and gas field discovered in 1958 known as Coyote Creek lies on this same Fall River Trend and has produced to date over 21 Million Barrels of Oil and 25 Billion cubic feet of gas from the Dakota formation. The Alkali Draw Prospect was developed by a group of highly successful Wyoming geologists specializing in Dakota Formation Channel Sands. Additionally, Electro-Seise Inc. whose data was used to develop the Camp Colorado Prospect in Texas where Commonwealth recently drilled a successful well, have completed a 3D-Airborne Micro-Gravity Survey on the Alkali Draw Prospect. The two independent geological reports are both very encouraging. Commonwealth would also like to alert the investment community to look for the feature on Commonwealth in the upcoming issue of Market Trend News, which will be mailed on Monday, August 23, 1999 to 28,000 investors and brokers. For more information, please contact Bob Stewart or Doug Wolters at 1-800-950-2587 or visit the company web-site at www.commonwealthenergy.com. THE ALBERTA STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. COMMONWEALTH ENERGY CORP. Phone: 1-800-950-2587 Web-site: www.commonwealthenergy.com E-mail: coenergy@direct.ca