DENVER, July 23 /EMWNews/ -- EnerCom, Inc., announced today the

lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference(R),

http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference,

held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment

conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a

combined enterprise value of more than $750 billion. This premier forum

offers institutional investors, energy research analysts, retail brokers,

investment bankers and energy industry professionals a unique opportunity

to meet and discuss important topics concerning the global oil and gas

industry over five days. Participating industry leaders and key senior

management from micro-cap to billion-dollar-plus companies in the global

energy exploration, production and service sectors will discuss their

future plans, growth opportunities and industry trends. The schedule for

the Conference can be found at

http://www.theoilandgasconference.com/2008_presenter_schedule.html



    EnerCom, Inc. founded The Oil & Gas Conference(R) in 1996. Co-hosts for

this year's events include: Calyon Corporate Investment Bank; Netherland,

Sewell & Associates; the American Stock Exchange(R); Natixis Bleichroeder

Inc.; Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC; Howard Weil Incorporated; Tristone

Capital; Allied Irish Bank; Broadpoint Capital, Inc. and Hein & Associates

LLP.



    Investment professionals interested in attending this event can

register at http://www.theoilandgasconference.com/register08.shtml. This

year's line-up for EnerCom's 2008 The Oil & Gas Conference(R), listed

alphabetically by day:



    Sunday, August 10, 2008



    Charity Golf Tournament at Arrowhead Golf Club, benefiting Cerebral

Palsy of Colorado.






    Monday, August 11, 2008 Presentations

    Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE: BBG)

    Brigham Exploration Co. (Nasdaq: BEXP)

    Bucking Horse Energy (TSX: BUC.TO)

    Cabot Oil & Gas (NYSE: COG)

    Calyon Securities (USA), Inc.

    Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE: CNQ)

    Cimarex Energy (NYSE: XEC)

    Continental Resources (NYSE: CLR)

    Core Laboratories (NYSE: CLB)

    Dawson Geophysical (Nasdaq: DWSN)

    EnerCom, Inc.

    Energy XXI (Nasdaq: EXXI)

    Parker Drilling Co. (NYSE: PKD)

    Range Resources (NYSE: RRC)

    RPC, Inc. (NYSE: RES)

    Shell (NYSE: RDS-A; RDS-B)

    Southwestern Energy (NYSE: SWN)

    St. Mary Land & Exploration (NYSE: SM)

    Superior Well Services (Nasdaq: SWSI)

    TransGlobe Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: TGA)

    TXCO Resources (Nasdaq: TXCO)

    Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL)



    Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Presentations

    Carrizo Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: CRZO)

    Delta Petroleum (Nasdaq: DPTR)

    Energen Corp. (NYSE: EGN)

    Equitable Resources Inc. (NYSE: EQT)

    Foothills Resources Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: FTRS)

    Geokinetics Inc. (Amex: GOK)

    Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE: GDP)

    Hercules Offshore (Nasdaq: HERO)

    NATCO Group Inc. (NYSE: NTG)

    Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.

    NGP Capital Resources (Nasdaq: NGPC)

    Panhandle Oil & Gas Inc. (Amex: PHX)

    Parallel Petroleum (Nasdaq: PLLL)

    Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq: PETD)

    PetroQuest Energy (NYSE: PQ)

    Petsec Energy (ASX: PSA.AX)

    Rosetta Resources (Nasdaq: ROSE)

    Suelopetrol C.A.

    Ultra Petroleum (NYSE: UPL)

    Unit Corporation (NYSE: UNT)

    XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO)



    Wednesday, August 13, 2008 Presentations

    Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC)

    ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG)

    BPZ Energy (Amex: BZP)

    Callon Petroleum Co. (NYSE: CPE)

    Canadian Superior Energy (Amex: SNG)

    CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE: CRR)

    Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK)

    Endeavour International (Amex: END)

    Gastar Exploration (Amex: GST)

    GeoMet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMET)

    GMX Resources (Nasdaq: GMXR)

    Harvest Natural Resources (NYSE: HNR)

    Penn Virginia Resources (NYSE: PVA)

    Petrohawk Energy Corp. (NYSE: HK)

    Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: PINN)

    Progress Energy Trust (TSX: PGX-UN.TO)

    Southern Star Energy (OTC Bulletin Board: SSEY)

    Teton Energy (Amex: TEC)

    Toreador Resources (Nasdaq: TRGL)

    Venoco Inc. (NYSE: VQ)

    Willbros Group Inc. (NYSE: WG)



    Thursday, August 14, 2008 Presentations

    Atlas Energy Resources (NYSE: ATN)

    Berry Petroleum (NYSE: BRY)

    Caspian Services Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSSV)

    Concho Resources (NYSE: CXO)

    Dune Energy (Amex: DNE)

    EnCana Corp. (NYSE: ECA)

    EnerPlus Resources Fund (NYSE: ERF)

    Enhanced Oil Resources (CDNX: EOR.V)

    Gastem Inc. (CDNX: GMR.V)

    Grey Wolf (Amex: GW)

    Mariner Energy (NYSE: ME)

    McMoRan Exploration (NYSE: MMR)

    Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.

    Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY)

    OPTI Canada (TSX: OPC.TO)

    Patterson-UTI Energy (Nasdaq: PTEN)

    Plains Exploration and Production (NYSE: PXP)

    Questar Corp. (NYSE: STR)

    Rock Energy Resources (OTC Bulletin Board: RCKE.OB)

    Talisman Energy Inc. (NYSE: TLM)

    Vanguard Natural Resources (NYSEArca: VNR)

    About EnerCom, Inc.



    Founded in 1994, EnerCom, Inc. is a nationally recognized investor

communications consultancy firm advising and serving energy-centric clients

on corporate strategy, investor relations, media and corporate

communications, and visual communications design. The Company's

professionals have more than 150 years of industry and business experience

and a proven track record of success. Headquartered in Denver, EnerCom uses

the team approach for delivering its wide range of services to public and

private companies large and small, operating in the global exploration and

production, drilling, oilservice, and associated advanced-technology

industries. EnerCom measures its success from the realization of the

increase of a client's shareholder value resulting from the development,

implementation and execution of an integrated corporate communications

plan.



    For more information about EnerCom and its services, please call:

Gregory B. Barnett, President, at 303-296-8834 or visit

http://www.enercominc.com.



    About Calyon Credit Agricole CIB



    Calyon is the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of the Credit

Agricole Group, France's largest bank and one of the world's largest with

its over $1.8 trillion in assets. Calyon is AA-/Aa1 rated, and came into

existence in April 2004 with the consolidation of Credit Agricole Indosuez

and the corporate and investment banking division of Credit Lyonnais.

Calyon ranks among the top ten foreign banks in the U.S., and has offices

in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Houston. In addition, Calyon has another

North American presence in Montreal, Canada, and a Latin American presence

in Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina.



    Calyon is headquartered in Paris, France and has offices in 58

countries. It has assets of approximately $400 billion and is a global

leader in structured financing, interest rate and credit derivatives, U.S.,

European and Asian equities, futures and foreign exchange, as well as

syndicated lending and fixed income. In the Americas, Calyon provides the

latest in financial products and services for its corporate and

institutional clients, including OTC commodity derivatives, loan

syndication, project financing, global equity research and trading,

structured finance, and debt capital markets.



    Specializing in this sector for over 100 years, Energy represents the

single largest concentration of industry exposure at Calyon. Calyon focuses

on all segments of the business and covers it on a truly global basis. The

Bank's Energy practice for the U.S. is located in Houston, Texas.



    Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Calyon, is a

global full service institutional and self-clearing broker-dealer. It is a

member of NYSE, NASD, and ISE as well as all major global clearing

organizations.



    For more information about Calyon, please contact Dennis Petito,

Managing Director, Head of North American Energy, Calyon Credit Securities

at 713-890-8601 or Mark Urness, Managing Director, Head of Energy Research,

Calyon Securities, at 212-408-5683.



    About Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.



    Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI) was founded in 1961 to

provide the highest quality engineering and geological consulting to the

petroleum industry. Today they are recognized as the worldwide leader of

petroleum property analysis to industry and financial organizations and

government agencies. With offices in Dallas and Houston, NSAI provides a

complete range of geological, geophysical, petrophysical, and engineering

services and has the technical experience and ability to perform these

services in any of the onshore and offshore oil and gas producing areas of

the world. They provide reserves reports and audits, acquisition and

divestiture evaluations, simulation studies, exploration resources

assessments, equity determinations, and management and advisory services.

For a complete list of services or to learn more about Netherland, Sewell &

Associates, Inc. please visit http://www.netherlandsewell.com.



    For more information about Netherland, Sewell, call C.H. (Scott) Rees,

Chief Executive Officer at 214-969-5401 or send an email to

[email protected].



    About the American Stock Exchange



    The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) offers trading across a full

range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including

structured products and HOLDRSSM. In addition to its role as a national

equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for

bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry

in ETF listings, the Amex lists nearly 400 ETFs to date. The Amex is also

one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on

broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks.



    For more information and to explore investing and listing at the

American Stock Exchange, call please call Bruce Poignant, Vice

President-Equity Sales, at 212-306-1465, or visit http://www.amex.com.



    About Natixis Bleichroeder Inc.



    Natixis, through its Corporate and Investment Banking division (CIB),

provides clients with an extensive range of solutions encompassing loans,

structured finance, capital markets, cash management products, leasing,

securitization and advisory services. Within the CIB, the Energy Capital

Markets practice of Natixis Bleichroeder Inc. and the Energy Finance Group

of Natixis's Houston office together provide seamless coordination, global

investment banking, equity research, distribution, and sales and trading

expertise.



    Natixis Bleichroeder is a highly-focused investment bank and

U.S.-registered broker-dealer with dedicated Energy, Healthcare, and Media

& Entertainment practices, which provides insightful equity capital markets

solutions to institutional clients worldwide. Natixis Bleichroeder has

offices in Houston, New York, Boston and Los Angeles, and is affiliated

with Natixis Securities, a Broker Dealer located in Paris.



    Natixis is a key player in the institutional banking sector, with 120

offices, including New York, Houston, and Los Angeles. Our Houston office

is dedicated to serving E&P, Oilfield Services, Midstream, Downstream, Coal

and Energy Financial Sponsor clients and is integrated with our Paris

Natural Resources group, which covers the major international hydrocarbon

producing regions.



    By leveraging an extensive banking network spanning 68 countries and a

24,000-strong workforce, Natixis acts as a partner to corporations and

institutions worldwide, providing expertise through five complementary

divisions -- Corporate and Investment Banking, Asset Management, Private

Equity and Private Banking, Financial Services and Receivables Management.

Natixis is a publicly-listed subsidiary of two major French banking groups

-- Caisse d'Epargne and Banque Populaire -- each of which owns more than

34% of its capital.



    For more information, contact Gregg Schoenberg, Managing Director and

Head of U.S. Capital Markets Natixis Bleichroeder at 212-698-3412,

[email protected] or Donovan C. Broussard, Managing

Director-E&P, Natixis, at 713-759-0973, [email protected].



    About Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC



    Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC ("RCA") is an independent advisory firm

providing services to small and medium-sized energy companies ("issuers")

and the financial institutions investing in these sectors ("investors").

Advisory services include arrangement and execution of all forms of private

debt and equity placements, merger, acquisition, divestiture and financial

due diligence assistance, derivative and hedging assistance,

reorganization, recapitalization and corporate valuation work. RCA

principals have extensive experience in sourcing, structuring, negotiating

and closing transactions for issuers and investors.



    For more information about Rivington Capital, contact: Scott A. Logan,

Co-founder, Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC, 303-225-0880, or visit us at

http://www.rivingtoncap.com.



    About Howard Weil Incorporated



    Howard Weil is an energy investment boutique that provides equity

research, institutional sales and trading, and investment banking services.

Established in 1946, Howard Weil is comprised of experienced professionals

who focus exclusively on the energy industry. Howard Weil has been

recognized as one of the top boutiques and regional firms in the energy

industry by Institutional Investor's "Best of Boutiques and Regional Firms"

annual research survey.



    Equity Research: Howard Weil's equity research professionals cover

energy companies operating in the following sectors: Major Integrated Oils,

Exploration and Production, Oilfield Service, Gas and Power, Independent

Refiners and Coal Producers.



    Institutional Sales and Trading: Howard Weil's sales and trading

professionals are focused exclusively on the energy sector. As a result,

the firm believes that its sales and trading professionals possess a deeper

understanding of energy-industry and company-specific events and trends

than sales and trading professionals at more diversified firms. Howard

Weil's sales and trading expertise spans multiple sectors of the energy

industry and includes small, mid and large market capitalization companies.



    Investment Banking: Howard Weil offers a full range of investment

banking services, including public offerings, private placements, M&A and

other financial advisory services, fairness opinions and valuations. With

its exclusive focus on the energy industry, Howard Weil's investment

banking professionals have developed a deep level of industry knowledge and

contacts, which can significantly enhance the level of service to the

firm's energy investment banking clientele. Howard Weil has recently served

as a co-manager, co-placement or lead manager of 34 equity and debt

financings, collectively raising more than $12 billion for a wide range of

energy companies.



    For more information about Howard Weil, please visit

http://www.howardweil.com.



    About Tristone Capital



    Tristone Capital is a global energy advisory firm that provides

comprehensive Investment Banking, Acquisitions & Divestitures, and Global

Equity Capital Markets services. With over 150 employees, and offices in

five locations on three continents, Tristone is the solution for global

financial energy needs. Founded in 2000, Tristone has more than 150

technical and financial experts throughout offices in the UK, Argentina,

Canada and the United States. Tristone offers exclusively energy-focused

expertise to exploration and production companies, oilfield service and

midstream companies, government entities, royalty trusts, MLP's and

institutional investors worldwide.



    The energy industry worldwide involves global commodities, global

corporations, and global capital. As one of the largest independent,

international energy advisory firms, Tristone provides fully integrated

global solutions for our clients no matter where they, or their

opportunities, are located. Since 2000, Tristone has participated in 361

energy equity financings with proceeds over $17 billion, 87 corporate

energy M&A transactions valued over $21 billion, and 355 energy asset

packages valued over $15.6 billion.



    Tristone Capital is a Member of the CIPF, SIPC, IDA and FINRA. Tristone

Capital Limited is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services

Authority.



    For more information about Tristone Capital, please contact George

Gosbee, Chairman, President & C.E.O. at 403-294-9541.



    About Allied Irish Bank



    At AIB Corporate Banking North America, the bank's Structured, Energy &

Utilities Finance Group comprises an expert team that specializes in

lending to the U.S. and Canadian Oil & Gas, Project Finance, and

Infrastructure markets. In the Oil & Gas sector, AIB is active in the

Upstream, Midstream, and Downstream segments of the industry, having

successfully executed numerous highly structured lending transactions

including Reserve Based Facilities, Asset Based Facilities, Project

Financings and Infrastructure Financings. The team has been the sole lender

on a number of transactions and is very active in both club transactions

and the wider syndicated loan markets, both primary and secondary. We are

committed to growing the U.S. and Canadian business, as demonstrated by the

opening of our Houston and Toronto offices in early 2007. We are

predominantly transaction orientated; however, we are seeking opportunities

to build broader customer relationships in certain core markets, such as

Oil & Gas, Wind and Power finance.



    We are involved in the following areas in Energy lending: oil & gas

(upstream, mid-stream and downstream); regulated utilities; traditional

power generation; renewables (hydro, wind, biomass and ethanol); and

infrastructure transactions.



    For more information about Allied Irish Bank, please contact: Ed Fenk,

Vice President, 713-292-1022, or [email protected].



    About Broadpoint Capital, Inc.



    Broadpoint Capital, Inc. is an independent investment bank that serves

the growing institutional market and corporate middle market by providing

clients with strategic, research-based investment opportunities, as well as

advisory and financing services. The Company offers a diverse range of

products through Broadpoint's Equities division and its new Debt Capital

Markets division, as well as Broadpoint Securities, Inc., its

mortgage-backed security/asset-backed security trading subsidiary, and FA

Technology Ventures Inc., its venture capital division.



    Broadpoint's Investment Banking group is focused on developing

long-term relationships with senior management teams of mid-sized and

emerging growth companies within its focus sectors. Consistent with

Broadpoint's mission, the Investment Banking group seeks to deliver

value-added solutions with a focus on the needs of its clients through

experience, execution and accountability in the areas of capital raising

and strategic advisory.



    The Broadpoint team is comprised of senior level professionals with

extensive experience in terms of years, transactions and capital raised.

This experienced group of professionals provides advisory and execution

services including public and private equity and debt offerings and mergers

and acquisitions.






    Broadpoint's Investment Banking Group is focused in the following sectors:

    -- Energy

    -- Clean Tech

    -- Healthcare

    -- Technology

    -- Diversified Industrial



    For more information about Broadpoint Capital, please contact: Jim

Hansen, Managing Director, 713-237-4401,

[email protected].



    About Hein & Associates LLP



    Hein & Associates LLP is one the few full-service accounting and

business advisory firms in the nation with a primary market niche in the

oil and gas industry. For over 30 years, we have provided a full range of

professional services to public and private companies of all sizes,

including: financial statement audit and review, tax planning and

consulting, SEC reporting and SOX compliance, enterprise risk management

services, IT management services, and litigation/valuation advisory

services. Our professionals work regularly with private equity groups,

investment banks, and other financial organizations whenever our clients

participate in acquisitions or seek funding.



    With offices in Denver, Houston, Dallas, and Southern California, and a

network affiliation with one of the largest associations of accounting and

advisory firms in the world, we serve as a resource for the business

community both domestically and around the world. Ranked as one of the 50

largest firms in the country, our SEC practice is recognized as among the

largest in the nation. We regularly conduct seminars and roundtables, as

well as publish articles on a variety of topics affecting the energy

industry. In addition, our partners communicate regularly with public

company policy-makers as members of the (1) Professional Practice Executive

Committee of the American Institute of CPAs, and (2) Financial Accounting

Standards Advisory Council. These groups provide access to the PCAOB, SEC,

FASB, and other regulators for public companies. We remain on the cutting

edge of important changes affecting public companies and can provide a

forum for clients' questions and concerns.



    For more information about Hein & Associates, contact Larry Unruh,

Managing Partner, at 303-298-9600, or visit us at http://www.heincpa.com.