EnerCom, Inc. Announces Presenting Companies for The Oil & Gas Conference(R) August 13 - 17, 2006

DENVER, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- EnerCom, Inc. announced today the lineup for The Eleventh Oil & Gas Conference(TM), http://www.theoilandgasconference.com/. The Conference, held in Denver Aug. 13-17, 2006, is the largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 90 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $300 billion. This premier forum offers institutional investors, energy research analysts, retail brokers, investment bankers, energy industry professionals and high-net-worth individual investors a unique opportunity to meet and discuss important topics concerning the global oil and gas industry over five days. Participating industry leaders and key management from micro-cap to billion-dollar-plus companies in the global energy exploration, production and service sectors will discuss their future plans, opportunities and industry trends.

EnerCom, Inc. founded The Oil & Gas Conference(R) in 1996. Co-hosts for this year's events include: the American Stock Exchange(R); Calyon Corporate Investment Bank; Netherland Sewell & Associates; Natexis Bleichroeder Inc.; Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC; Fortis Capital Corp.; First Albany Capital Inc.; Hein & Associates LLP; and Petrie Parkman & Co. This year's line-up for The Eleventh Oil & Gas Conference(TM):

Sunday, August 13, 2006 Golf at Arrowhead Golf Club Monday, August 14, 2006 Apache Corporation Bill Barrett Corporation Cheniere Energy Chesapeake Energy Cimarex Energy Core Laboratories Endeavour International EnerCom, Inc. Hercules Offshore MarkWest Energy Partners NATCO Group Inc. Natexis Bleichroeder NGP Capital Resources Petrie Parkman & Co. PetroFalcon Corporation (TSX: PFC) Petroleum Development Corporation PetroQuest Energy Quest Resource St. Mary Land & Exploration Storm Cat Energy Westside Energy Whiting Petroleum Tuesday, August 15, 2006 American Stock Exchange Calyon Securities (USA), Inc. Canadian Natural Resources Canadian Superior Energy Carrizo Oil & Gas Flotek Industries Gasco Energy Helmerich & Payne Houston Exploration Kodiak Oil & Gas Lone Star Technologies Michael Baker Corp. Nexen Inc. Parallel Petroleum Petsec Energy Questar Corp. Range Resources Swift Energy The Exploration Company Ultra Petroleum Universal Compression Whittier Energy Wednesday, August 16, 2006 Company-hosted breakfast tables ATP Oil & Gas Berry Petroleum Cabot Oil & Gas Compton Petroleum Corporation Contango Oil & Gas Delta Petroleum Denbury Resources Infinity Energy Resources GEOCAN Energy (TSX: GCA) Goodrich Petroleum Petrohawk Energy Netherland Sewell & Associates, Inc. NS Group RPC, Inc. Syntroleum Corp. Talisman Energy Teton Energy Transmeridian Exploration Unit Corporation XTO Energy Thursday, August 17, 2006 BPZ Energy (BULLETIN BOARD: BPZI) CanArgo Energy Cygnus Oil & Gas (BULLETIN BOARD: CYNS) Dawson Geophysical EnCana Corporation Gastar Exploration Genesis Energy Grey Wolf Nabors Industries Newfield Exploration NGAS Resources Petro Resources Rosetta Resources Southwestern Energy Superior Energy Services TrueStar Petroleum (TSX.V: TPC) VAALCO Energy About EnerCom, Inc.

EnerCom, Inc. is a nationally recognized leader of specialized corporate communications consulting including investor relations, media relations, graphic design, financial advertising, and business development and analysis. Founded in 1994, EnerCom uses the team concept for its wide range of services to emerging companies, and small to large public companies engaged in the global exploration and production, oilservice, and associated advanced-technology industries. Headquartered in Denver, with an office in Houston, EnerCom works successfully with its clients throughout the world increasing their shareholder value.

For more information about EnerCom and its services, please call: Gregory B. Barnett, President 303-296-8834 or visit http://www.enercominc.com/ About the American Stock Exchange

The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) is the only primary exchange that offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex(R) 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(R) lists 166 ETFs to date. The Amex(R) 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.

To learn more, call John McGonegal, Senior Vice President, Equities, at 212-306-1652, or visit http://www.amex.com/.

About Calyon Corporate & Investment Bank

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 approximately $1 trillion in assets. Calyon is AA-/Aa2 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, Los Angeles, 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 55 countries. It has assets of approximately $380 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, debt capital markets, and conduit securitization.

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.

alyon 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 contact: Dennis Petito, Managing Director, Energy Power and Pipelines, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. 713-890-8601 Carin Dehne Kiley, CFA, Vice President & Senior Analyst, Calyon Securities (USA) Inc. 212-408-5872 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. NSAI has conducted reserve certifications, technical studies, economic evaluations, and advisory work for fields throughout the world. An NSAI report honors the data and industry reserve definitions to give a full and fair inventory of reserves and cash flow. Each report is based on sound judgment, broad experience, technical expertise, and accepted practices. We have integrated teams of engineering, geologic, geophysical, petrophysical and operational experts in our Dallas and Houston, Texas offices. Our clients get the NSAI name and our team of experts. We believe they get the very best. To learn more about Netherland Sewell & Associates, please visit http://www.netherlandsewell.com/.

For more information call: Frederic D. Sewell, Chairman, Netherland, Sewell, & Associates, Inc. 214-969-5401 C. Scott Rees, President, Netherland, Sewell, & Associates, Inc. 214-969-5401 About Natexis Bleichroeder Inc.

Natexis Bleichroeder provides its institutional clients with brokerage services, order execution, share lending-borrowing, electronic order transmission and corporate finance. It also plays a significant role in the primary market.

Natexis Bleichroeder boasts a stand-out position in an ever changing financial environment. Its operational bases in Paris, New York and London spur international distribution and transatlantic research, further buttressed by a joint agreement with DZBank in Frankfurt (Germany) signed in 2003 to distribute its research.

In all its dealings, Natexis Bleichroeder strives first and foremost to provide its customers with quality global service.

For more information, contact: Geoff Collier, 212-698-3050, or visit http://www.natexisblr.us/ 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 additional information, contact: Scott A. Logan, Co-founder, Rivington Capital Advisors, LLC 303-225-0880 or visit http://www.rivingtoncap.com/ About Fortis Capital Corp. and Fortis Securities LLC

Fortis Capital Corp. and Fortis Securities LLC are the U.S. subsidiaries of the Fortis Group's Merchant Banking activities. Within specialized industry sectors, Fortis' objective is to meet the strategic financial needs of its clients both in the U.S. and worldwide. Fortis provides a full range of financial products and services for its corporate and institutional clients including corporate lending, loan syndication, capital markets and advisory, financial and energy derivative products and securitization. In addition to a long-standing commitment to the oil & gas and offshore & oilfield services markets, Fortis maintains industry specialties in shipping, power & utilities, intermodal, commodities, aerospace, media & telecom, food & beverage, paper & packaging, and retail. Fortis Capital Corp. has offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Dallas.

The Fortis Group, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is a global financial organization that has leading practices in all facets of banking and insurance. As of December 31, 2005, the Fortis Group had total assets of 729 billion Euros and more than 54,000 employees. In Fortune Magazine's July 2005 rankings, the Fortis Group was ranked 2nd among the world's largest financial institutions based on total revenues. The Fortis Group's banking subsidiaries carry AA- / Aa3 ratings by S&P and Moody's, respectively.

For more information contact: Deirdre Sanborn, Senior Vice President, Global Oil & Gas 214-953-9304 Joe Maxwell, Senior Vice President, Offshore & Oilfield Services 212-340-5377 About First Albany Capital Inc.

First Albany Capital Inc., an independent, institutional investment banking, sales and trading boutique, serves the growing corporate middle market, major government agencies and public institutions by providing clients with focused expertise and strategic, research-based, innovative investment opportunities. First Albany's focus is identifying investments with the ability for sustained growth and significant upside, and in providing value-added advice and superior execution to fulfill client needs.

For more information, contact: James A. Hansen, Managing Director, Head of Energy Investment Banking, First Albany Capital 713-513-6149 http://www.fac.com/ About Hein & Associates LLP

Hein & Associates LLP is one of the few full-service accounting and business advisory firms in the nation with a primary market niche in the oil and gas industry. For more than 25 years, we have provided a comprehensive array of professional services for public and private companies of all sizes, including:

* Financial Statement Audit & Review * SEC Reporting * Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance * Tax Planning & Consulting * Litigation/Valuation Advisory Services

Our professionals serve as resources for the business community both nationally and internationally from our office locations in Denver, Houston, Dallas, and Southern California. We regularly conduct seminars and roundtables, as well as publish articles on a variety of topics affecting the industry.

Hein & Associates LLP partners communicate regularly with public company policy-makers as members of the (1) Executive Committee of the Center for Public Company Audit Firms, and (2) Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. These groups provide access to the PCAOB, the 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, contact: Larry Unruh, Managing Partner (303) 298-9600 http://www.heincpa.com/ About Petrie Parkman & Co.

Founded in 1989, Petrie Parkman's business purpose is to provide competitively superior advisory and transaction services. Priorities of the firm are to emphasize execution skills through the application of experience and judgment, and to provide continuity of interface to facilitate long-term relationships. By maintaining these priorities, Petrie Parkman has established a position as the most effective advisor for the implementation of strategic alternatives, execution of transactions and pursuit of investment objectives. Petrie Parkman's 52 professionals operate from offices in Houston, Denver and London.

For more information about Petrie Parkman & Co., please contact:

Thomas A. Petrie, Founder and Chief Executive Officer or Steven R. Enger, Director of Research at (303) 292-3877 or visit http://www.petrieparkman.com/