DENVER, CO (ACCESSWIRE) 8/12/2013 - Grid Petroleum Corp. (OTCBB: GRPR) (OTCQB: GRPR) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has initiated the application process to achieve Oil and Gas Operator Status with the State of California.
The Company has determined from its ventures in Texas with the North West Premont investment that the ability for the company to move forward on any future exploration drilling or field development, the Company must be in the position of Operator.
Upon achieving Operator status in the State of California, the Company will be immediately moving to establish with its current joint venture partners, the necessary changes to allow the company to begin the development of the Kreyenhagen Trend acreage.
The Company will provide an update regarding all of the Company's assets and future development plans upon receipt of the Operators Permit.
Additionally the Company is equally encouraged about its current discussions with other leaseholders in the area surrounding the newly acquired Jacalitos Prospect to obtain further acreage for exploration and development. The Jacalitos Prospect that the Company is set to participate in is strategically located in a current field of production giving added value to the leases because of the known zones and the potential of commercial production.
On July 31, 2013, Grid Petroleum Corp., (the "Company"), entered into a Project Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with Xploration, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("Xploration") to acquire a twenty five percent (25%) working interest (WI) and a fourteen percent (14%) net royalty interest ("NRI") in five hundred sixteen (516) acres in the Coalinga California area identified as the Jacolitos Project. Xploration will keep a 2% NRI.
The Jacalitos Prospect is located In the San Joaquin Basin, South of Coalinga, East and South East of the 22,000,000 bbl Jacalitos Nose oil field
About Grid Petroleum Corp
Grid Petroleum Corp. is a development stage company focused on the acquisition and development of low cost high reward oil and gas prospects with infield drilling for proven potential reserves in the United States and Canada.
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Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors beyond the reasonable control of the Company. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include misinterpretation of data, inaccurate estimates of oil and natural gas reserves, the uncertainty of the requirements demanded by environmental agencies, the Company's ability to raise financing for operations, breach by parties with whom we have contracted, inability to maintain qualified employees or consultants because of compensation or other issues, competition for equipment, inability to obtain drilling permits, potential delays or obstacles in drilling operations and interpreting data, the likelihood that no commercial quantities of oil or gas are found or recoverable, and our ability to participate in the exploration of, and successful completion of development programs on all aforementioned prospects and leases. Additional information on risks for the Company can be found in the Company's periodic filings filed from time to time with US Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov/.
This press release does not constitute or form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities mentioned herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). They may not be offered or sold in the United States (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors -- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission permits oil and gas companies, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We use certain terms such as estimates of a mean of undiscovered natural gas and estimates of a mean of undiscovered oil that the SEC's guidelines strictly prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed by us from time to time with the SEC, available from us at http://www.sec.gov/. You can also obtain this form from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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