Dejour Energy Commences Drilling 4th Kokopelli Well
April Daily Oil Production Up 25% over Q1-2013 Average
Denver, Colorado, May 6, 2013 -- Dejour Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: DEJ / TSX: DEJ), an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating in North America's Piceance Basin and Peace River Arch regions, is pleased to announce that its third well, Federal 6-7-14-21, has reached a total depth of 8400 feet at Kokopelli. Again, ample gas shows, as expected, were observed throughout the Williams Fork formation. The hole has now been cased and cemented, awaiting completion later this month.
The Patterson-Uta rig is now drilling the fourth and final well of this current Q2-2013 drilling operation, the Federal 6-7-15-21, targeting production in multiple horizons of the NGL-rich Williams Fork.
Dejour operates this Kokopelli project, enjoys a 72% WI in the initial well drilled in Q4 2012 and a 100% WI in the three wells currently being drilled, all subject to a previously announced agreement with a Denver based drilling fund.
At the Company�s Woodrush oil and gas project in NE British Columbia, April 2013 production averaged over 600 BOEs per day including over 400 Barrels of Oil per day. This is a 25% boost from the Q1-2013 daily average. Dejour holds a 75% WI in this project.
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Dejour Energy Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company operating projects in North America�s Piceance Basin and environs (approximately 117,500 net acres) and Peace River Arch regions (approximately 7,500 net acres). Dejour�s seasoned management team has consistently been among early identifiers of premium energy assets, repeatedly timing investments and transactions to realize their value to shareholders' best advantage. Dejour maintains offices in Denver, USA, Calgary and Vancouver, Canada. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange MKT (NYSE MKT: DEJ) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: DEJ).
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