Butte Energy Inc. - Operational Update

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CALGARY, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Butte Energy Inc. (the "Company") is pleased to provide an operational update. The Chigwell Viking 4-35-42-26 W4 well was shut-in effective January 2012 pending a hearing and ruling on a Special Well Holding Application filed on December 21, 2011 with the Energy Resources Conservation Board (the "ERCB"). Such hearing was necessitated as a result of an objection by Glencoe Resources Ltd., operator of the immediately adjacent CO2 enhanced oil recovery ("EOR") scheme. The Company has received notification from the ERCB that its Special Well Holding Application has been denied. The 4-35 well will continue to be shut-in until the Company applies for and obtains approval from the ERCB for its independent EOR scheme.

While denying the Company's Holding Application,  the ERCB's ruling confirmed key elements of the Company's Holding Application that are worthy of note. The Company has always contended that its Section 35 lands are being influenced and inequitably drained by Glencoe's EOR scheme, to which the ERCB noted in its ruling, "…the examiners accept that C02 injection at Glencoe's 14-26 well has swept some oil from Section 35 to Glencoe's 8-34 well."

The Company, in response to this significant drainage, is reviewing and weighing all options, including an independent EOR scheme and any civil actions required to aggressively protect its reserves and to recover the reserves, swept to date, from its Section 35 lands.

In addition, approval from the ERCB to place the PEOC HZ Plain 3-4-55-12 W4 well on production has been obtained. The well is awaiting tie-in prior to being placed on production.

Forward looking information

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SOURCE: Butte Energy Inc.

Butte Energy Inc.
Vic Redekop, Chairman
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