Crescent Point Energy Announces Second Quarter 2012 Conference Call

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CALGARY, Aug. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX: CPG) plans to report its second quarter 2012 financial and operating results via news release at or before approximately 6 a.m. MT (8 a.m. ET) on Thursday, August 9, 2012. Crescent Point management will host a conference call at 10 a.m. MT (12 p.m. ET) on August 9, 2012, to discuss the results and outlook for the Company.

Participants can access the conference call by dialing 888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450. Alternatively, to listen to this event online, please enter http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/detail/1010897/1092313 in your web browser.

For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay. You can access the replay by dialing 1-855-859-2056 or 416-849-0833 and entering the passcode 14040196. The replay will be available approximately two hours following completion of the call. The webcast will be archived on Crescent Point's website at www.crescentpointenergy.com.

This news release is not for dissemination in the United States or to any United States news services.  The shares of Crescent Point have not and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to any U.S. person except in certain transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Crescent Point is a conventional oil and gas producer with assets strategically focused in properties comprised of high-quality, long-life, operated light and medium oil and natural gas reserves in United States and Canada.

Scott Saxberg,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol CPG.

Crescent Point Energy Corp.
Suite 2800, 111-5^th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, AB., T2P 3Y6

SOURCE: Crescent Point Energy Corp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON CRESCENT POINT ENERGY CORP. PLEASE CONTACT:

Greg Tisdale, Chief Financial Officer, or Trent Stangl, Vice President Marketing and Investor Relations.
Telephone: [phone]  Toll free (US & Canada): 888-693-0020
Fax:    [phone]        Website: www.crescentpointenergy.com