Penn West Exploration to present at CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference

CALGARY, Jan. 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Penn West Exploration (TSX:PWT) (NYSE:PWE) wishes to notify interested parties that Penn West will be presenting at the CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, January 24^th, 2013 at 2:05pm PST (3:05pm MST) in Whistler, British Columbia.

We invite interested parties to visit https://webcasts.welcome2theshow.com/cibc2013whistler/penn at the presentation time noted above to listen to an audio webcast of the presentation.

Penn West shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol PWT and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PWE.

SOURCE: Penn West Exploration

PENN WEST EXPLORATION
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Clayton Paradis, Manager, Investor Relations
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