HOUSTON, April 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bering Exploration, Inc., (Pink Sheets:BERX) announced today that it has begun a geological assessment on its 1,200 gross acres targeting the Eagle Ford shale play in Central Texas. This assessment will help define Bering's initial drilling program. The company expects to have a preliminary plan completed by early next week. This prospect has potential gross reserves of 3,000,000 barrels of oil and 120 well locations and will target the Eagle Ford, Austin Chalk, Buda and Edwards zones. Bering will retain a 100% working interest and an 80% net revenue interest with a two year lease term.
The Eagle Ford Shale is a shale rock formation located in multiple counties in South Texas. It underlies the Austin Chalk and the Edwards limestone formation and is just below these formations. It is considered by geologists to be the "source rock," or the original source of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) that are now found in the Austin Chalk above it. Industry leaders have been quoted as saying that it has the "perfect mineralogical makeup for shale play" and one of the world's largest oil & gas companies has already called it the sixth largest domestic oil discovery in the U.S. history.
"This is a crucial step in implementing our drilling program," stated Steven Plumb, Chief Financial Officer of Bering. "We expect to complete this process in the near term so that we can begin drilling our initial wells by this summer."
About Bering Exploration, Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Bering Exploration, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company that focuses on identifying, evaluating, developing and acquiring potential natural gas and oil wells in the Gulf Coast onshore region. Additional information about Bering can be found on the web at www.beringexplore.com.
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This press release contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements and are based upon assumptions that management believes to be reasonable. A number of risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including, without limitation, the success rate of exploration efforts and the timeliness of development activities, leasing of the target acreage, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, access to acquisition and development capital, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the SEC. In addition, the Company operates in an industry sector where securities values are highly volatile and may be influenced by economic and other factors beyond the Company's control. For additional information about Bering's future business and financial results, refer to Bering's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB and Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and other reports, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bering undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.