Xcite Energy Limited - Bentley Well Data Sale

ABERDEENSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - Xcite Energy Limited (TSX VENTURE: XEL) (LSE: XEL) (AIM: XEL)

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                      TSX-V, LSE-AIM: XEL

20 May 2013



                       Xcite Energy Limited
                 ("Xcite Energy" or the "Company")

                     Bentley Well Data Sale

Xcite Energy is pleased to announce that its 100% subsidiary, Xcite
Energy Resources Limited ("XER"), has entered into a non-exclusive,
confidential, binding sale and purchase agreement ("Agreement") for
certain technical data in respect of the Bentley 9/03b-6, 6Z well, and
the recently concluded 9/03b-7 and 7Z extended pre-production well
test.

Under the terms of the Agreement, XER will receive $15 million in
respect of the well data and associated interpretation work. An
additional payment of $1 million will be made to XER following certain
regulatory milestones being achieved by the purchaser.

Rupert Cole, CEO of Xcite Energy, commented:"We are very pleased to have
completed this agreement, which is complementary to the recently
commenced farm-out process, and further validates the quality of the
information collected from our two well programmes. This has been done
without compromising the Company's intellectual property and is a good
commercial outcome that provides additional working capital."

ENQUIRIES:

Xcite Energy Limited                             +44 (0) 1483 549 063
Rupert Cole / Andrew Fairclough

Liberum Capital Limited (Joint Broker and Nomad) +44 (0) 203 100 2000
Clayton Bush / Tim Graham

Morgan Stanley (Joint Broker)                    +44 (0) 207 425 8000
Andrew Foster

Pelham Bell Pottinger                            +44 (0) 207 861 3232
Mark Antelme / Henry Lerwill

Paradox Public Relations                         +1 514 341 0408
Jean-Francois Meilleur

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