China North East Petroleum Subsidiary Tiancheng Signs Contract with PetroChina Jilin to Drill 30 New Wells

HARBIN, China and NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "NEP") (NYSE Amex: NEP), a leading independent oil producing and oilfield services company in Northern China, today announced that its oilfield services subsidiary, Song Yuan Tiancheng Drilling Engineering Co. Ltd. ("Tiancheng") has signed a contract with PetroChina's ("PTR") Jilin branch to drill 30 new wells in PTR's FuYu field. This is the Company's second drilling contract with PTR announced this year and the third drilling contract signed since December 2009.

Drilling of the 30 wells is expected to commence this month and conclude by March 2011. The value of this contract with PTR will be contingent upon the drilling depth of each of the 30 wells.

Mr. Hongjun Wang, President of China North East Petroleum, commented, "Our Tiancheng oilfield services subsidiary is pleased to be signing its second drilling contract with PetroChina this year and third contact in the last four months. The utilization rate of our drilling services segment continues to rise with this new contract, and brings the total number of new wells drilled under contract since December 2009 to 85. We are pleased with Tiancheng's progress and are hopeful that additional drilling contracts will be signed in the coming months."

ABOUT CHINA NORTH EAST PETROLEUM

China North East Petroleum Holdings Limited is an independent oil company that engages in the production of crude oil in Northern China. The Company is a pioneer in China's private oil exploration and production industry, and the first Chinese non-state-owned oil company trading on the NYSE Amex.

The Company has a guaranteed arrangement with the PetroChina to sell its produced crude oil for use in the China marketplace. The Company currently operates four oilfields in Northern China. The Company also recently added an oil service subsidiary through its acquisition of Song Yuan Tiancheng Drilling Engineering Co. Ltd. ("Tiancheng"). For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.cnepetroleum.com .

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