Imperial Resources, Inc.; SWDF Drilling Reaches 7,500 Feet

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Sep 02, 2011, 08:30 ET

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Imperial Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: IPRC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Imperial Oil & Gas, Inc. (together the "Company", "Imperial") is pleased to announce that its Green Tide Salt water Disposal Facility ("SWDF") well is now at a depth of 7,500 feet and has successfully penetrated the target Ellenburger formation by approximately 600 feet.

The Company intends to set casing and cement it in place from the bottom of the well at 7,500 feet back up to 5,700 feet. It intends to continue to drill with the current 6 3/4 inch bits to approximately 8,750 feet at which time the casing and cement jobs are expected to be carried out at the originally intended depths. The rig will then attempt to drill an additional 200 to 500 feet using a 4 3/4 inch bit to target several high porosity strands within the Ellenburger to maximize potential disposal capacity. All depths below the bottom of the casing string will be left as an open hole.

Subject to success, commercial disposal operations are expected to start immediately targeting full disposal capacity of 15,000 barrels per day as quickly as possible. At full capacity, the Company believes the Green Tide SWDF has the potential to generate significant cash flow at relatively low operating costs.

The Green Tide SWDF

The Green Tide SWDF is conveniently located for the disposal of large volumes of salt water generated from essential fracture stimulation operations on Barnett Shale gas wells. There are approximately 6,000 such Barnett wells within 20 miles of the SWDF.

Imperial plans to reopen Green Tide to dispose of up to 15,000 barrels of salt water a day. The Company's acquisition and development of the low run-time Green Tide assets and disposal permit is expected to save in excess of $5,000,000, compared to a new build cost. At full capacity, the Company believes the Green Tide SWDF has the potential to generate significant cash flow at relatively low operating costs.

Green Tide is one of two key projects identified as transformational for Imperial (the other being the Company's Oklahoma project).

About Imperial Resources, Inc.

Imperial Resources, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Imperial Oil & Gas, Inc. has a highly focused, risk-averse strategy of building a substantial portfolio of oil and gas assets through its access to niche, low risk oil and gas opportunities in the onshore U.S. Imperial aims to exploit projects which can deliver cash flows normally associated with higher risk projects but without exposure to high risk failure rates.

To find out more about Imperial Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: IPRC.OB), visit our website at www.imperialresourcesinc.com. Details of the Company's business, finances, appointments and agreements can be found as part of the Company's continuous public disclosure as a reporting issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database.

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Contact:
Rob Durbin, CEO
Telephone:
512 322-5740
http://www.imperialresourcesinc.com/pages/contact

SOURCE Imperial Resources, Inc.