Penn West Exploration to present at CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference

CALGARY, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Penn West Exploration (TSX: PWT) (NYSE: PWE) wishes to notify interested parties that Hilary Foulkes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will be presenting at the CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, January 19^th, 2012 at 3:30pm PST (4:30pm MST) in Whistler, British Columbia.

We invite interested parties to visit http://webcasts.welcome2theshow.com/whistler2012/pennwest at the presentation time noted above to listen to an audio webcast of the presentation.

SOURCE Penn West Exploration