Sun River Energy, Inc. Announces Shift to Oil Assets

DALLAS, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun River Energy, Inc. (OTC:BB:SNRV).  On March 5, 2012, Sun River Energy, Inc. (the "Company" or "Sun River") announces it is shifting its development focus from its natural gas assets to its oil assets.

Donal R. Schmidt, Jr., the Company's CEO and President, said:

"As the price of natural gas began to decline last summer we began to evaluate shifting our focus to oil.  We are fortunate to have over 9,500 net acres prospective in the Woodbine and Pettet formations in the East Texas basin which we acquired over the last two years.

"During the last 120 days we have extensively reviewed and evaluated additional acquisition opportunities in the Woodbine totaling well-over 39,000 acres.  As a result of the hard work by our team, I anticipate we will announce a major drilling program with acceptable financing terms in the next several weeks targeting the Woodbine formation.

"The Woodbine formation is comparable to the Bakken and Eagle Ford in both recovery of reserves per well and cost per barrel produced.  Fortunately, our management team has strong industry contacts in the basin which give us a significant competitive advantage in the development of the Woodbine.  Coupled with the fact they also have extensive successful experience in drilling extended reach horizontal wells, multi-lateral wells, and conducting multi-stage facture stimulation which is driving the oil resource boom occurring in the United States we expect a successful transition.

"This change in direction should allow the Company to benefit from the past successes of its management team's extensive experience in the implementation of new technology in proven basins." 

About Sun River Energy, Inc.:

Sun River Energy, Inc. is a Dallas-based, oil and gas exploration and production company.  For further information on the Company, please visit our website www.snrv.com.

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SOURCE Sun River Energy, Inc.

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