Petra Petroleum Inc.: Appointment of Vice President, Exploration and Operations

Petra Petroleum Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTL) (the "Corporation") is pleased to
announce that Christopher Brown has been appointed as Vice President,
Exploration and Operations with immediate effect. Mr. Brown has a B.Sc. (Exeter
University, UK) and a M.Sc. (Imperial College, London) in Geology. He has over
30 years of international petroleum exploration experience, including a variety
of technical, operational and management roles with Shell International,
Enterprise Oil and Suncor Energy, where he was the Exploration Director for the
North Africa and the Near East Business Unit. Mr. Brown has worked in many
different parts of the world, including Qatar, Egypt, London, Rome and Athens.
His most recent position was Exploration Director for AIM-listed Aurelian Oil
and Gas plc where he was based in London and responsible for the company's
exploration activities across 22 licenses in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and
Bulgaria. In 2010, this involved acquiring eight seismic surveys and
participating in several exploration and appraisal wells. Robert A. Lambert,
Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation commented that "I am delighted to
welcome such an experienced and well-respected petroleum exploration executive
to the Petra Petroleum management team".