Vanoil Announces Offering of Common Shares

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Vanoil Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VEL), an oil and gas company with a portfolio of
assets in East Africa ("Vanoil" or the "Company") has filed with, and obtained
receipt for, a preliminary short form prospectus from the securities regulatory
authorities in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario (the "Qualifying
Provinces") in connection with a marketed offering (the "Offering") of common
shares. The Offering will also be made in such other jurisdictions outside of
Canada where the Offering can be completed on a private-placement basis, exempt
from any prospectus, registration or other similar requirements.


The Offering will be led by GMP Securities L.P. ("GMP") and will be conducted on
a best efforts agency basis. The final terms of the Offering, including size and
price, will be determined in the context of the market, and the net proceeds
will be primarily used to fund Vanoil's previously announced 2013 two-well drill
program in Kenya commencing in July of this year. Vanoil has concurrently
launched a farm-out process to find a suitable partner for its 100%-owned blocks
3A and 3B in the South Anza Basin, onshore Kenya, where the wells are being
drilled, and the Company has an active work programme in place on its other East
African licences, with two seismic surveys completed recently and two further
wells to be drilled in 2014.


The Offering is subject to customary conditions and the receipt of required
regulatory approvals, including the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The
Offering is scheduled to close on or about June 3rd, 2013, or such other date as
the Company and GMP may agree.


This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities in the United States, nor shall there be any sale of
the common shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
may be unlawful. The common shares have not been and will not be registered
under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or
any U.S. state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United
States absent registration under the 1933 Act or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable U.S. state
securities laws.


About Vanoil Energy Ltd.

Based in Vancouver, Canada, Vanoil is an oil and gas company with a portfolio of
assets in East Africa and listed on the TSXV. 


The Company holds Blocks 3A and 3B, onshore Kenya, which were acquired in
October 2007 through the signing of a Production Sharing Contract with the
Government of the Republic of Kenya. These blocks, which cover 24,912 km2
between Tullow's recent oil discoveries and Apache's offshore gas well have been
assigned prospective resources in excess of 3 billion barrels. Offshore Kenya,
the anticipated perfection of a 10% participating interest in offshore Block L9
alongside partner Ophir Energy plc ("Ophir"), is estimated by Ophir to represent
270 million barrels or 1.18 Tcf of prospective resources net to Vanoil.


In the Seychelles, Vanoil's 25% participating interest alongside partner Afren
plc ("Afren") in oil and gas exploration Areas A and B, which cover some 14,319
km2, entitles the Company to mean net unrisked prospective resources of 700
million barrels of oil-equivalent as estimated by Afren.


Vanoil also has the exclusive right to negotiate a production sharing contract
with the Republic of Rwanda covering 1,631 km2 of oil and gas concessions in the
northwestern part of the country, incorporating the eastern waters of Lake Kivu
and the surrounding shoreline.


Disclaimer for Forward Looking Information

This news release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to
assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Statements in this news release which are
not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including without
limitation any statements concerning the Company's intentions, plans, estimates,
beliefs or expectations regarding the future. Although the Company believes that
any such intentions, plans, estimates, beliefs and expectations in this news
release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that any such intentions,
plans, beliefs and expectations will prove to be accurate.


The Company cautions readers that all forward-looking statements, including
without limitation those relating to the Company's future operations and
business prospects, are based on assumptions that cannot be assured and are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking
statements. Readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks
and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.


Any forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and
the Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or
to update the reasons why actual events or results could or do differ from those
projected in the forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligations
to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.


Cautionary Statement 

By definition of the COGE Handbook, "Undiscovered resources are those quantities
of oil and gas estimated on a given date to be contained in accumulations yet to
be discovered." Further, the Handbook states - Caution (per NI
51-101/5.9(2)(v)(B)) - "There is no certainty that any portion of the resources
will be discovered. If discovered, there is no certainty that it will be
commercially viable to produce any portion of the resource."


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Vanoil Energy Ltd.
Don Padgett
[phone] x104


Vanoil Energy Ltd.
Malcolm Burke
[phone] x108


Vanoil Energy Ltd.
Scott Rose
[phone] x 227
[phone] (FAX)
www.vanoil.ca


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