Whittier Energy Announces Third Quarter 2006 Earnings Call

  
    
  
  
    
      Whittier Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:WHIT), an independent oil and gas 
      exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas, with 
      operations in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi announced today that it 
      will release financial results for the third quarter of 2006 on Tuesday, 
      November 14, 2006. Management will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. 
      Eastern Time the following day, Wednesday, November 15, 2006. The call 
      in number for the call is 1-800-500-0311.
    
    
      This conference call will be available via webcast from the Investor 
      Relations section of the Company's website. To access the live webcast, 
      go to the Company's website located at www.whittierenergy.com 
      and click the webcast link.
    
    
      For those who are unable to listen to the webcast live, an indexed 
      recording of the call will be posted on the Investor Relations section 
      of the Company's website within 2 hours of the call's completion. A 
      telephone replay of the call will be available for 48 hours by calling 
      1-888-203-1112, confirmation code 3557074.
    
    
      About Whittier Energy Corporation
    
    
      Whittier Energy Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration 
      and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas, with operations 
      in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Whittier Energy also holds 
      non-operated interests in fields located in the Gulf Coast, Oklahoma, 
      Wyoming and California. To find out more about Whittier Energy 
      Corporation (NASDAQ:WHIT), visit www.whittierenergy.com.
    
    
      Forward-Looking Statements
    
    
      This news release includes projections and other “forward-looking 
      statements” within the meaning of the Private 
      Securities Litigation Act of 1995. These projections or statements 
      reflect Whittier’s current views about future 
      events and performance. No assurances can be given that these events or 
      performance will occur as projected, and actual results may differ 
      materially from those projected. Important factors that could cause the 
      actual results to differ materially from those projected include, 
      without limitation, the possibility that the acquisition may involve 
      unexpected costs, the volatility in commodity prices for oil and gas, 
      the presence or recoverability of estimated reserves, the ability to 
      replace reserves, the availability and costs of drilling rigs and other 
      oilfield services, drilling and operating risks, exploration and 
      development risks, and other risks inherent in Whittier’s 
      business that are detailed in its Securities and Exchange Commission 
      filings. Whittier assumes no obligation and expressly disclaims any duty 
      to update the information contained in this news release except as 
      required by law.
    
  
Whittier Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:WHIT), an independent oil and
gas exploration and production company headquartered in Houston,
Texas, with operations in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi announced
today that it will release financial results for the third quarter of
2006 on Tuesday, November 14, 2006. Management will host a conference
call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time the following day, Wednesday, November
15, 2006. The call in number for the call is 1-800-500-0311.

   This conference call will be available via webcast from the
Investor Relations section of the Company's website. To access the
live webcast, go to the Company's website located at
www.whittierenergy.com and click the webcast link.

   For those who are unable to listen to the webcast live, an indexed
recording of the call will be posted on the Investor Relations section
of the Company's website within 2 hours of the call's completion. A
telephone replay of the call will be available for 48 hours by calling
1-888-203-1112, confirmation code 3557074.

   About Whittier Energy Corporation

   Whittier Energy Corporation is an independent oil and gas
exploration and production company headquartered in Houston, Texas,
with operations in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Whittier Energy
also holds non-operated interests in fields located in the Gulf Coast,
Oklahoma, Wyoming and California. To find out more about Whittier
Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:WHIT), visit www.whittierenergy.com.

   Forward-Looking Statements

   This news release includes projections and other "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Act of 1995. These projections or statements reflect Whittier's
current views about future events and performance. No assurances can
be given that these events or performance will occur as projected, and
actual results may differ materially from those projected. Important
factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from
those projected include, without limitation, the possibility that the
acquisition may involve unexpected costs, the volatility in commodity
prices for oil and gas, the presence or recoverability of estimated
reserves, the ability to replace reserves, the availability and costs
of drilling rigs and other oilfield services, drilling and operating
risks, exploration and development risks, and other risks inherent in
Whittier's business that are detailed in its Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. Whittier assumes no obligation and expressly
disclaims any duty to update the information contained in this news
release except as required by law.