Forest Gate Acquires Oil & Gas Production

MONTREAL, Dec. 23 /CNW/ -- 
SYMBOL & EXCHANGE: FGE-V


MONTREAL, Dec. 23 /CNW Telbec/ - Forest Gate Energy reports that it has
 entered an agreement to purchase oil and gas assets from a
 privately-held, Calgary company.


Upon closing of the transaction, Forest Gate will own a non-operated 20
 percent interest in oil and gas licenses encompassing 19,848 acres in
 south western Saskatchewan. The remaining 80 percent interest is owned
 and operated by Trafina Energy Ltd., a publicly-traded oil and gas
 company based in Calgary.


As part of the transaction, Forest Gate is acquiring approximately 18
 barrels per day of existing oil production and the equivalent of ten
 barrels of oil per day in gas production. The hydrocarbon production is
 from 12 wells in the south western areas of Saskatchewan known as
 Rangeview and Divide. Forest Gate is also acquiring contiguous acreage
 in an area known as Katherine, which has known hydrocarbon reserves.


Production from the existing wells is from the Upper Shaunavon (18
 degree API), and Madison formations (10 degree API). Currently the
 parties to the parties are completing a horizontal well in the Upper
 Shaunavon formation at Divide, Saskatchewan. Analogous horizontal wells
 drilled in the area have enabled production of between 75 and 125
 barrels of oil per day.


According to the reserve audit filed by Trafina Energy on December 31,
 2009, Divide and Rangeview, Saskatchewan, are estimated to have total
 proved plus probable reserves of 705,000 barrels of oil equivalent. The
 before-tax present value at a 5% discount is $13,931,000. Both the
 reserve estimate and the present value calculation are increased by 20%
 when Spade's interest is considered.


The total consideration for the acquisition is approximately $1.5
 million. Forest Gate will issue the vendor 7.98 million shares, assume
 its bank line of credit in the amount of $350,000 and assume various
 liabilities of the vendor with its joint venture partner in the amount
 of $277,000. Forest Gate will also make an additional cash payment to
 the vendor of approximately $75,000 by March 31, 2011, subject to
 normal industry adjustments.


"We are adding significantly to our daily oil production with this
 transaction," said Michael Judson, Forest Gate's President. "With the
 current production from Divide and Rangeview alone, we almost double
 our production."


"This does not include the expected oil production from the horizontal
 being completed in the Upper Shaunavon formation at Divide,
 Saskatchewan. Our engineers are telling us that there is the potential
 to drill six more horizontal wells into the Upper Shaunavon formation
 and four horizontal wells into the Madison formation," said Mr. Judson.


The purchase is subject to various conditions and approvals including
 satisfactory due diligence review, the receipt of independent reserve
 audit, bank approval on the transfer of debt and TSX Venture Exchange
 and board approvals.


About Forest Gate
Forest Gate Energy Inc. is a publicly listed oil and gas exploration and
 production, and non-energy resource company trading on the TSX Venture
 Exchange under the symbol FGE. The Company is seeking to increase
 shareholder value through participation and development of energy and
 other resources in Canada and internationally.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS


BOEs may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A BOE
 conversion ratio of 6 Mcf: 1bbl is based on an energy equivalency
 conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not
 represent a value equivalency at the wellhead. In addition, the
 estimated values disclosed in this release do not represent fair market
 value.


Certain statements regarding Forest Gate, including management's
 assessments of future plans and operations and Forest Gate's
 anticipated financial performance, may constitute forward-looking
 statements under applicable securities laws and necessarily involve
 known and unknown risks and uncertainties, most of which are beyond
 Forest Gate's control. These risks may cause actual financial and
 operating results, performance, levels of activity and achievements to
 differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such
 forward-looking statements.


Such factors include, but are not limited to: the impact of general
 economic conditions in Canada and the United States; industry
 conditions including changes in laws and regulations including adoption
 of new environmental laws and regulations, and changes in how they are
 interpreted and enforced; competition; the lack of availability of
 qualified personnel; fluctuations in commodity prices; the results of
 exploration and development drilling and related activities;
 imprecision in reserve estimates; the production and growth potential
 of Forest Gate's various assets; fluctuations in foreign exchange or
 interest rates; the ability to access sufficient capital from internal
 and external sources; and obtaining required approvals of regulatory
 authorities.


Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Service Provider (as
 that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
 accepts responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of this
 release.


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