Terra Energy & Resource Technologies Wins a Tender and Signs a Contract with Kuwait Oil Company

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. (PINK: TEGR), a natural resource exploration technology company, has been granted a services contract by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for oil and gas exploration in Kuwait.  The services contract is a result of Terra winning a public tender "Satellite Based New Mapping Technique to Provide Subsurface Structural Features for North and South Ratqa Field" announced by KOC in 2012.  Terra plans to deploy its Sub-Terrain Prospecting (STeP®) technology over a 200 square kilometer area and complete its analysis within four months.

"We have started expanding into the Middle Eastern markets together with our partner in the region Petrosas, and we are encouraged that we signed this contract with such a world renowned oil company as KOC," said Dmitry Vilbaum, CEO of Terra Energy & Resource Technologies.

Dr. Alexandre Agaian, President of Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, stated: "Kuwait is a major oil producer, and while its geology is well understood generally, some areas remain challenging. Terra specializes in complicated geology and is proud to be chosen for this new KOC work program."

About Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc.

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc., through its subsidiary Terra Insight Services, Inc., provides mapping and analysis services for exploration, drilling, and mining companies related to natural resources found beneath the surface of the Earth.  The Company uses a suite of innovative and efficient technologies, which facilitate the prediction and location of commercially viable deposits of hydrocarbons, gold, diamonds, and other natural resources, and assesses them for any given geographic area -- on or offshore.  For more information, visit http://www.terrainsight.com.

Safe Harbor for Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections.  There are many factors that could cause the Company's expectations and beliefs about its operations, services, plans, projects, and contracts, and its plans or proposals to acquire interests in, or participate in, exploration activities or properties, to fail to materialize, including, but not limited to, availability of capital, negotiation and execution of definitive agreements, satisfaction of contractual requirements, unfavorable geologic conditions, the amount of reserves projected or ultimately discovered, and general regional economic conditions.

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