July 19, 2010 09:30 ET

Sun Cal Energy Inc. Acquires San Joaquin Property

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - July 19, 2010) -  Sun Cal Energy Inc. (PINKSHEETS: SCEY) is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 935 acre lease, located in the prolific San Joaquin Valley Basin of Central California.

The company has purchased a 50% working interest (WI) and a 35% Net Royalty Interest (NRI) for $225,000.00 US in preferred shares of the company, convertible into common shares at the discretion of the holder at $.10 per share.

"This acreage acquisition provides the company with further land position in the prolific San Joaquin Basin where several multi million barrel old fields have been discovered including the newly announced prospect that Occidental Petroleum is currently developing. Sun Cal Energy is focusing its land acquisition and exploration efforts in central California's San Joaquin Basin and the unconsolidated shale formations that lie within," stated company president and Chief Executive Officer George Drazenovic. "The company is continuing to acquire acreage in this prolific area and expects to begin development of these prospects in the near future."

As previously reported, On July 22, 2009, Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced that it had made a significant discovery of oil and gas reserves in Kern County, California. At the time of the announcement, Occidental believed there were between 150 million and 250 million gross barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) reserves within the outlined area where it drilled six wells to delineate the discovery.

By all indications Sun Cal's newly acquired property is along the same geological trend of the initial discovery drilled by Occidental Petroleum, and therefore is reasonably projected that its structure and scope runs through the Sun Cal property.

With the stabilization of oil prices, the weakness in natural gas prices, and most importantly, the recent discovery of a massive and nearby oil field by Occidental, Sun Cal Energy has chosen to shift its primary company focus to developing its San Joaquin Basin Prospects in California.

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