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Transeuro Signs Joint Venture Agreement



    Transeuro Energy Corp. ("Transeuro", or the "Company") announces
    it has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA") with RAG
    Rohol-Aufsuchungs Aktiengesellschaft ("RAG") to develop Transeuro´s
    existing Ukrainian assets and Joint Activity Agreements with the local
    Ukrainian state company "Crimgeologiya". The new Joint Venture will
    also pursue additional business opportunities in Crimea.

    RAG (www.rohoel.at) is a non listed Austrian stock company owned
    by major Austrian and German energy and utility companies, principally
    EVN, a leading Austrian energy, water and infrastructure company
    (Vienna exchange symbol EVN) and E.ON Ruhrgas AG, a major European
    integrated gas company (Frankfurt exchange symbol EOA.DE). RAG,
    established in 1935, is the oldest E&P company in Austria, and
    operates 51 gas fields and 40 oil fields including substantial gas
    storage facilities. Annual gas sales volumes are around 1.1 billion
    m3, with over 3 billion m3 of operational and projected working gas
    storage.

    Transeuro and RAG will be 50:50 partners in the new joint venture.
    The JVA outlines substantial tangible benefits to Transeuro including
    direct payments to Transeuro for past drilling costs, seismic costs
    and inventory. And under various firm and conditional funding
    formulas, RAG will provide its 50% investment share and contribute up
    to an additional 25% of the drilling of three wells and the 3D seismic
    over two fields (making RAG total contribution up to 75% of well and
    seismic costs). In addition RAG will contribute to an agreed fund for
    the acquisition of new licenses in Crimea and for field development.
    The potential contribution by RAG to the total capital budget for 2008
    and 2009 is up to US$70 million with Transeuro responsible for its
    remaining share of well and seismic costs. Following success of the
    Karlavksoye101 and Povotonoye 104 wells both RAG and Transeuro each
    envisage investing around US$ 280 million into these two Crimea
    fields.

    Both Transeuro Energy and RAG believe there is a considerable
    business opportunity in Ukraine from the Joint Activity Agreements
    held with Crimgeologiya and that there is an opportunity for further
    growth through the acquisition of additional discovered non producing
    fields. The business environment in Ukraine and the domestic gas price
    has strengthened considerably over the past two years and the
    government has raised the emphasis on supporting domestic exploration
    and production.

    Under the terms of the JVA, Transeuro will reorganize all of its
    existing Ukrainian assets such that they will all be held indirectly
    by a wholly owned Dutch subsidiary of Transeuro. At the closing of the
    transaction contemplated by the JVA, Transeuro will transfer 50% of
    the shares of its Dutch subsidiary to RAG.

    There are a number of conditions precedent to the closing of the
    transaction contemplated by the JVA including, among other things, the
    entering into by the parties of a Joint Management Agreement, the
    approval of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and the completion
    of the corporate restructuring of Transeuro and its Ukrainian assets.
    The parties anticipate closing the transaction within 60 days.

    Hal Hemmerich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transeuro
    commented, "We look forward to working with RAG to further the
    development of our projects in Ukraine. RAG has considerable expertise
    in exploration & production, gas marketing, distribution and storage
    that will be of great benefit to the partnership. Together with RAG
    being a financially strong company we can look at more projects"

    Markus Mitteregger, Managing Director of RAG said, "The joint
    activity with Transeuro in Ukraine is a further important step in our
    international growth strategy. Ukraine is a country of prime
    importance in the European energy context and we look forward to
    develop resources for the Ukrainian market".

    Transeuro Energy Corp. is involved in the acquisition of petroleum
    and natural gas rights, the exploration for, and development and
    production of crude oil, condensate and natural gas. The Company´s
    properties are located in Canada, Armenia, Ukraine and, through
    majority ownership in Eaglewood Energy Inc, in Papua New Guinea.