HOUSTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. (TSX-V: EOR) today announced the results of its October 1, 2009 Reserves Reports as prepared by Cawley, Gillespie & Associates Inc. (CGA), its independent petroleum engineer.

CGA estimates the Company's Proved plus Probable (2P) oil reserves (excluding Chaveroo field) at October 1, 2009 to be 4.4 million barrels of oil (MMBO), of which proved reserves were 2.4 MMBO, up from 0.2 MMBO at December 31, 2008, an increase of 2,152%. The Net Present Value (10%) of these reserves is estimated by CGA to be US$32.8 mm as compared to US$4.5 at December, 2008.

Oil reserves attributable to the Company's 100% owned Milnesand Unit and Horton Federal Unit increased 3,948% from 0.05 to 1.99 MMBO following results achieved since inception in August, 2008 of the Company's Milnesand CO2 pilot project. CGA has estimated that following the initial 12 month injection period the response indicated that an additional 34,640 barrels of oil can be recovered, in the Proven (1P) category, from each 40-acre producer throughout the primary 3,030 acre pattern flood area. Proved plus probable (2P) reserves were assigned based on a combination of factors, such as how the CO2 flood has tracked the Advanced Resources International Inc. (ARI) prediction, correlating to a Denver City San Andres CO2 flood model, and reasonable incremental recovery of two times incremental proved recovery. This resulted in 2P net recoverable reserves of 3.98 MMBO or 70,112 BO per producer. Proved plus Probable plus Possible (3P) reserves were estimated at 105,280 BO per producer, or 5.9 MMBO to the Phase 1 area.

The Phase 1 Milnesand CO2 flood development will incorporate 3,000 acres within the central part of the 6,000 acre Milnesand field and will include up to 64 injectors and 89 producers. Peak oil production from this phase 1 development, at the 2P level, is expected to reach 2,200 bopd within 3 years after initiating CO2 development.

The Company controls approximately 5,600 acres within the 6,000 acre Milnesand San Andres field. Full CO2 development of this acreage could result in up to 140 producers with potential 3P reserves of up to 14 MMBO. This estimate of reserves is in line with earlier estimates provided by ARI in their report dated October 9, 2007 where they estimated a contingent resource of 17 MMBO under full CO2 flood.

The results of the CGA report for Milnesand have confirmed the initial evaluation by ARI and, by analogy, has corroborated results of ARI's Chaveroo San Andres field report of January 3, 2007. In that report ARI estimated that Chaveroo field, located 6 miles to the north west of Milnesand, could, under a full field CO2 flood, produce an additional 36 MMBO, or 19% of the original oil in place. The Company owns approximately 18,000 acres within the 22,000 acre field. Current field operations at Chaveroo include well maintenance, surface facility upgrades and production cycling with daily production averaging approximately 35 BOPD. The Company expects to increase the level of activity at Chaveroo over the next 12 months and is planning to initiate a pilot water flood in the near term.

The Company is also pleased to report that oil reserves attributable to the Company's 98.5% owned Crossroads Devonian unit have also increased significantly since the purchase of the field in July, 2008. The ongoing workover program has been extremely successful and has resulted in daily production increasing from 38 BOPD at the time of purchase to approximately 260 BOPD during November, 2009. The Company plans to reactivate several more wells over the next few months. As a result of this work over program Cawley Gillespie has estimated that Proved (1P) reserves have increased 816% to 0.456 MMBO.

Mr. Barry Lasker reports "The results of the Cawley Gillespie reserve reports have confirmed the value associated with CO2 flooding of these fields where independent engineering firms have estimated that approximately 50 MMBO could be recovered at Chaveroo and Milnesand by full field CO2 injection. Initially these reserves were considered a contingent resource, however, with the CO2 pilot results now behind us we can begin the process of moving those contingent barrels into the various categories of proven, probable and possible. We remain committed to bringing in a supply of CO2 to initiate development of these assets and we will continue to work diligently to achieve that goal. We also continue to have positive results at our Crossroads field and with our current month production averaging in excess of 350 BOPD, with zero debt and an ongoing development program the Company is well positioned for growth. I congratulate our staff for their efforts to date."

    About Enhanced Oil Resources Inc.
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    Enhanced Oil Resources Inc. is an early-stage company, with two principal
    business segments of

        (i)  Crude oil and natural gas production through enhanced oil
             recovery ("EOR") projects it is initiating in the Permian Basin
             on oil fields acquired by the Company in 2007 and 2008 for that
             purpose.

        (ii) Helium and CO(2) resource exploration and production through
             property interests it controls in approximately 251,000 gross
             acres of land within the St Johns Helium/CO(2) field in Arizona
             and New Mexico, and where the Company is developing what is
             thought to be the largest undeveloped helium and carbon dioxide
             field in North America.


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    ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    (signed)

    Barry D Lasker, CEO

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