American Standard Energy Corporation Retains GVC Advisors for Investor Relations

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Standard Energy Corporation (the "Company") (OTCBB: ASEN) has retained GVC Advisors of Greenwood Village, Colorado for investor relations, marketing and strategic advisory services. 

Scott Feldhacker , CEO of ASEN, commented, "Having made considerable progress as a public company over the past fifteen months, we felt it was appropriate to expand our outreach to the investing public.  GVC Advisors has a demonstrated ability to increase market awareness for emerging growth oil and gas companies.  American Standard Energy has a clearly defined pathway for continued growth and we look forward to working with GVC Advisors to pro-actively articulate our message, goals and results to the marketplace."

Jon Kruljac, President of GVC Advisors, remarked, "American Standard Energy has assembled an impressive portfolio of oil and gas assets in key producing basins in the United States.  We are excited to work with the management team at American Standard Energy who is focused on unlocking the tremendous potential of these assets."

About American Standard Energy

American Standard Energy Corp is an oil and gas exploration and production company based in Scottsdale, AZ. ASEN's primary focus is balanced between their controlling interest in the Permian and their non-op interest in the Bakken and Eagle Ford oil shale resource prospects in the continental United States. ASEN currently controls approximately 40,100 net acres in the following three primary prospect areas:

• 32,400 core net acres targeting the Bakken/Three Forks in North Dakota;
• 6,500 net acres targeting the Permian formation in West Texas;
• 1,200 net acres targeting a specific Eagle Ford prospect in South Texas;

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Except for the historical information contained herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").  All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this report regarding our financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, industry conditions, and indebtedness covenant compliance are forward-looking statements.  When used in this report, forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by terms or phrases such as "estimate," "project," "predict," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "plan," "intend," "seek," "goal," "will," "should," "may" or other words and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes.  Items contemplating or making assumptions about, actual or potential future sales, market size, collaborations, and trends or operating results also constitute such forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors (many of which are beyond our Company's control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including the following: oil and gas prices, our ability to raise capital, general economic or industry conditions nationally and/or in the communities in which our Company conducts business, changes in the interest rate environment, legislation or regulatory requirements, conditions of the securities markets, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, financial or political instability, acts of war or terrorism, other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technical factors affecting our Company's operations, products, services and prices.  

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and assumptions about future events. While our management considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.  

CONTACT:
Investor Relations
Jon Kruljac
GVC Advisors
(303) 694-0862

SOURCE American Standard Energy Corp