NASDAQ Changes Trading Halt Status of South Texas Oil Company

• Press Release
• Source: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
• On 9:25 am EST, Monday November 9, 2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market(R) (Nasdaq:NDAQ - News) announced today that the trading halt status in South Texas Oil Company (Nasdaq:STXX - News) was changed to "additional information requested" from the company. Trading in the company's stock had been halted on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:00:02 a.m. Eastern Time for "news pending" at a last sale price of $0.22. Trading will remain halted until South Texas Oil Company has fully satisfied NASDAQ's request for additional information.

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