Petrolia: Top Ranked in the Oil and Gas Sector on TSX-V

RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Feb. 17, 2012) - Petrolia (TSX VENTURE:PEA.V - News) is glad to appear at the top ranking of strong performers on TSX Venture in the Oil and Gas category which includes more than 280 oil and gas companies.

This "TSX Venture 50" for 2012, established by the TSX Venture Exchange, includes the 10 top performers in each of the following activity sectors: Mining, Oil and Gas, Diversified Industries, Clean Technology and Technology and Life Sciences. In establishing this ranking of the 2250 registered companies, the Exchange assigns equal weighting to market capitalization growth, share price appreciation, trading volume and analyst coverage.

About Petrolia

Petrolia is a junior oil and gas exploration company which owns interests in oil and gas licenses covering 14,000 km2 (3.5 million acres), which represents about 17% of the Quebec territory under lease. The leases, the majority of which are located on the Gaspe Peninsula and Anticosti Island, are considered to be very promising and represent almost 70% of the territory under lease for which there is land-based oil potential in Quebec. Petrolia has 53.8 million shares issued and outstanding.

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