Norse Announces Participation in 2012 Summer NAPE Expo in Houston, Texas

17 August 2012

Norse Energy Corp. ASA (“NEC” ticker Oslo Stock Exchange, Norway; “NSEEY” ticker U.S. OTC) is pleased to announce its participation in the 2012 Summer NAPE Expo, August 23-24 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. The North American Prospect Expo “NAPE” is the world's largest oil and gas prospect and property expo.

Norse Energy will present its extensive Appalachian acreage portfolio in exhibition booth 3609 in the main exhibit hall on August 23 and 24.   Event details may be found at www.napeexpo.com. Senior management will be present and available to meet interested parties.  The Norse acreage brochure is attached.

Norse Energy owns or leases approximately 130,000 net acres in New York State of which ~33,000 lie in the liquids rich shale fairways of Western New York, and the remaining ~97,000 net acres lie in the Marcellus and Utica natural gas fairways of Central New York. Internally estimated contingent resources total ~917 MMBOE or ~5.2 TCFGE.

For further information, please contact:
J. Chris Steinhauser, Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +1 713 975 1900 Ext 105 Email: csteinhauser@norseenergy.com

S. Dennis Holbrook, Chief Legal Officer
Cell: +1 716 713-2489 Email: dholbrook@norseenergy.com