Norse Energy to Sell Selected Midstream Assets

Norse Energy Corp. ASA (“NEC” ticker Oslo Stock Exchange, Norway; “NSEEY” ticker U.S. OTC) announces that it has signed a Letter of Intent to sell certain of its midstream assets to Appalachian Transmission and Marketing LLC (“Appalachian”). The midstream assets consist of the Company’s Norse Pipeline, LLC, Nornew Energy Supply, Inc. and Mid-American Natural Resources, LLC.

The Letter of Intent is not a binding contract. It is subject to agreement on final contract terms, additional due diligence, regulatory approval and Company board approval. The Company can give no assurance that a final contract will be reached with Appalachian.  At such time as a definitive agreement is reached with Appalachian, the details of the transaction will be announced.

Appalachian Transmission and Marketing is a company formed by Øivind Risberg who is the former Chief Executive Officer of Norse Energy.

“This potential transaction is consistent with our previously announced strategy of divesting non-core assets, on favorable terms, to concentrate on our core exploration and production business,” according to Mark Dice, Chief Executive Officer.”

Norse Energy has total contingent resources of ~4 TCF (~713 MMBOE) at the end of 2009. The Company has a significant land position of 180,000 net acres in New York State. The Company also owns a natural gas marketing business and operates pipeline systems in New York and Pennsylvania for gathering and transmission of natural gas.

For further information, please contact:
Richard Boughrum, Chief Financial Officer
Cell: +1 714 520 1702, Email: rboughrum@norseenergy.com

S. Dennis Holbrook, Executive Vice President

Cell: +1 716 713 2489, Email: dholbrook@norseenergy.com