Updated Company Certificate

9 July 2012

Norse Energy Corp. ASA ("NEC" ticker code OSE - NEC, Oslo, Norway, U.S OTCQX symbol "NSEEY") informs that the company has received an updated company certificate following the Extraordinary General Meeting on 5 July 2012.

The updated company certificate for Norse Energy Corp. ASA is attached.

Norse Energy owns or leases approximately 130,000 net acres in New York State of which ~33,000 lies in the liquids rich shale fairways of Western New York, and the remaining ~97,000 net acres lies 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

Direct: +1 716 218 2048

Email: csteinhauser@norseenergy.com