CAMAC Energy Inc. Announces Commencement of Airborne Gravity and Magnetic Data Acquisition in Kenya

HOUSTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: CAK) ("the Company") today announced it has commenced the shooting of airborne gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys on its Kenya onshore Lamu Basin Blocks L1B and L16 ("Blocks"). The data acquisition will cover essentially the entire 12,129 square kilometers in Block L1B and the entire 3,613 square kilometers in Block L16, exceeding the gravity and magnetic survey requirements for each Block during the initial exploration period under the relevant Production Sharing Agreements.

The results of the airborne gravity and magnetic survey will be used to optimize the placement of 2-D seismic lines by identifying faults, basement structures and intra-sedimentary volcanic layers and/or intrusions. The Company expects data acquisition to be completed during April of 2013 and to receive initial results in the third quarter of 2013.

"This is the first step to unlocking the high potential value of our onshore Kenya acreage," said Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production Segun Omidele. "These gravity and magnetic surveys will satisfy the survey requirements of the first exploration period, and most importantly, will allow us to delineate an optimal 2-D seismic program on the Blocks."

About CAMAC Energy Inc.

CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: CAK) is a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas.  The Company's principal assets include interests in OML 120 and OML 121, offshore oil and gas leases in deep water Nigeria which include the currently producing Oyo Oilfield, and six recently acquired exploration blocks in Kenya and Gambia. The Company is currently pursuing further additions to its exploration portfolio in East and West Africa.  The Company was founded in 2005 and has offices in Houston, Texas, Nairobi, Kenya, Banjul, Gambia and Lagos, Nigeria.

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