CALGARY, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Penn West Exploration (TSX: PWT) (NYSE: PWE) wishes to notify interested parties that Hilary Foulkes, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will be presenting at the CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, January 19(th), 2012 at 3:30pm PST (4:30pm MST) in Whistler, British Columbia.

We invite interested parties to visit http://webcasts.welcome2theshow.com/whistler2012/pennwest at the presentation time noted above to listen to an audio webcast of the presentation.

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