Cancen Oil Canada Inc. Signs Letter Agreement to Acquire Kinsella Crude Oil Terminal and Blending Facility from Astra

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Cancen Oil Canada Inc. ("Cancen" or the "Corporation") - (TSX VENTURE:COI) announced today that it has signed an agreement (the "Agreement") whereby Cancen would acquire a 100% interest in the Kinsella Crude Oil Terminal and Blending Facility (the "Facility") from Astra Energy Canada Inc. ("Astra") for a total cash purchase price of $5,000,000 (the "Transaction"). The Facility is an operating clean oil pipeline terminal and blending facility strategically located north of Hardisty, Alberta and is connected to the Bow River pipeline system in Beaver County, Alberta. The Facility consists of surface facilities and equipment required to facilitate custom blending and terminalling of 450 m3 of sweet clean oil per day. The Facility has been in operation since 2004 and provides services to Western Canadian producers. Cancen plans to operate the Facility in its current capacity and upgrade the Facility to treat waste oil and handle waste water. The completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including, the Corporation completing either an equity or debt financing of not less than $5,000,000 (the "Financing"), the approval of the Transaction by the TSX Venture Exchange Inc., receipt of all necessary regulatory approval and other usual conditions. An announcement regarding the details of the Financing will be made by the Corporation in due course. The Transaction is an "Arm's Length Transaction", as such term is defined in the policies of the Exchange.

"Acquiring Kinsella is part of Cancen's strategic growth plan and is an important aspect of Cancen's previously announced long term business arrangement with Astra's wholly owned subsidiary Astra Midstream," stated Fred LaHaie, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cancen.

About Cancen

Cancen is an energy services company that focuses on providing specialized services to upstream oil and natural gas companies operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The services provided by Cancen assist these companies with the treatment and sale of crude oil and the handling of by-products associated with oil and natural gas development and production. The services provided by Cancen include crude oil emulsion treatment, oilfield waste processing, and disposal of produced and waste water. As at the date hereof, the Corporation's services are provided at five facilities in Alberta and one facility in British Columbia.

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