Petrolia Inc.: Allocation of Stock Options

RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - May 20, 2011) - Petrolia Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEA) - Pursuant to its compensation policy and incentive plan, Pétrolia's board of directors can award stock options at its quarterly meetings. On May 19, 2011, 500,000 stock options were awarded to a member of the management team. The price was set at $1.69 per share, and the options are due to expire on May 18, 2016. This program provides that the stock option exercise be staggered over a period of three years between May 19, 2011 and May 18, 2016.

About Pétrolia

Pétrolia is a junior oil and gas exploration company which owns interests in oil and gas licenses covering 15,000 km² (2.7 million acres), which represents about 17% of the Québec territory under lease. The leases, the majority of which are located on the Gaspé Peninsula and Anticosti Island, are considered to be very promising and represent almost 70% of the territory under lease for which there is land-based oil potential in Québec. Pétrolia has 50 million shares issued and outstanding.

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