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PRESS RELEASE
March 15, 2010, 8:30 a.m. EDT
Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. Names Former New York Governor George E. Pataki to
the Advisory Board
DALLAS, Mar 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company") (OTCBB: MSEH.OB), an oil and gas exploration and production company
with a focus on the Marcellus Shale in western New York, announced today that
former New York Governor George E. Pataki has been named to the Company's
Advisory Board. Governor Pataki joins Jeffrey A. Chadwick and Arthur J. Pyron
on the Advisory Board, and, together, they will work with executive management
to provide subject matter expertise and strategic guidance to help the Company
best capitalize on the development of its Java Field prospect in Wyoming County
in western New York.
"Assembling an Advisory Board with distinguished industry and political leaders
will be instrumental in providing the Company with guidance, support and
strategic direction," said CEO of Mesa Energy Holdings, Randy M. Griffin. "I am
honored that Governor Pataki has accepted a position on our Advisory Board and
I believe his distinctive background and wealth of experience will be a major
asset for us."
Governor Pataki joined the law firm Chadbourne and Parke, LLP in 2007 as
Counsel, focusing on that firm's environmental, energy and infrastructure
practice areas. The Governor also is the founder and Chairman of Pataki-Cahill
Group, a consulting firm concentrating on climate change, energy and the
environment.
Prior to joining Chadbourne & Parke and starting the Pataki-Cahill Group, he
served three terms as the 53rd governor of New York State, from 1995 through
2006. First elected in 1994, he won re-election in 1998 and again in 2002. He
was a partner in the New York law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe until 1987. He was
elected mayor of Peekskill, New York in 1981, and served in the New York State
Legislature as an assemblyman and then a senator from 1985 to 1994, before
becoming governor.
Widely know for his protection of over one million acres of open space, the
most since Teddy Roosevelt, Governor Pataki balanced his pro-business
philosophy with award-winning, cutting-edge policies in the renewable energy
and environmental fields. He led the establishment of the first mandatory cap
and trade carbon initiative (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - RGGI) which
now includes ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states. The Governor implemented
the first integrated strategy for creating clean, renewable transportation
networks utilizing alternative fuels, including tax and other incentives for
both consumers and manufacturers, grants for alternative retail fuel
distribution systems and the exemption of renewable fuels from all state and
local taxes.
Governor Pataki established New York's leading brownfields program spurring
development in cities across the state by creating a $200 million fund to
support the redevelopment of contaminated sites and instituting a $135 million
tax credit program to encourage public private investment in brownfields. He
instituted the nation's first green buildings tax credit incentive program
which led to the building of the first high-rise green office building in the
United States, the first high-rise green residential building in the United
States and a host of other green projects currently under development. Most
notably, through his determined leadership, Governor Pataki ensured that the
redeveloped World Trade Center site will be a global example of green building
design.
In addition, Governor Pataki worked to create public private partnerships for
clean energy generation in New York State resulting in one of the largest
industrial solar power arrays in the U.S., two cellulosic ethanol pilot
production facilities and one of the largest wind-power arrays in the Eastern
United States. He introduced net metering to encourage alternative energy
production in homes and established the nation's first business park devoted to
the development of clean energy technologies.
Among numerous other awards, Business Week named Governor Pataki one of the top
20 "individuals who stand out for their efforts to cut gases that cause global
warming" in the world. Also, in 2006, Vanity Fair called him a governor who
"gets it" in its inaugural "Green Issue" for his efforts concerning the
environment.
Since joining Chadbourne & Parke, Pataki served as co-chairman of the Council
on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Climate Change and as United
States Public Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. He is a director
of the National Audubon Society and the New York Historical Society.
About Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc.
Headquartered in Dallas, TX, Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc. is a growth-oriented,
exploration stage oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company with a
definitive focus on growing reserves and net asset value per share, primarily
through the development of highly diversified, multi-well developmental and
defined-risk exploratory drilling opportunities and the acquisition of solid,
long-term existing production with enhancement potential. Although the Company
is constantly evaluating opportunities in the nation's most productive basins,
the Company's primary focus is currently on the Devonian Black (Marcellus)
shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in western New York.
More information about the Company may be found at http://mesaenergy.us.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this news release, which are not historical facts, are
forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties. Words such as "expects", "intends", "plans", "may", "could",
"should", "anticipates", "likely", "believes" and words of similar import also
identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on
current facts and analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of
future results, estimates of amounts not yet determined and assumptions of
management. Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated due to a number of factors which may be beyond the reasonable
control of the Company, including, but not limited to, the Company's ability to
locate and acquire suitable interests in oil and gas properties on terms
acceptable to the Company, the availability and pricing of additional capital
to finance operations and leasehold acquisitions, the
viability of the shale gas fields in the Appalachian Basin in western New York
and the gas sands of eastern Oklahoma, the ability of the Company to build and
maintain a successful operations infrastructure, the intensity of competition
and changes and volatility in energy prices. Readers are urged not to place
undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date of this release. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after
the date of this release. Additional information on risks and other factors
that may affect the business and financial results of the Company can be found
in the filings of the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
at www.sec.gov.
SOURCE: Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc.
Mesa Energy Holdings, Inc.
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