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Arena Resources, Inc. Announces First
Quarter 2002 Financial and Operating Results
Tulsa,
Oklahoma May 14, 2002 Arena Resources,
Inc. (OTCBB: ARRI) ("Arena") Tuesday announced financial
results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2002.
Arena had net income of $20,078 before preferred stock
dividends on oil and gas revenues of $136,103. Net loss
after preferred stock dividends was $19,628 or $0.01
per share compared to a net loss of $46,200 or $0.02
per share on no revenues for the quarter ended March
31, 2001 while the company was still in the developmental
stages.
Net cash flow from operations, before changes in working
capital and preferred dividends, for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002 was $42,726, compared to a negative net
cash flow of $16,200 for the same period in 2001.
Commenting on the operating results, Tim Rochford, president
and chief executive officer, remarked, "We are pleased
that we have been able to maintain a positive net income
and cash flow from operating activities while continuing
to increase our daily production and reserve base."
Arena Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration,
development and production company with current operations
in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.
This
release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve
a wide variety of risks and uncertainties, including,
without limitations, statements with respect to the
company's strategy and prospects.
Readers
and investors are cautioned that the company's actual
results may differ materially from those described in
the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors,
including, but not limited to, the company's ability
to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties or to
successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells
on such properties, general economic conditions both
domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business
by the company, and other factors that may be more fully
described in additional documents set forth by the company.
Contact: K M Financial, Inc.
Bill Parsons
480-947-1589
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