May 2, 2011

Harvest Natural Resources (ticker: HNR) announced that it had commenced drilling the Ruche Marin-A exploration well located in 380 feet of water offshore Gabon, West Africa. The well is highly anticipated because it will test multiple stacked pre-salt targets offshore West Africa. The exploration well will be drilled with the Transocean Sedneth 701 semi-submersible drilling unit to a planned total