East West Petroleum Corp. announced that Mr. James Dewar has tendered his resignation as a director. Mr. Dewar has agreed to join the Company's Advisory Committee where he will provide ongoing consultation services on an as needed basis.

East West Petroleum Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Chris Beltgens as Corporate Development Manager effective April 2, 2013. Most recently, Mr. Beltgens spent three years at GMP Securities Europe where he was a founding member of the London oil & gas team. Prior to GMP, Mr. Beltgens was in the corporate finance team of Tristone Capital.

East West Petroleum Corp. announced that the company and its partner Naftna Industrija Srbije have received approval from the Romanian National Agency for Mineral Resources to proceed with the proposed Phase 1 work program for the EX-2 Tria Concession, Romania, which will take place over 2013 and 2014. The 2013 Phase 1 work program will consist of environmental baseline and environmental impact studies, 2D and 3D seismic acquisition and processing, geological and geophysical (G&G) studies, plus the drilling of at least one exploration well. Further G&G studies and a minimum of two additional wells will be drilled in 2014. Seismic tendering is currently underway. ILS will be the operator with an 85% participation interest, with East West holding the remaining 15%.