/EINPresswire.com/ -- QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/18/16 -- Petrolia (TSX VENTURE: PEA) announces the commencement of the long-term production tests on Haldimand Number 4.

The Company announced last January 6th that the well cleaning operation completed on Haldimand Number 4 had been successfully performed. On the basis of the results of that cleaning operation, Petrolia and its partner Quebenergie have approved the 240-day long-term test program. Petrolia has been issued all the necessary government approvals to begin this production test.

About Petrolia

Petrolia is a junior oil and gas exploration company which owns interests in oil and gas licenses covering 16,000 km2 (4 million acres), which represents almost 23% of the Quebec territory under lease. The closing of a partnership on Anticosti Island has led to the creation of Anticosti Hydrocarbons L.P., a limited partnership in which Petrolia holds a 21.7% interest. In order to carry out the project's operations, Petrolia Anticosti Inc., a subsidiary of Petrolia, was designated project operator. Petrolia is a Quebec company whose objective is to develop oil from here, by the people here, for here. Petrolia has 92 420 195 shares issued and outstanding.

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Alexandre Gagnon
President and CEO
418-657-1966
agagnon@petrolia-inc.com

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Jean-Francois Belleau
Director of Public and Governmental Affairs
418-657-1966
jfbelleau@petrolia-inc.com

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