BROE Baron Energy Inc (CE)

Baron Energy, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BROE) ("Baron" or the "Company"), an independent oil and gas company, has placed its mid-year review on its web site (www.baronenergy.com).

Management Comments

Ronnie L. Steinocher, President and CEO, said, "We have made significant progress so far this year on both our acquisitions program and our field work to raise production. This mid-year review documents the past 6 months and provides a look forward at the next 6 months of our 2012 program."

Mr. Steinocher added, "We are on target to complete a number of milestones in the second half of 2012, including a substantial increase in production and the closing of a number of acquisitions. Equally important we plan to be fully SEC reporting soon and will then move from the OTC Pinks to the OTCQB. This upgrade in market listing will increase our investor outreach and allow a new platform of potential shareholders."

About Baron Energy, Inc.

Baron Energy, Inc. (Pink Sheets:BROE) is an independent oil and gas acquisition, production, exploitation, and exploration company headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, with producing assets in North and West Texas.

Baron owns production that is 99% oil, both operated and non-operated, with working interests ranging from 12.5% to 100% in oil fields located in Archer, Baylor, Garza, Hutchinson, Jones, Runnels, Scurry, Taylor, and Young counties, Texas.

Baron's growth strategy centers on making accretive acquisitions, production enhancement programs, reactivation projects, and in-fill drilling, all within the Company's core area of North and West Texas.

For more information, please visit www.baronenergy.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "future," "may," "will," "would," "should," "plan," "projected," "potential," "intend," and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements, involved known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Baron Energy, Inc. (the "Company") to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including risk factors discussed in the Company's periodic fillings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on October 23, 2009. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

CONTACT: Baron Energy, Inc.
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         Brad Holmes
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