Chaparral Energy to Present at the 2008 JPMorgan Conference

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Chaparral Energy, Inc. (Bloomberg: CHAPAR) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 2008 JPMorgan Global High Yield & Leverage Finance Conference to be held in Miami, Florida on January 20-24, 2008.

Mark Fischer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Joe Evans, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer are scheduled to present on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation is not being webcast. A copy of the presentation slides will be available in the Investor Relations section of Chaparral website at http://www.chaparralenergy.com and will be archived there for approximately 90 days.

Chaparral Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas production and exploitation company, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since its inception in 1988, the company has increased reserves and production primarily by acquiring and enhancing properties in its core areas of the Mid-Continent and the Permian Basin. Beginning in 2000, Chaparral expanded its geographic focus to include East Texas, North Texas, the Gulf Coast and the Rocky Mountains and also increased the percentage of capital expenditures allocated to developmental drilling.

     Contacts:    Chaparral Energy, Inc.

                  Joe Evans, EVP & CFO

                  405-478-8770

                  DRG&E

                  Ken Dennard/Jack Lascar

                  713-529-6600

SOURCE  Chaparral Energy, Inc.

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    /CONTACT:  Joe Evans, EVP & CFO of Chaparral Energy, Inc.,

+1-405-478-8770; or Ken Dennard or Jack Lascar of DRG&E, +1-713-529-6600, both

for Chaparral Energy, Inc. /

    /Web site: http://www.chaparralenergy.com /

CO:  Chaparral Energy, Inc.

ST:  Oklahoma, Florida

IN:  OIL FIN

SU:  TDS

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