May 1, 2009

Tristan Oil Ltd. today announced that its conference call with management to discuss its financial results for 2008 has been rescheduled to account for a U.K. bank holiday. The conference call will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 10 a.m. EST / 3 p.m. BST. Participants on the call will include Anatol Stati, President, CEO and Chairman and Artur Lungu, Executive Vice President and CFO. To access the conference call, please call 1-800-580-5730 for U.S. domestic callers, 0-800-051-7166 for U.K. domestic callers and +1-913-312-1454 for all other callers. Please visit www.tristanoil.com to view the 2008 annual report. A conference call replay will be available until May 19, 2009, by calling 1-888-203-1112 for U.S. domestic callers and +1-719-457-0820 for international callers, followed by the passcode: 2973174.

Contact:

Tristan Oil Ltd.

Artur Lungu, +373 69602130
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Popovici Mihail, +373 79523211
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