Arena Resources Inc. to Host Meetings at Howard Weil Energy Conference.

TULSA, Okla. -- Arena Resources Inc. (AMEX: ARD) (AMEX: ARD.WS) ("company") ("Arena") announced today that it will host breakfast meetings at the 33rd Annual Howard Weil Energy Conference on Tuesday, April 5 and Wednesday, April 6. The meetings are scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. CST each morning at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans. Tim Rochford, Arena's president, CEO, commented, "We are honored to be part of this prestigious conference and look forward to sharing our company's story."

Interested parties may see the PowerPoint presentation slides which will used at the conference by accessing the company's Web site, www.arenaresourcesinc.com, prior to their breakfast meetings.

About Arena Resources Inc.

Arena Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with current operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico.

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a wide variety of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitations, statements with respect to the company's strategy and prospects. Readers and investors are cautioned that the company's actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the company's ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties or to successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells on such properties, general economic conditions both domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business by the company, and other factors that may be more fully described in additional documents set forth by the company.