ICC

Westbridge Energy Corporation ("Westbridge" or the "Company") (TSX
VENTURE:WEB)(FRANKFURT:PUQ1) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tosan
Omatsola as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of
Directors, effective immediately.


President and CEO Appointment

Mr. Tosan Omatsola is an exploration and development Geoscientist with over 15
years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He has a broad and extensive
international technical background from his experiences with Ivanhoe Energy,
Rowena Energy, British Petroleum ("BP"), Texaco (now Chevron) and United Oil and
Gas Ltd. Mr. Omatsola has a deep understanding of seismic and subsurface geology
related to shallow and deepwater environments, specifically in complex, sub-salt
and offshore turbidite environments.


At BP, Mr. Omatsola was integrally involved in the planning, development and
execution of numerous world class, shallow and deep water upstream projects in
the Gulf of Mexico shelf, Gulf of Mexico Ultra - deepwater, Trinidad and Tobago
and the Caspian Sea. Some of his responsibilities at BP included Co-Lead
Geologist for appraisal of the largest discovery in the US Gulf of Mexico in
2006 and Lead Development Geologist of the natural gas field with the highest
gas production rates in the BP Group in 2005 and 2006. At Texaco, Mr. Omatsola
worked on the exploration of the initial group of deepwater oil and gas
discoveries in Angola.


In 2008, Mr. Omatsola joined Ivanhoe Capital Corporation ("ICC") as Executive
Vice-President: Energy Ventures, providing strategic inputs to ICC and
evaluating new oil and gas projects for venture capital and project finance. Mr.
Omatsola subsequently joined Ivanhoe Energy as Vice President: Exploration and
was involved in Ivanhoe Energy's business development team where he participated
in Ivanhoe Energy's capital raising ventures and aided in the appraisal of new
oil and gas projects in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa. 


In late 2012, Mr. Omatsola joined Westbridge's Advisory Board as Technical
Advisor and has been providing strategic and technical inputs to Westbridge on
its assets in Namibia and other potential opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa.


Mr. Omatsola holds a bachelor's degree from the Colorado School of Mines in
Geological Engineering with a specialty in minerals and petroleum exploitation
and a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma in Geology with a focus on
deepwater exploration and development. He is the author of numerous papers on
predicting petroleum reservoir quality in offshore environments and a recipient
of numerous awards.


Mr. Cody Lee has resigned as President and CEO of Westbridge due to other
commitments. On behalf of the Board we thank him for his contribution in helping
build Westbridge to this current stage and wish him success in his future
endeavors.


Chairman's Statement

Mark Frewin, Westbridge's Chairman, commented, "Westbridge enthusiastically
welcomes the addition of Mr. Omatsola as our new President, CEO and a member of
the Board of Directors. Mr. Omatsola brings enormous technical and reputable
capital markets experience to Westbridge. Mr. Omatsola's unique skill set will
be a strategic competitive advantage to Westbridge and will position the Company
to advance our assets and work program in Namibia and grow our African asset
portfolio in the near to medium term."


About Westbridge Energy Corporation

Westbridge Energy Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and
development company with a robust portfolio of oil and gas licenses in the
vastly under-explored and highly prospective Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The
licenses cover five blocks (1811B, 1911A rel, 1912B, 1910A rel and 2011A rel)
which cover over 21,448 square kilometers and contain over 10,000 line
kilometers of high quality 2D seismic data. Westbridge is Operator of the
licenses and has an 80% working interest in 1811b and a 75% working interest in
the remaining four licenses. Westbridge's initial technical analysis indicates
the licenses show similar geologic play concepts and trends to those observed in
other prolific petroleum basins in Brazil and the deep waters of Ghana, Angola,
Liberia and Sierra Leone. Westbridge is continuously reviewing accretive new
international oil and gas opportunities to grow its portfolio and create
shareholder value.


For additional information readers are invited to review additional corporate
and property information available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and Westbridge's
website at www.westbridgeweb.com.


ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Peter Henry, Director

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The use of any of
the words "expect", "anticipate", "continue", "estimate", "objective",
"ongoing", "may", "will", "project", "should", "schedule", "believe", "plans",
"intends" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
information or statements. More particularly and without limitation, this news
release contains forward looking statements and information concerning the
Company s future operations and prospects. The forward-looking statements and
information are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the
Company, including expectations and assumptions concerning equipment and crew
availability, and joint venture partner financial capability. Although the
Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such
forward-looking statements and information are based are reasonable, undue
reliance should not be placed on the forward looking statements and information
because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. By
its nature, such forward-looking information is subject to various risks and
uncertainties, which could cause the Company's actual results and experience to
differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, reservoir performance,
labour, equipment and material costs, access to capital markets, interest and
currency exchange rates, and political and economic conditions. Additional
information on these and other factors is available in continuous disclosure
materials filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulators. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which
is given as of the date it is expressed in this news release or otherwise, and
to not use future-oriented information or financial outlooks for anything other
than their intended purpose. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Westbridge Energy Corporation
Tosan Omatsola
President and CEO
tomatsola@westbridgeweb.com
www.westbridgeweb.com


Investor Relations:
MZ Group
Derek Gradwell, SVP, Natural Resources
949-259-4995
dgradwell@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.com

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