FOR:  ITHACA ENERGY INC.

TSX VENTURE, AIM SYMBOL:  IAE

March 15, 2010

Ithaca Energy Inc.: Letter of Intent for Athena FPSO

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 15, 2010) -

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Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:IAE)(AIM:IAE) and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK)
Limited ("Ithaca" or the "Company"), an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development
and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, is pleased to announce that further to its
February 8, 2010 announcement, Ithaca has signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with BW Offshore for the
use of the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel 'BW Carmen' ("FPSO") for the production
of oil from the Athena Field.

As a step towards the fully termed contract being signed during Q2 2010, specific engineering studies
to develop the safety case and define the vessel upgrade will be carried out by BW Offshore. It has
been agreed that the contract will contain an initial fixed charter period of 3 years with an option
to extend throughout the life of the field. Under the agreed schedule, the FPSO will be deployed to
the Athena field in mid 2011, as previously planned. Initial gross production rates are expected to be
22,000 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") (4,950 bopd net to Ithaca).

BW Offshore is one of the world's leading FPSO contractors and a market leader within advanced
offshore loading and production systems to the oil and gas industry. BW Offshore has 25 years'
experience and has successfully delivered 14 FPSO projects as well as 50 turrets and offshore
terminals.

The Athena Joint Venture Partners are Ithaca (operator, 22.5%), Dyas UK Ltd (47.5%), EWE
Aktiengesellschaft (20%) and Zeus Petroleum (10%).

John Woods (Chief Developments Officer) commented: "This agreement represents another major step
forward for the Athena Project. BW Offshore has shown an outstanding ability to adapt and innovate to
meet the project requirements. Negotiations on the major contracts for subsea facilities and drilling
services are progressing and we anticipate reaching agreement in the near future."

In accordance with AIM Guidelines, Lawrie Payne, MA Marine Geology (Alberta & Columbia) and Chairman
of Ithaca Energy is the qualified person that has reviewed the technical information contained in this
press release.

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Forward-looking statements

Some of the statements in this announcement are forward-looking. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding the intent, belief and current expectations of Ithaca Energy Inc. or its officers
with respect to various matters. When used in this announcement, the words "expects," "believes,"
"anticipate," "plans," "may," "will," "should", "scheduled", "targeted", "estimated" and similar
expressions, and the negatives thereof, whether used in connection with the completion of formal
documentation with respect to the FPSO or otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Such statements are not promises or guarantees, and are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual outcome to differ materially from those suggested by any such statements.
These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this announcement. Ithaca Energy Inc.
expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard
thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is
based except as required by applicable securities laws.

The term "boe" may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. A boe conversion of 6 Mcf: 1 bbl
is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does
not represent a value equivalency at the wellhead.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Ithaca Energy:
Iain McKendrick
CEO
+44 (0) 1224 650 261
imckendrick@ithacaenergy.com

OR

Ithaca Energy:
John Woods
CDO
+44 (0) 1224 650 273
jwoods@ithacaenergy.com

OR

Ithaca Energy:
Nick Muir
CXO
+44 (0) 1224 650 267
nmuir@ithacaenergy.com

OR

Pelham Bell Pottinger Public Relations:
Philip Dennis
+44 (0) 207 337 1516
pdennis@pelhambellpottinger.co.uk

OR

Pelham Bell Pottinger Public Relations:
Elena Dobson
+44 (0) 207 337 1517
edobson@pelhambellpottinger.co.uk

OR

Cenkos Securities plc:
Jon Fitzpatrick
+44 (0) 131 220 9773
jfitzpatrick@cenkos.com

OR

Cenkos Securities plc:
Ken Fleming
+44 (0) 131 220 9772
kfleming@cenkos.com

Neither TSX Venture nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of
the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Ithaca Energy Inc.