Nota de premsa d’Eurogas accionista principal d’Escal UGS, SL, promotora del dipòsit de gas Castor davant la costa del Baix Maestrat. Març 17, 2008

Eurogas Corporation News Release
CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire - March 17, 200 - Eurogas Corporation (Eurogas) (TSX VENTURE:EUG) is pleased to announce that it has finalized the terms of a rights offering to holders of its Common Shares. Eurogas will be issuing to holders of its outstanding Common Shares of record at the close of business on March 27, 2008, transferable rights certificates to subscribe for Common Shares before 12:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on April 24, 2008, on the terms set out in an amended rights offering circular dated March 14, 2008 (the “Rights Offering Circular”) to be mailed by Eurogas to its shareholders. The Rights Offering Circular will also be available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. One right will be issued for each Common Share outstanding and four rights will entitle the holder to purchase one additional Common Share of Eurogas at $0.97 per Common Share. Shareholders who exercise all of their rights will also be entitled to acquire additional Common Shares, if available, pursuant to an additional subscription privilege as described in the Rights Offering Circular. The rights have been conditionally approved for listing on the TSX Venture Exchange until April 24, 2008.The rights offering is subject to the completion of all applicable regulatory approvals.Certain directors and officers of Eurogas have advised of their intent to fully exercise their rights and thereby subscribe for approximately 2,697,189 Common Shares. In addition, Dundee Corporation, the major shareholder of the Corporation has agreed to exercise all of its Rights under the Basic Subscription Right and thereby subscribe for at least 15,807,760 Common Shares.If all rights are exercised, 31,143,690 Common Shares will be issued, for total gross proceeds of approximately $30,209,379. The offering is not subject to any minimum subscription level. Any proceeds raised will be released to Eurogas for its use. Eurogas intends to use the proceeds for working capital purposes.The offering is not being made in any jurisdiction other than the applicable jurisdictions in Canada (the “Qualified Jurisdictions”), and is not, and under no circumstances is to be construed as, an offering of any securities for sale in or to a resident of any jurisdictions other than the Qualified Jurisdictions or a solicitation therein of an offer to buy or sell securities. Shareholders will be provided with a Rights Offering Circular detailing the offer upon receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals.This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction. The rights and the Common Shares issuable on exercise of the rights will not be and have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.Eurogas Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol EUG and is engaged in development of a major underground storage facility offshore the east coast of Spain, and the exploration and development of oil and gas in Tunisia’s Gulf of Gabes. For more information on the Corporation, visit the website www.eurogascorp.com.Jaffar Khan, President & CEOCertain information set forth in this document, including management’s assessment of the Corporation’s future plans and operations, contains forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the Corporation’s control, including the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of reserve estimates, environmental risks, competition from other industry participants, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, stock market volatility and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. The Corporation’s actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits the Corporation will derive from there. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.

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Avui forta maror de fons al sector financier internacional Març 17, 2008

Avui ha estat el director de l’FMI, Strauss-Khan, ha avisat que la cosa es posa magra i revisarà a la baixa les previsions de creixement per als Estat Units d’Amèrica, Europa i els països emergents. Els principals parquets de la Unió Europea han tancat amb descensos superiors al 2%. L’Ibex 35, per exemple, ha caigut un 2,81%, fins als 12.656 punts, la cinquena més gran caiguda de l’any. París s’ha deixat un 3,51%; Londres, un 3,86%; i Frankfurt, un 4,18%. Els operadors d’europeus consideren que la crisi creditícia té ara una altra dimensió perquè ha esquitxat de ple al Bear Stearns, un dels grans instituts de crèdit nord-americans i pilars del parquet novaiorquès, i la por s’ha estés, ja que no es confia en que les mesures de rescat aprovades per la Fed -reserva federal- siguin suficients per solucionar els problemes fonamentals als quals s’enfronten els bancs. Wall Street, per la seva part, s’ha situat en números vermells des de l’obertura. El Dow Jones, gairebé dues hores després de l’inici de la jornada, retrocedia un 1%. A hores d’ara les accions del banc Lehman Brother està perdent un 46%, pel pànic dels inversors desprès de la venda de emergència d’ahir diumenge del seu rival Bear Stearns & Cos a JPMorgan Chase & Co a un preu mínim d’un 10% del valor de les accions que tenien el divendres passat quan es tanca la borsa de Wall Street.

A l’Ibex, només Indra s’ha salvat de les pèrdues. Els descensos més forts han correspost a BME (5,9%), Ferrovial (5,2%), Critèria (4,8%), Gamesa (4,5%), Acerinox (4,4%) i Repsol (4,2%).Dels altres grans valors ha destacat la baixada de BBVA (3,03), Banc Santander (2,95), Iberdrola (2,58%) i Telefònica (2,29%). Al mercat continu ha sobreeixit la caiguda d’EADS (12,68%), mentre que Martinsa-Fadesa ha liderat els guanys (9,25%) després de alcanzar un acord per a renegociar el seu deute.

Nous rècords de l’or, l’euro i el petroli

La incapacitat de resposta del dòlar, que continua la seva caiguda lliure front a la resta de divises davant els dubtes sobre l’econòmica d’EE UU, ha tornat a provocar avui nous rècords en la cotització de l’or, l’euro i el petroli.

L’onça d’or ha superat els 1.020 dòlars a Londres condicionat per la debilitat del bitllet verd i el “pànic” borsari, que fa que molts inversors ho utilitzin com valor refugi. Del seu costat, l’euro ha pujat avui amb força en les primeres hores de negociació del mercat de divises de Frankfurt i ha batut un rècord després de superar la barrera dels 1,5900 dòlars. Cap a les 09.05 hores a Espanya, la divisa comunitària ha marcat un màxim en 1,5904 dòlars, encara que minuts després s’ha moderat lleument entorn de 1,58 dòlars.A més, els operadors preveuen que la moneda única alcance la cota dels 1,60 dòlars al llarg de la jornada davant la possibilitat que la Reserva Federal nord-americà torni a rebaixar demà els tipus d’interès. La divisa nord-americana també s’ha enfonsat enfront del Ien japonès, marcant el nivell més baix des de fa 12 anys. Pel que fa al mercat de petroli, el barril de Texas -de referència als Estats Units- ha excedit els 111 dòlars a Nova York al cotitzar a l’inici de la sessió en 111,8 unitats. No obstant això, després ha caigut uns quatre dòlars, de la mateixa manera que el cru de Brent, que ha perduts uns cinc dòlars de valor, fins als 101.