DENVER, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Venoco, Inc. (NYSE: VQ) today announced that Tim Ficker, Chief Financial Officer, will be making a presentation at the Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern (3:30 p.m. local-Phoenix).

The presentation will be available after market-close on Monday, September 22nd via the Investor Relations page of the company's website, http://www.venocoinc.com.

Venoco is an independent energy company primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of oil and natural gas properties in California and Texas. Venoco operates three offshore platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel, has non-operated interests in three other platforms, operates four onshore properties in Southern California, has extensive operations in Northern California's Sacramento Basin and operates eighteen fields in Texas.

For further information, please contact Mike Edwards, Vice President, (303) 626-8320; http://www.venocoinc.com; E-Mail investor@venocoinc.com.

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