Petro-Canada to Participate in the FirstEnergy/Societe Generale East Coast Canadian Energy Conference

CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/10/08 -- Andrew Stephens, senior vice-president, corporate relations will present at the FirstEnergy/Societe Generale East Coast Canadian Energy Conference in New York City, New York on Thursday, March 13, 2008 at 3:38 p.m. eastern time (1:38 p.m. mountain time). The presentation will include information on Petro-Canada's performance, growth strategy and outlook.

A live audio webcast of the presentation and an electronic copy of the slides will be available on the Petro-Canada website: http://www.petro-canada.ca/en/investors/93.aspx. A postview of the audio webcast will be available approximately one hour after the webcast for 30 days.

Petro-Canada is one of Canada's largest oil and gas companies, operating in both the upstream and the downstream sectors of the industry in Canada and internationally. We create value by responsibly developing energy resources and providing world class petroleum products and services. Petro-Canada is proud to be a National Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Our common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol PCA and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PCZ.

Contacts: Investor and analyst inquiries: Ken Hall, Investor Relations Petro-Canada, Calgary (403) 296-7859 Email: investor@petro-canada.ca

Media and general inquiries: Andrea Ranson, Corporate Communications Petro-Canada, Calgary (403) 296-4610 Email: corpcomm@petro-canada.ca Website: www.petro-canada.ca

2008-03-10 17:36:03 0308892 MARKETWIRE