Chaparral Energy Announces First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call for Bondholders

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Chaparral Energy, Inc. (Bloomberg: CHAPAR) announced today that the Company has scheduled a conference call for its bondholders to discuss first quarter 2008 financial results on Thursday, May 15, 2008, starting at 10:00 a.m. EDT (9:00 a.m. CDT).

    What:  Chaparral Energy First Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call
    When:  Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
    How:   Live via phone by dialing 303-262-2130 and asking for the Chaparral
           Energy call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through May 22, 2008, and may be accessed by calling 303-590-3000 and using the pass code 11113905#. A webcast archive will also be available at http://www.chaparralenergy.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days. For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG&E at 713-529-6600, or e-mail dmw@drg-e.com.

Chaparral Energy, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas production and exploitation company, headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since its inception in 1988, the company has increased reserves and production primarily by acquiring and enhancing properties in its core areas of the Mid-Continent and the Permian Basin. Beginning in 2000, Chaparral expanded its geographic focus to include East Texas, North Texas, the Gulf Coast and the Rocky Mountains and also increased the percentage of capital expenditures allocated to developmental drilling.

     Contacts:  Chaparral Energy, Inc.
                Joe Evans, EVP & CFO
                405-478-8770

                DRG&E
                Ken Dennard / Jack Lascar
                713-529-6600