Canadian Superior Energy Inc. TSX: SNG NYSE Alternext US: SNG

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 13, 2009) - The independent committee of Canadian Superior Energy Inc. ("Canadian Superior") (TSX:SNG) (NYSE Alternext US:SNG) announced today that further to the announcement made on April 3, 2009 adding Messrs. Alex Squires and Charles Dallas to the previously established committee of independent directors (the "Independent Committee"), the Independent Committee has appointed Carscallen Leitch LLP as its new independent counsel, effective as at Friday, April 3, 2009. All communications to the Independent Committee should be made to Carscallen Leitch LLP, as the Independent Committee's independent legal counsel, or Jennings Capital Inc., as the Independent Committee's independent financial advisors.

Canadian Superior Energy Inc. is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based diversified global energy company engaged in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas, and liquefied natural gas projects, with operations offshore Trinidad and Tobago, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada, in Western Canada, in the United States and in North Africa. See Canadian Superior's website at www.cansup.com to review Canadian Superior's operations in Western Canada, offshore Trinidad and Tobago, Offshore Nova Scotia interests, in the USA and its North Africa interests. Canadian Superior has approximately 20,000 shareholders worldwide, including some of the top institutional shareholders in North America.