Pyramid Oil Company and privately held Yuma Energy, Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for an all-stock transaction. Upon completion of the transaction, which is subject to the approval of stockholders of both companies, Pyramid will change its name to "Yuma Energy, Inc.," and relocate its headquarters to Houston, Texas, while maintaining offices in Bakersfield to oversee its California operations.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Yuma has been in the oil and gas business for over 30 years. Yuma focuses on the exploration for and development of conventional and unconventional oil and gas prospects, primarily through the use of 3-D seismic surveys, in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. In addition, Yuma has a non-operated position in the Bakken Shale in North Dakota. Yuma's core competencies in generating oil and gas prospects include: unconventional oil plays; onshore liquids-rich projects; and high impact deep onshore prospects located beneath known producing trends, identified through the use of 3-D seismic surveys. As of December 31, 2013, Yuma had oil and gas leasehold acreage of approximately 80,000 net acres.

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