Lucas Energy Announces Commencement of Drilling of Hagen Ranch Unit No.1HST Well

Lucas Energy, Inc. (NYSE: LEI) an independent oil and gas company, today announced that the Company has spudded the Hagen Ranch Unit No.1HST well in Gonzales County, Texas. The Hagen Ranch No.1HST well is a new lateral from an old horizontal well in the Austin Chalk formation. The well is on the same lease as the two Hilcorp Oil Company drilled, but now Marathon Oil Company operated, Hagen EF No.1H and No.2H wells producing from the Eagle Ford formation. The Hagen Ranch No.1HST well is being drilled with joint venture partners.