CALGARY, May 1 /CNW/ - Connacher Oil and Gas Limited (CLL-TSX) announced today that it will present at the Raymond James 2009 Oil Sands of Canada Conference in New York, New York on Monday, May 4, 2009. The Company's presentation will be made by Mr. Peter Sametz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Grant Ukrainetz, Vice President, Corporate Development at 11:00 AM MDT.

The slide presentation for this event, titled April 2009 Investor Presentation, is posted on Connacher's website at www.connacheroil.com.

Connacher Oil and Gas Limited is a Calgary-based bitumen, crude oil and natural gas company. It is primarily an oil sands company, with operations at its 10,000 bbl/d Great Divide Pod One steam assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") plant in northeastern Alberta and with plans to construct a second similar sized SAGD project in Great Divide at Algar. It owns conventional Canadian production and reserves, a 9,500 bbl/d heavy oil refinery in Great Falls, Montana and a 24 percent equity stake in Petrolifera Petroleum Limited (PDP-TSX), a successful production and exploration company active in Argentina, Colombia and Peru in South America. Connacher's shares and convertible debentures are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.