Petro-Canada Declares Quarterly Dividend

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - April 27, 2009) - Petro-Canada announces a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share on the outstanding common shares of the Company, payable on July 1, 2009 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 3, 2009.







Petro-Canada is one of Canada's largest oil and gas companies, operating in both the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry in Canada and internationally. The Company creates value by responsibly developing energy resources and providing world class petroleum products and services. Petro-Canada is proud to be a National Partner to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Petro-Canada's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol PCA and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol PCZ.

For more information please contact:

Investor and analyst inquiries:



Ken Hall, Investor Relations



Petro-Canada (Calgary)



(403) 296-7859



Email: investor@petro-canada.ca



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Media & general inquiries:



Andrea Ranson, Corporate Communications



Petro-Canada (Calgary)



(403) 296-4610



Email: corpcomm@petro-canada.ca



Website: www.petro-canada.ca