Berry Petroleum To Release Third Quarter 2009 Earnings and Hold Conference Call on October 30, 2009

DENVER--(Business Wire)--
Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE: BRY), an independent oil and gas producer, will
announce on Friday, October 30, 2009, before the market opens, financial results
for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 and will hold a conference call
on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. MDT) to discuss those
results.

The call may be accessed in the United States by dialing 866-788-0547 with
passcode 28922960 or outside the United States by dialing 857-350-1685 with
passcode 28922960.

This call is being webcast by Thomson Reuters and can also be accessed at
Berry`s web site at www.bry.com. Individual investors can also listen to the
call through Thomson Reuter's individual investor center at www.earnings.com and
institutional investors can access the call via Thomson Reuter's
password-protected event management site, at www.streetevents.com.

A digital replay of the call will be available through November 6, 2009 by
dialing 888-286-8010 with passcode 98141508 or you may visit Berry`s web site at
www.bry.com for an archived webcast.

About Berry Petroleum Company

Berry Petroleum Company is a publicly traded independent oil and gas production
and exploitation company. The Company uses its web site as a channel of
distribution of material company information. Financial and other material
information regarding the Company is routinely posted on and accessible at
http://www.bry.com/index.php?page=investor.

Berry Petroleum Company
Investors and Media
David Wolf 1-303-999-4400
Shawn Canaday 1-303-999-4000
Internet: www.bry.com

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