UPDATE 1-Petrohawk Q1 production rises 58 pct

* Q1 production rises 58 pct

* Q1 success rate of 99 pct

* Maintains outlook of 40 pct production growth in 2009

* Keeps $1 bln capex view for 2009

April 21 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer Petrohawk Energy Corp (HK.N) said its first-quarter production rose 58 percent and reiterated its full-year production outlook of 40 percent growth for 2009.

For the first quarter, the company said it produced about 412 million cubic feet equivalentper day (Mmcfe/d), and added it expects second-quarter production between 420 mmcfe/d and 430 mmcfe/d.

Petrohawk added it drilled 165 gross wells, of which 34 were operated, with a success rate of 99 percent.

Earlier on Feb 25, the company, which has a big holding in the Haynesville Shale in west Louisiana, raised its 2009 production target by more than 7 percent.

The company said it would maintain its capital expenditure outlook of $1 billion for 2009.

Shares of the company closed at $20.36 Monday on the New York Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Antonita Madonna Devotta in Bangalore; Editing by Jarshad Kakkrakandy)