HOUSTON, December 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Endeavour International Corporation (Amex: END) announced today that production has commenced from the Njord gas export project in the Norwegian Sea. The completion will add approximately 900 barrels of oil equivalent to the company's daily production and is incremental to oil production from the field which will continue.

Endeavour holds a 2.5 percent working interest in the field which has produced oil since 1997. The gas export project has been underway since early 2005 and involved the drilling of new production wells and the construction of a 25-mile pipeline and processing facility. StatoilHydro is operator of the field.

Endeavour International Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of energy reserves in the North Sea. For more information, visit http://www.endeavourcorp.com.

Certain statements in this news release should be regarded as "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the securities laws. These statements speak only of as of the date made. Such statements are subject to assumptions, risk and uncertainty. Actual results or events may vary materially.

Web site: http://www.endeavourcorp.com

Investors, Rusty Fisher, +1-713-307-8770, or Media, Janice Aston White, +1-713-307-8780, both of Endeavour International Corporation