HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 23, 2012-- Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (“Cobalt”) (NYSE: CIE) announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Joseph H. Bryant, will present at the 2012 Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8:00 a.m. Central Time.

The slide presentation to be used by Mr. Bryant will be available on Cobalt's website at www.cobaltintl.com in the Investors-Presentation and Publications section.

About Cobalt

Cobalt is an independent oil exploration and production company focusing on the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola and Gabon. Cobalt was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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