DENVER, Apr 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Berry Petroleum Company (NYSE: BRY), will announce financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 on Thursday, April 26, 2012 before the market opens, and will hold a conference call on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. ET (8:00 a.m. MT) to discuss those results.

The call may be accessed in the United States by dialing 866-788-0544 with passcode 32492644 or outside the United States by dialing 857-350-1682 with passcode 32492644.

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

A digital replay of the call will be available through May 3, 2012 by dialing 888-286-8010 with passcode 79131579 or you may visit Berry's web site at http://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.

SOURCE: Berry Petroleum Company

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