CALGARY, ALBERTA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 14, 2008 -- Canadian Superior Energy Inc. ("Canadian Superior", the "Company") (Toronto:SNG.TO - News) (SNG - News) announced today that it responded, on October 10, 2008, to Steelhead Partners LLC regarding certain concerns they had raised concerning the Company. Responses have been filed with SEDAR and the SEC (http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177470/000134100408002646/form6-k.htm).

Canadian Superior is a Calgary, Alberta, Canada based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations primarily offshore Trinidad and Tobago, Offshore Nova Scotia, Canada, in Western Canada, in the United States and in North Africa. See Canadian Superior's website at www.cansup.com to review Canadian Superior's operations in Western Canada, offshore Trinidad and Tobago, Offshore Nova Scotia interests and North Africa interests. Canadian Superior has approximately 20,000 shareholders worldwide, including some of the top institutional shareholders in North America.

Statements contained in this news release relating to future results, events and expectations are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking information contained in this news release is as of the date of this news release. The Company assumes no obligation to update and/or revise this forward-looking information "except as required by law". These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, scheduling, re-scheduling and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, estimates, projections, resource potential and/or reserves, interpretations, prognoses, schedules or achievements of the Corporation, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such factors include, among others, those described in the Corporations' annual reports on Form 40-F or Form 20-F on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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     Canadian Superior Energy Inc.
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     Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2V6
     Website: http://www.cansup.com