Delta Petroleum receives investment by Tracinda

Delta Petroleum Corporation has entered into a strategic financing agreement with Tracinda Corporation (“Tracinda”), a private investment corporation wholly-owned by Kirk Kerkorian. Under the agreement, Tracinda will invest $684 million to acquire common stock from the Company at $19.00 per share, which represents a 23 percent premium to the price at the market close as of December 28, 2007 and a 26 percent premium to Delta’s 30 day trading average.

This transaction will allow Delta Petroleum to accelerate development drilling activities in its core areas, including the Piceance and Paradox Basins. Additional pipeline expansion projects in the Piceance Basin will support Delta’s anticipated increased production and reserve growth generated by an accelerated drilling program. Recently announced successes in the Greentown area of the Paradox Basin also justify an accelerated drilling program to exploit the Company’s large acreage position.

This transaction will also provide Delta significant financial flexibility to fund the Company’s long-term drilling programs and allow for increased acquisition activity, consistent with Delta’s strategy to pursue
complementary acreage and working interest acquisitions in the Company’s core areas.