TMX group

BAKERSFIELD, CA, Jan. 18 /CNW/ - Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: IVAN and
TSX: IE, IE.U) will host a telephone conference call for investors and
analysts today, Wednesday, January 18, at 4:00 p.m. EST (1:00 p.m. PST).
Briefings will be provided on the successful attainment of performance
objectives by the company's Commercial Demonstration Facility in Southern
California that is showcasing Ivanhoe's revolutionary heavy-oil upgrading
technology (HTL). Ivanhoe Energy now is preparing to test crudes from
potential partners, with an initial focus on heavy crudes from California and
Western Canada, including bitumen from Canada's Athabasca Tar Sands region.
Keynote presenters will be Ed Veith, Vice President of Heavy Oil
Upgrading, and Ian Barnett, Vice President of Corporate Finance and Business
Development. Also participating in the call will be Ivanhoe Energy Chairman
David Martin, Deputy Chairman Robert Friedland and President and Chief
Financial Officer Leon Daniel.
The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-866-540-8136 in Canada
and the United States, or 416-340-8010 in the Toronto area and
internationally. A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be
provided through www.ivanhoeenergy.com and www.newswire.ca/webcast. The
conference call will be archived for later playback and may be accessed by
dialing 1-800-408-3053 or 1-416-695-5800 and entering the pass code 3174625
followed by the number sign, or via www.ivanhoeenergy.com. The archived
playback will be available until February 17, 2006.

Ivanhoe Energy is an independent international oil and gas exploration
and development company building long-term growth in its reserve base and
production. Ivanhoe Energy is a leader in technologically innovative methods
designed to significantly improve reserves of oil and gas through the
upgrading of heavy oil to light oil, state-of-the-art drilling techniques,
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the conversion of natural gas to liquids
(GTL). Core operations are in the United States and China, with business
development opportunities worldwide.
Ivanhoe Energy trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market with the ticker symbol
IVAN and on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) with the symbol IE. On the TSX,
Ivanhoe Energy is listed and traded in both Canadian and U.S. dollars. The
U.S. dollar trading symbol on the TSX is IE.U.