NXT ENERGY SOLUTIONS ATTENDING NAPE 2009

Calgary, Alberta, Canada Tuesday, January 27, 2009

NXT Energy Solutions Inc. (“NXT” or “the Company)

“SFD” – TSX-V;  “NSFDF” – NASDAQ OTCBB;  “EFW” - FRANKFURT

NXT Energy Solutions is pleased to announce its attendance at the NAPE EXPO in Houston, Texas on February 5 and 6, 2009.  Please come visit us at Booth 2060.  NAPE brings together an estimated 16,000 attendees from the domestic and international oil and gas industry to showcase prospects and properties.   The EXPO will also feature the latest technological advancements in related products and services.

“NAPE 2009 provides an excellent environment to present our “state of the art” airborne exploration tool and network with industry peers, potential business partners and broaden our customer base” states NXT CEO George Liszicasz, “and reflects again our commitment to make SFD a mainstream exploration tool”.  

NXT is in the business of providing wide-area airborne exploration services to the oil and gas industry.  The Company utilizes its proprietary SFD Survey System to offer its clients a unique service to rapidly identify sub-surface structures with reservoir potential in sedimentary basins with no environmental impact.  The value of the service is providing our clients with an efficient, cost effective method of surveying large tracts of land and delivering an inventory of SFD prospects with high potential.  

For additional information about NXT and our SFD survey system please consult the Company’s website at.www.nxtenergy.com

For more information contact:

Ken Rogers CFO or Murray Christie COO	Dave Burwell or Grant Howard
NXT Energy Solutions Inc.	The Howard Group
505 — 3rd Street, S.W., Suite 1400	1200, 640 – 8th Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3E6	Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1G7
Tel: (403) 264-7020	Tel: (403) 221-0915
Fax: (403) 264-6442	Fax: (403) 237-8387
nxt_info@nxtenergy.com	info@howardgroupinc.com
www.nxtenergy.com	www.howardgroupinc.com

Forward-Looking Statements

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