CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/03/06 -- Provident Energy Trust (Provident) (TSX: PVE.UN)(NYSE: PVX) today announced that its subsidiary company, BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P., has priced its initial public offering of 6,000,000 common units at $18.50 per unit. The common units will begin trading October 4, 2006 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "BBEP."

Provident will own approximately 68 percent of the limited partnership units and approximately 96 percent of the General Partner.

A Registration Statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

A final prospectus for the offering may be obtained from the prospectus department of either RBC Capital Markets Corporation at 60 South 6th Street, 17th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, telephone (612) 371-2818, or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 140 58th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220, telephone (800) 831-9146.

Provident Energy Trust is a Calgary-based, open-ended energy income trust that owns and manages an oil and gas production business and a natural gas liquids midstream services and marketing business. Provident's energy portfolio is located in some of the most stable and predictable producing regions in Western Canada, Southern California and Wyoming. Provident provides monthly cash distributions to its unitholders and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols PVE.UN and PVX, respectively.

This document contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Provident, as well as other expectations, plans, goals, objectives, information or statements about future events, conditions, results of operations or performance that may constitute "forward-looking statements" or "forward-looking information" under applicable securities legislation. Such statements or information involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Provident's control, including the impact of general economic conditions in Canada and the United States, industry conditions, changes in laws and regulations including the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced, increased competition, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, pipeline design and construction, fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and obtaining required approvals of regulatory authorities.

Such forward-looking statements or information are based on a number of assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. In addition to other assumptions identified in this news release, assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, commodity prices, operating conditions, capital and other expenditures, and project development activities.

Although Provident believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements or information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because Provident can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements or information are based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by Provident and described in the forward-looking statements or information.

The forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and Provident undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless so required by applicable securities laws. The forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement.

Contacts:
Provident Head Office:
800, 112 - 4th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 0H3
(403) 296-2233 or Toll Free: 1-800-587-6299
(403) 294-0111 (FAX)
Website: www.providentenergy.com