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                       HARVEST ENERGY TRUST - NEWS RELEASE
                           (HTE.UN - TSX; HTE - NYSE)

                         HARVEST ENERGY TRUST ANNOUNCES
                         OCTOBER 17TH, 2005 DISTRIBUTION


CALGARY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2005 (TSX: HTE.UN; NYSE: HTE) - Harvest Energy Trust
("Harvest") today announces that a cash distribution of C$0.35 per trust unit
will be paid on October 17th, 2005 to unitholders of record on September 23rd,
2005. Harvest trust units are expected to commence trading on an ex-distribution
basis on September 21st, 2005. This distribution amount represents Distributable
Cash earned in the month of September 2005.

Registered unitholders resident in Canada who wish to participate in Harvest's
Premium Distribution(TM), Distribution Reinvestment or Optional Trust Unit
Purchase Plan (the "Plan") must fax or otherwise deliver their properly
completed and signed enrolment forms to Valiant Trust Company at the fax number
or address specified in the enrolment forms by 3:00 p.m. (Calgary time) on
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2005. Canadian beneficial unitholders (i.e., owners
of trust units that are held through a nominee such as a broker or custodian)
who wish to participate in the Plan should contact their broker, investment
dealer, financial institution or other nominee through which their Harvest trust
units are held to inquire about the applicable enrolment deadline and to request
enrolment in the Plan. Unitholders previously enrolled in the Plan will
automatically continue to participate.

Harvest Energy Trust is a Calgary based energy trust actively managed to deliver
stable monthly cash distributions to its Unitholders through its strategy of
acquiring, enhancing and producing crude oil, natural gas and natural gas
liquids. Harvest trust units are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)
under the symbol "HTE.UN" and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the
symbol "HTE". Please visit Harvest's website at www.harvestenergy.ca for
additional corporate information, including details describing the Plan
discussed above.


INVESTOR & MEDIA CONTACTS:
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          JACOB ROORDA
           President
                                      CORPORATE HEAD OFFICE:
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                                      2100, 330 - 5th Avenue S.W.
           DAVID RAIN                 Calgary, AB   Canada   T2P 0L4
      Vice President & CFO
                                      PHONE:     (403) 265-1178
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                                      Fax:       (403) 265-3490
           CINDY GRAY                 EMAIL:     information@harvestenergy.ca
      Investor Relations &            WEBSITE:   www.harvestenergy.ca
     Communications Advisor
     gray@harvestenergy.ca
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