Press Release
                                          Source:  Energy Income and Growth Fund


ENERGY INCOME AND GROWTH FUND ANNOUNCES PUBLIC OFFERING OF COMMON SHARES

         Wheaton, IL -- April 29, 2010 -- Energy Income and Growth Fund (the
"Fund") (NYSE Amex: FEN) announced that it has commenced a public offering of
1,200,000 common shares of beneficial interest. The Fund also intends to grant
the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 180,000 additional common
shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Net proceeds from the offering will be
used to make additional portfolio investments that are consistent with the
Fund's investment objective and for general corporate purposes.

          RBC Capital Markets is acting as sole book-running manager for
the offering. BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC,
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Maxim Group LLC,
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Wedbush Securities Inc. and Wunderlich Securities, Inc.
are acting as co-managing underwriters on the offering. The offering is made
pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement on Form N-2 previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering of these
securities will be made only by means of a prospectus. Interested persons,
including existing shareholders of the Fund, may obtain a copy of the
preliminary prospectus supplement and prospectus supplement relating to the
offering from the following address:

                  RBC Capital Markets Corporation
                  Attn:  Equity Syndicate Department
                  Three World Financial Center
                  200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor
                  New York, New York 10281
                  Telephone:  (212) 428-6670
                  Fax:  (212) 428-6260

         Investors may also obtain these documents free of charge from the
Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

         An investor should read the Fund's preliminary prospectus supplement
and prospectus supplement carefully before investing. The preliminary prospectus
supplement and prospectus supplement contain important information about the
Fund and its investment objective and policies, risks, charges and expenses.

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

         The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company
which commenced investment operations in June 2004. The Fund's investment
objective is to seek a high level of after-tax total return with an emphasis on
current distributions paid to shareholders. The Fund seeks to provide its common
shareholders with an efficient vehicle to invest in a portfolio of
cash-generating securities of publicly traded master limited partnerships
("MLPs") and related public entities in the energy sector.





         First Trust Advisors L.P., the Fund's investment advisor, along with
its affiliate First Trust Portfolios L.P., are privately-held companies which
provide a variety of investment services, including asset management, financial
advisory services, and municipal and corporate investment banking, with
collective assets under management or supervision of approximately $30 billion
as of March 31, 2010 through closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, mutual
funds, separate managed accounts and exchange-traded funds.

         Energy Income Partners, LLC ("EIP") serves as the Fund's investment
sub-advisor and provides advisory services to a number of investment companies
and partnerships for the purpose of investing in MLPs and other energy
infrastructure securities. EIP is one of the early investment advisors
specializing in this area. As of March 31, 2010, EIP managed or supervised
approximately $433 million in client assets.


CONTACT:

Press Inquiries:           Jane Doyle                630-765-8775
Analyst Inquiries:         Jeff Margolin             630-915-6784
Broker Inquiries:          Jeff Margolin             630-915-6784


Source:  Energy Income and Growth Fund