Great Prairie Energy Services Inc. - 2015 Second Quarter Financial Results

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Aug. 31, 2015) -

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Great Prairie Energy Services Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GPE) ("Great Prairie" or the "Company") announces its financial results for the three and six months ended, June 30, 2015. The full text of Great Prairie's second quarter-end financial statements and the related MD&A, are available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Financial Highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015:

• Revenue of $1.9 million
  
  
• Adjusted EBITDAS of $(1.5) million
  
  

In addition to the challenges created by annual spring breakup, results for the second quarter of 2015 were significantly impacted by the ongoing global oversupply of oil and resulting oil price weakness. The consequence of these factors has been decreased demand for Great Prairie's services and smaller operating margins due to increased pricing pressure.

The Company continues to reduce its operating cost structure and to monitor its capital expenditures to right size the business with the ongoing market challenges. With a view to ongoing weakness in the commodity markets, the Company anticipates that activity levels and profitability within the industry will continue to be modest.

About Great Prairie Energy Services Inc.

Great Prairie Energy Services Inc. is a Canadian energy services company focused on servicing oil and gas activity in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Great Prairie provides general oilfield hauling, equipment rental and frac fluid services out of Kindersley, Saskatchewan and Drumheller, Rocky Mountain House and Valleyview, Alberta through its operating entities.

Forward-Looking Statements and Reader Advisory

This news release contains forward-looking statements. More particularly, this news release contains statements concerning future activity levels and profitability within the industry. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as " "anticipate", "plan", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "predict", "believe" and similar expressions. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, as there can be no assurance that the plans, intentions or expectations upon which they are based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and other events contemplated by the forward-looking statements will not occur, which may cause actual performance and results in future periods to differ materially from any estimates or projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this news release, Great Prairie has made assumptions regarding, among other things, the level of oilfield activity, the demand for the services of Great Prairie, the impact of increasing competition, and Great Prairie's ability to obtain additional financing on satisfactory terms. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things: the risk that the Company may not be able to retain key employees to continue to maintain its operations; risk relating to Great Prairie's ability to complete future financings; risks relating to the state of the economy in general and capital markets in particular; risks relating to investor interest in the business and future prospects of Great Prairie; risks that Great Prairie's customers may not increase, or may even decrease, their activity levels; risks relating to changes in the demand for or the price of oil and natural gas; risks relating to increases in costs of labor, fuel, equipment and supplies employed and used in Great Prairie's businesses; risks relating to compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, as well as actions by governmental and regulatory authorities; risks that Great Prairie may not be able to execute its capital expenditure program and/or that any such capital expenditure investments, if made, will not generate adequate returns; and other risks affecting Great Prairie's ability to maintain or improve operations, including its ability to maintain prices for services under market pricing pressures, weather risks, and the impact of potential increases in general and administrative expenses.