Condor Announces 2017 Third Quarter Results

CALGARY, AB--(Marketwired - November 14, 2017) - Condor Petroleum Inc. ("Condor" or the "Company") (TSX: CPI), a Canadian based oil and gas company focused on exploration and production activities in Turkey and Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce the release of its unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, together with the related management's discussion and analysis. These documents will be made available under Condor's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Condor website at www.condorpetroleum.com. All financial amounts in this news release are presented in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated.

Q3 2017 Highlights

• Construction of the Poyraz Ridge gas processing facility in Turkey has been completed. Pre-commissioning activities have successfully been performed, introducing gas to the various processing components.
• Construction of the 16 km Poyraz Ridge sales gas pipeline has also been completed and is undergoing acceptance testing. Commercial production with initial rates targeting 10 MMscf/day is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2017.
• The Poyraz 3 and Poyraz West 4 development wells in Turkey have been completed and tied into the processing facilities.
• The Yakamoz 1 exploration well in Turkey was drilled to a total depth of 2,250 meters encountering numerous gas shows while drilling. Though the well was abandoned without testing, post-well remapping of the Yakamoz prospect indicates the well was drilled off-structure and side-tracking alternatives are being evaluated.
• Production from Shoba and Taskuduk in Kazakhstan averaged 457 bopd for the three months and 410 bopd for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and the operating netback which is defined as crude oil sales revenue less production costs, royalty expense and transportation and selling expense, averaged $19.79 per barrel in the third quarter of 2017 and $18.47 per barrel for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.
• The Company has referred the Zharkamys exploration contract extension case to the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan and the hearing is scheduled to commence on November 29, 2017. The on-going court proceedings related to Zharkamys do not affect the Company's Shoba and Taskuduk oilfields which are each governed by separate production contracts.
• During the first quarter of 2017, the Company established and received funds from a USD 10.0 million secured non-revolving credit facility which bears interest at 14% and matures on January 31, 2020 and issued to the lender a warrant certificate exercisable into one million common shares of Condor at $2.35 per share on or before January 31, 2020.
• The Company recorded net loss of $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 (2016: $1.7 million) and $66.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 (2016: $8.7 million) which includes $56.6 million of exploration and evaluation expense pertaining to the derecognition of the Zharkamys contract in the first quarter of 2017.

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