Serinus Energy Inc.-Ukraine: Olgovskoye-11 Commences Drilling

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - April 7, 2014) - Serinus Energy Inc. ("Serinus Energy", "SEN" or the "Company") (TSX:SEN)(WARSAW:SEN), an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce that the Olgovskoye-11 ("O-11") development well has commenced drilling. The O-11 well is operated by KUB-Gas LLC ("KUB-Gas"), a partially-owned subsidiary in which SEN has a 70% effective indirect ownership interest through its 70% shareholding of KUBGas Holdings Limited.

Olgovskoye-11 Well

The O-11 well will be drilled with a planned total depth of 3,200 metres and is expected to take 70 days to drill. The main target of the O-11 well is the S6 zone in the Serpukhovian sequence, with a secondary target being the R30c in the Bashkirian. The well is located approximately 1 kilometre southeast from the O-15 well which began producing from the S6 zone in July 2013. Both zones are anticipated to require fracture stimulations as has been the case with other wells completed in those formations.

Olgovskoye Field

Olgovskoye comprises approximately 43% of total Ukrainian production and is Serinus' second largest producing field in Ukraine. Current production is from 10 wells completed in 7 geological horizons, and there are additional reserves in non-producing zones which will require either dual completions or the current zone to deplete before they can be brought onstream. Most of the production comes from Bashkirian aged sandstones, but with the success in the Serpukhovian in O-15, the Company's new exploration and development efforts have been expanded to include that deeper section as well.

About Serinus

Serinus is an international upstream oil and gas exploration and production company with a diversified portfolio of projects in Ukraine, Brunei, Tunisia, Romania and Syria and with a risk profile ranging from exploration in Brunei, Romania and Syria to production and development in Ukraine and Tunisia. The common shares of the Company trade under trading symbol "SEN" on both the WSE (Warsaw Stock Exchange) and the TSX.

In Ukraine, Serinus owns an effective 70% interest in KUB-Gas LLC through its 70% shareholding of KUBGas Holdings Limited. The assets of KUB-Gas LLC consist of 100% interests in five licences near to the City of Lugansk in the northeast part of Ukraine. Four of the licences are gas producing.

In Tunisia, Serinus owns a 100% working interest in the Chouech Essaida, Ech Chouech, Sanrhar and Zinnia concessions, and a 45% working interest in the Sabria concession. Four of the concessions are currently producing oil or gas.

In Brunei, Serinus owns a 90% working interest in a production sharing agreement which gives the Company the right to explore for and produce oil and natural gas from Block L.

In Romania, Serinus has a 60% working interest in the onshore Satu Mare concession, a 2,949 square kilometre exploration and development block, in north western Romania.

In Syria, Serinus holds a participating interest of 50% in the Syria Block 9 production sharing contract which provides the right to explore for and, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions, to produce oil and gas from Block 9, a 10,032 square kilometre area in northwest Syria. The Company has an agreement to assign a 5% ownership interest to a third party which is subject to the approval of Syrian authorities, and which, if approved, would leave the Company with a remaining effective interest of 45% in Syria Block 9. Serinus declared force majeure, with respect to its operations in Syria, in July 2012.

The main shareholder of the Company is Kulczyk Investments S.A., an international investment house founded by Polish businessman Dr. Jan Kulczyk.

For further information, please refer to the Serinus website (www.serinusenergy.com).

Translation: This news release has been translated into Polish from the English original.

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