Viking Announces First Oil Well Within Joffre Project Now Producing

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 7, 2015) - Viking Investments Group, Inc. ("Viking") (OTCQB: VKIN) is pleased to report that the first well within the Joffre D3 B Pool (the "Joffre Project") is now on production.

The well was placed on production on April 1st, 2015. After 5 days of anticipated monitoring and operating facility adjustments, the well is now producing at a rate of 118 barrels of oil per day and 250 mcf of natural gas, totaling 160 BOE/D. The well is a flowing oil well with a flowing wellhead pressure of 435 psi.

Viking and Tanager Energy Inc., joint venture operator of the Joffre Project, intend to proceed with the work necessary to reactivate the second of the remaining suspended oil wells in this project. The second well is expected to be on production by the end of June 2015. Other wells will be mobilized and reactivated sequentially.

About Viking:

Viking aims to acquire, invest in and/or provide professional advisory and consulting services to companies undergoing or anticipating periods of rapid growth, significant change or ownership transition. Viking's primary focus is directed toward evaluating and completing investments in North America, mainly in the Energy sector and other selective sectors, with appropriate diversification and balance between each division. Viking targets under-valued investments with realistic appreciation potential and a defined exit strategy.

Viking is not an investment company, as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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