Vital Energy Inc.: Drilling Update

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Feb. 3, 2015) - Vital Energy Inc. ("Vital" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:VUX) announces the following status update:

Pennant Area, S.W. Saskatchewan: The previously announced 2 horizontal well locations at 2A8-15-3A2-15-18-17 W3M and 3D1-15-2D9-15-18-17 W3M have both been drilled, cased and are currently being equipped for production. Production rates will be announced after the wells have been on production for a minimum of 30 days.

Based on the initial encouraging results obtained from the first 2 horizontal wells Vital has applied for 2 more horizontal well licenses on the Pennant project. The locations are Vital Battrum HZ 2A11-16-2A9-16-18-17W3M and Vital Battrum HZ 4D7-15-3B2-15-18-17W3M.

Vital is the Operator of the Pennant Area development project and owns a 100% interest.

Vital Energy Inc. is a publicly traded junior oil and gas company (TSX VENTURE:VUX) whose primary focus is developing light and medium crude oil production in Western Canada.

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