Contango Updates Southern Delaware Basin Operations

HOUSTON, April 11, 2018 -- Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSE American:MCF) announced today an update on its Southern Delaware Basin acreage in Pecos County, Texas.

River Rattler #1H

As previously reported, the River Rattler #1H (44% WI, 33% NRI), our first Wolfcamp B test, was spud in December 2017, was drilled to a total measured depth of 20,710 feet and was recently completed with 50 stages of fracture stimulation in a 10,275 foot lateral. Production began in March 2018 at an initial 24-hour max IP rate of 1,416 Boed (74% oil), making it our best well to date. Since then, after 15 days of full production, the well has averaged 1,345 Boed (74% oil). We continue to identify cost efficiencies in our drilling efforts, as evidenced by the fact that the Ragin Bull #3H, which immediately preceded this well, and River Rattler #1H have taken only 27 days from spud to TMD.

Ragin Bull #2H

The Ragin Bull #2H (49% WI, 37% NRI), our second Wolfcamp B test, was spud in January 2018, approximately 0.6 miles south of the Ragin Bull #3H and 1.6 miles south of the River Rattler #1H.  The well was drilled to a total measured depth of 20,625 feet; was completed with 59 stages of fracture stimulation in a 10,344 foot lateral and is currently flowing back. This well represents our fastest spud to total depth so far at 26.5 days. 

Sidewinder #1H / Gunner #3H

In March 2018, we spud the Sidewinder #1H (49% WI, 37% NRI), the first of two wells to be drilled from a common pad. The Sidewinder was drilled to a total measured depth of 20,550 feet including approximately 10,500 feet of lateral into the Wolfcamp A horizon just south of the Rude Ram #1H Wolfcamp A completion, which has produced 155 MBoe in nine months. The Gunner well was spud on April 4, 2018 is currently at a vertical depth of 4,700 feet. This well will be a Wolfcamp B test with a 10,000 foot lateral in the same unit as the Gunner #2H Wolfcamp A completion, which so far is our best producing well to date having produced approximately 130 MBoe in six months.  Both wells from this pad are expected to begin completion operations via a zipper frac strategy in June 2018.

Contango Oil & Gas Company is a Houston, Texas based, independent energy company whose business is to maximize production from its shallow offshore Gulf of Mexico properties and onshore properties in Texas and Wyoming, and to use that cash flow to explore, develop, exploit, produce and acquire crude oil and natural gas properties in the Texas and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Additional information is available on the Company's website at http://www.contango.com.

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