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Mid-Con Energy Talks Q3 2019 Results

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Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP reported its Q3 2019 results.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Olmstead, said: "We significantly increased our development efforts during the third quarter of 2019. The capital spent was primarily focused on de-risking our long-term development opportunities in Oklahoma and Wyoming, as well as injection progress at our Pine Tree unit in Wyoming. We drilled and cored two wells in some of our recently acquired assets in Oklahoma that signal the opportunity for new waterfloods in those properties. Operationally, we were able to keep production largely flat from the previous quarter while focusing on de-risking development opportunities. Expenses were higher than forecasted due to some unexpected costs that we believe to be one-time in nature. Going forward, we expect to continue reducing debt, while focusing on increasing production and reserves through organic development opportunities, all out of cash flow from operations."

Highlights & Recent Developments

• Net income was $6.0 million for the third quarter of 2019.
• Generated positive cash flows from operating activities for the third quarter of 2019 of $5.9 million.
• Continued to reduce outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility by $1.0 million during third quarter 2019.
• Unitization of our Wyoming waterflood project was formally approved in the third quarter of 2019. First injection was achieved in the second quarter of 2019 and expansion of the waterflood continued in the third quarter with additional wells being converted to injection and activation planned for the fourth quarter.
• In the third quarter of 2019, the Partnership: drilled two wells in two fields in Oklahoma; returned 40 wells to production in Oklahoma (27 of these wells were acquired in the second quarter of 2019); executed five re-stimulations and returned five wells to active water injection in our Wyoming assets. Results of our completed third quarter capital 2019 projects are currently being evaluated for the purpose of high grading and further refining our future capital plans.

Financial Summary

Production for third quarter 2019 averaged 3,543 Boe/d, which was comparable to 3,538 Boe/d in the second quarter of 2019. Commodity pricing decreased during the third quarter 2019 as the average realized oil price after derivatives was $52.05 versus $55.20 per barrel in second quarter 2019.

Lease operating expenses ("LOE") were $8.3 million ($25.44 per Boe) compared to $7.6 million ($23.56 per Boe) in the second quarter of 2019. The majority of the increase was due to the recently acquired properties in Oklahoma and is expected to be non-recurring as it relates to assimilating those properties in the Partnership's portfolio.

The Partnership spent $4.3 million on capital expenditures during the third quarter of 2019. The increased capital spend was related to drilling two new wells in central Oklahoma, re-completion programs in House Creek and Worland, both located in Wyoming, continued progress on the Pine Tree waterflood project in Wyoming and returning 40 wells to production status in Northeast Oklahoma. The capital spend from most of these projects will continue into fourth quarter 2019.

The decrease in oil and natural gas revenues and the increase in LOE lowered third quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ to $4.4 million from $5.1 million in the second quarter of 2019. During the third quarter, the Partnership continued to lower debt by $1.0 million to $65.0 million outstanding as of September 30, 2019. As of October 25, 2019, debt outstanding was $67.0 million.