Rock Energy Inc. Reports Q1 2016 Results

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - May 11, 2016) - Rock Energy Inc. (RE.TO) ("Rock" or the "Company") is pleased to report its financial and operating results for three months ended March 31, 2016.

Copies of Rock's audited financial statements and related management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2016 have been filed on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and may be obtained on Rock's website at www.rockenergy.ca.

Rock is a Calgary-based crude oil exploration, development and production company.

CORPORATE SUMMARY

FINANCIAL

Three months ended March 31,

2016

2015

Crude oil and natural gas revenue ('000)

$

5,087

$

17,466

Funds from operations ('000) (1)

$

2,103

$

6,158

Per share

- basic

$

0.04

$

0.14

- diluted

$

0.04

$

0.14

Net loss ('000)

$

(5,354

)

$

(4,178

)

Per share

- basic

$

(0.11

)

$

(0.10

)

- diluted

$

(0.11

)

$

(0.10

)

Total net capital expenditures ('000) (2)

$

785

$

14,353

As at March 31,

2016

2015

Net debt ('000) (1)

$

58,382

$

63,154

Common shares outstanding

47,519,245

46,971,997

Options outstanding

3,536,166

2,980,981

OPERATIONS

Three months ended March 31,

2016

2015

Average daily production

Crude oil and natural gas liquids (bbls/d)

2,775

5,011

Natural gas (mcf/d)

706

864

Barrels of oil equivalent (boe/d)

2,893

5,155

Average product prices

Crude oil and natural gas liquids ($/bbl)

$

19.98

$

38.22

Natural gas ($/mcf)

$

1.57

$

2.96

Total ($/boe)

$

19.33

$

37.65

Operating netback ($/boe) (2)(3)

$

1.01

$

16.70

(1)

Funds from operations and net debt are considered key financial metrics; Refer to the "Key Financial Metrics" section at the end of this MD&A for definitions.

(2)

Operating netback and total net capital expenditures are considered Non-GAAP measures; Refer to the "Non-GAAP Measures" section at the end of this MD&A.

(3)

Operating netback exclude realized hedging gains of $13.87 per boe for the three months ended March 31, 2016. As at March 31, 2015 the Company did not have any commodity price contracts outstanding.

LETTER TO THE SHAREHOLDERS

Welcome to the first shareholders report for 2016.

The first quarter has been extremely difficult for our industry as the price for WTI dropped toward $25.00 US/bbl in January and averaged only $34.00 US/bbl for the quarter. With this significant deterioration in prices, we reduced our capital spending to only essential projects to preserve the integrity of our assets.