CGX Energy Announces Definitive Rig Agreement for use of the Ralph Coffman Rig for the Utakwaaka-1 Well

Toronto, December 17, 2018 - CGX Energy Inc. (TSXV: OYL) ("CGX Energy" or the "Company"), through its wholly owned subsidiary CGX Resources Inc. has entered into a definitive rig agreement with ROWAN RIGS S.À R.L for the provision of rig services for the drilling of the Company's Utakwaaka-1 well in its Corentyne block.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company has procured the use of an offshore jack-up drilling rig named the Ralph Coffman.

The main terms of the rig contract are as follows:

Professor Suresh Narine, Executive Chairman, commented: "With the announcement of a Joint Venture with Frontera Energy Corp. and the securing of Rowan's Ralph Coffman offshore Jack Up Drilling Rig, CGX is on schedule to drill Utakwaaka-1 on or before November 2019. The Ralph Coffman is ideally suited to our well-design and we are delighted to secure this rig at a time when exploration activity on the shelf in the Guyana basin is significantly increasing."

About CGX Energy

CGX Energy is a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration company focused on the exploration of oil in the Guyana-Suriname Basin.

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For further information, please contact:
Brooks Lyons, Manager, Commercial & Business Development at (832) 300-3200 or blyons@cgxenergy.com, or Tralisa Maraj, Chief Financial Officer at (832) 300-3200.