Bankers Petroleum 2014 Investor Day

Expanding Margins, Encouraging Initial Water and Polymer Flood Results and 5-Year Development Outlook

CALGARY, June 9, 2014 /CNW/ - Bankers Petroleum Ltd. ("Bankers" or the "Company") (TSX: BNK, AIM: BNK) is pleased to announce cost reduction initiatives, early stage water and polymer flood results, and the outline of a 5-year development program. The Toronto Investor Day presentation will be streamed live through webcast today, Monday, June 9^th, 2014 beginning at 12:30 pm EDT. An additional presentation will be made in London on June 11^th at 8:00 am (BST).

Over the past year, Bankers has been focused on a strategy of delivering consistent, reliable growth through our primary drilling program, expanding our margins through operational improvements, and evaluating the potential of water and polymer floods in the Patos-Marinza oilfield. In today's Investor Day presentation, representatives of Banker's management and technical teams will discuss performance in each of these areas.

Cost Initiatives

Drilling and Capital Costs

• Over the past several years, the Company has made strong progress in reducing drilling costs to approximately $1 million per horizontal well with an average drill time of 12 days through improved well design and drilling practices. This is a 30% reduction in costs from $1.3 million per well and an average drilling time of 14 days in 2011.
  
  
• The Company is focused on continued optimization of well design, as well as further reduction of costs through improved contracts and supply sourcing initiatives.
  
  
• Looking forward, the Company is pursuing new initiatives including drilling the first multi-lateral well in the heavier oil quality Gorani reservoir in the third quarter of this year, and conducting lateral drainage testing to further evaluate the optimal horizontal length for improved well performance.

Expanding our Margins

• In the first quarter of this year, the Company announced record netbacks of $55.75 as a result of cost reduction initiatives underway in both operating, sales and transportation costs.
  
  
• Over the past year, the Company has reduced diluent costs by $3.59 per barrel through optimizing its central treating process, and reducing usage of diluent in workover fluids. Bankers will continue to pursue ways to reduce diluent, as well as focus on developing production from the Marinza and Bubullima reservoir zones which contain lighter oil.
  
  
• The Company is also improving its energy costs through transition from diesel generators to natural gas and electric power units in the field, and the development of gas gathering infrastructure to harness associated gas produced in conjunction with its heavy oil.
  
  
• Ongoing analysis of workover trends, and both improved progressive cavity pump design and artificial lift systems, have resulted in significantly longer pump run times and well performance over the last several quarters. In 2014, the Company expects to further reduce workover costs through the addition of tubing rotators and continuous rod application.
  
  
• Looking forward, Bankers will focus on reducing in-field trucking by assessing the additional tie-in of over 60 percent of its transported volumes. Three current flow-line projects are under way targeting a large portion of this volume, with further infrastructure expansion expected in 2015.

Water and Polymer Flood Program

• In 2013, and through the first half of 2014, Bankers has implemented 3 water and 9 polymer flood patterns and continues to monitor early stage results. The water flood patterns are in the Marinza (M₀) and polymer flood patterns in the Lower Driza (D₃, D₄, and D₅) reservoir sands within the main area of the Patos-Marinza oilfield.

Early Stage Results
Bankers is pleased to announce the following results of these initial patterns:

• Performance to date from all patterns is exceeding the minimum performance levels set by the Company with respect to economic thresholds in offset producer response.
  
  
• The Company is strongly encouraged by these results and will continue to expand the water and polymer floods, testing additional areas of the field and reservoir zones with 14 injector conversions projected in 2014 and increasing to 25 conversions in 2015.
  
  
• While these results are exciting and could lead to incremental recovery as well as reduced field declines in successful flood demonstration areas, investors are cautioned that the response is still early stage.

5-Year Development Plan

• Bankers is also pleased to share a five year development outlook based on continued primary development through horizontal drilling, the addition of further water and polymer flood patterns and the evaluation of a potential thermal program.

Primary Development

• Through continued execution of the horizontal drilling program, the Company expects to deliver reliable annual production growth of 10 - 15 %, drilling between 150 - 170 wells per year and focusing on managing costs to maximize netbacks.

Secondary Development

• Secondary expansion will continue into the balance of 2014 and 2015, with pace of development in 2016 and beyond lead by performance response.
• Patos-Marinza's initial results are inline with analogous fields yielding incremental recovery. The Company looks forward to delineation of these results in the coming years.

Thermal Development

• Data collection and evaluation continue for potential thermal recovery to target the shallow and heavier areas of the Patos-Marinza oilfield.
  
  
• Over the next two to three years, the Company plans to obtain core data to evaluate the reservoir suitability, and develop a pilot test in an area amenable to thermal techniques.

Investor Day Presentation Webcast Details

For those unable to attend today's Investor Day presentation, the live audio webcast can be accessed through Bankers website at www.bankerspetroleum.com or by entering the following URL into your web browser, http://event.on24.com/r.htm?e=794785&s=1&k=7E3E45837B38B2568044F4DA048A5508.

Supporting Documents

The 2014 Investor Day presentation is available on the Company's website at www.bankerspetroleum.com.

London Investor Day
Bankers will be hosting another Investor Day presentation in London on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 at the May Fair Hotel. Institutional investors and analysts that are interested in attending are asked to register by contacting Laura Bechtel at lbechtel@bankerspetroleum.com.

London Presentation Agenda
8:30 - 9:15 am (BST) Cost Initiatives
9:25 - 10:10 am (BST) Polymer and Water Flood Results
10:20 - 10:50 am (BST) 5-Year Development Outlook

About Bankers Petroleum Ltd.

Bankers Petroleum Ltd. is a Canadian-based oil and gas exploration and production company focused on developing large oil and gas reserves. In Albania, Bankers operates and has the full rights to develop the Patos-Marinza heavy oilfield, has a 100% interest in the Kuçova oilfield, and a 100% interest in Exploration Block "F". Bankers' shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the AIM Market in London, England under the stock symbol BNK.

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