Swift Energy Announces Revised 2015 Capital Budget and Updates Operations

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Swift Energy Company SFY today announced a revised 2015 capital budget range of $100 - $125 million in response to recent hydrocarbon price declines. This revised level of activity is projected to yield between 11.2 and 11.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (“MMBoe”) of production.

Terry Swift, CEO of Swift Energy, commented, “Our revised budget, representing a 70-75% decrease in spending from 2014, reflects the lower commodity price environment we face in 2015 and demonstrates our response during this down cycle. We continue to work with our vendors and suppliers to reduce service costs and are taking steps to materially reduce field level operating and corporate overhead expenses.”

Operations Update

Swift Energy also announced today that it has tested four new Eagle Ford wells in the Fasken area in Webb County, Texas. The Fasken 27H, 28H, 29H and 30H were all recently completed with an average initial production rate of 20.8 million cubic feet of gas per day.

						Barrels of
				Natural		Oil
				Gas		Equivalent		Pressure		Choke
Well Name		County/Formation Target		(MMcf/d)		(Boe/d)		(psi)		Setting
Fasken 27H		Webb – Eagle Ford		20.4		3,392		4,855		30/64”
Fasken 28H		Webb – Eagle Ford		21.1		3,523		3,946		36/64”
Fasken 29H		Webb – Eagle Ford		20.6		3,437		4,821		30/64”
Fasken 30H		Webb – Eagle Ford		21.1		3,518		3,820		36/64”

Terry Swift commented further, “We are pleased with our drilling and completion efforts in Fasken, as we have now drilled 14 consecutive wells with average initial production tests in excess of 20 MMcf/d. These results demonstrate that deploying customized, engineered completions in horizontal laterals drilled in precise target zones of the Eagle Ford shale improve the productivity of our wells.”

Swift Energy Company, founded in 1979 and headquartered in Houston, engages in developing, exploring, acquiring and operating oil and gas properties, with a focus on oil and natural gas reserves onshore in Texas and Louisiana and in the inland waters of Louisiana.

About Forward Looking Statements

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