DNO ASA — Earnings Release 2014

Feb 5, 2015

DNO ASA : DNO ASA Reports 2014 Results

DNO ASA : DNO ASA Reports 2014 Results

Oslo, 5 February 2015 - DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, achieved

record oil and gas output in 2014, but the Company's results were impacted by

one-off impairment charges in the fourth quarter driven in part by the drop in

global oil prices.

Gross output was up 66 percent last year to 117,482 barrels of oil equivalent

per day (boepd) and company working interest production jumped 76 percent to

68,958 boepd.

Operating revenue stood at USD 452 million in 2014. Impairments of USD 297

million in Kurdistan, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen led to an operating

loss of USD 243 million for the year. Excluding impairments, annual operating

profit was USD 53 million.

The Tawke oil field in Kurdistan continued to drive the overall increase in

DNO's output. Tawke gross production rose 131 percent to 91,255 barrels of oil

per day in 2014 despite ongoing security challenges. The Company remains on

track to double field production and processing capacity by early 2015.

Capital expenditures in 2014 reached USD 297 million, up from USD 288 million in

2013, on the back of capacity expansion and development programs in Kurdistan.

The Company ended the year with USD 114 million in cash and an additional USD

63 million in marketable securities.

"Our focus in 2015 is to align our spending with our earning," said Bijan

Mossavar-Rahmani, DNO's Executive Chairman. "We are targeting operating

efficiencies, cutting back on discretionary expenditures and high-grading our

portfolio - a process we started late last year," he said. "We are also looking

to generate larger revenues from our Kurdistan operations," he added.

The Company has restarted sales of oil into the Kurdistan local market and plans

to ramp up such deliveries in the first quarter. The Company expects to realize

additional payments in respect of past and ongoing exports, the timing and

extent of which will drive the 2015 capital program. Mr. Mossavar-Rahmani

repeated that DNO continues to have one foot on the accelerator and one on the

brake.

DNO ASA presents its full-year financial and operating results in Oslo at 10:00

CET on 5 February. A live webcast of the presentation as well as the full Fourth

Quarter and Full Year 2014 Interim Report will be available on the company

website (www.dno.no).

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DNO ASA is an Oslo-listed, Middle East and North Africa focused oil and gas

company holding stakes in 20 blocks in various stages of exploration,

development and production both onshore and offshore in the Kurdistan Region of

Iraq, the Republic of Yemen, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates,

the Tunisian Republic and Somaliland.

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Oslo, 5 February 2015

DNO ASA

Corporate Communications

Queries: Bjorn Dale (e-mail: bjorn.dale@dno.no or phone: +47 911 57 197)

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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