DUBLIN, OH — (Marketwired) — 12/03/14 — Cardinal Energy Group, Inc. (OTCQB: CEGX), an oil and gas exploration and production company with its primary assets in Shackelford County, Texas, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. A conference call is scheduled for December 9, 2014 at 5PM EST. The call will be conducted by Timothy W. Crawford, CEO, and Gary B. Peterson, CFO.
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December 9, 2014.
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The following report provides the financial results regarding the third quarter as well as an operations update for discussion.
Total operating revenues for the quarter increased from $5,000 in 2013 to $1,023,000 in 2014. During the Third Quarter, the Company had EBITDA of $248,000 compared to a loss for the comparable period of 2013 of $292,000.
The improvement in earnings was accomplished through increased sales of oil and gas products of $48,000 compared to $5,000 during 2013, and income from drilling and development services provided to an unrelated joint venture of $647,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company had a net comprehensive loss of $2,504,000 compared to a net comprehensive loss for the comparable period in 2013 of $1,395,000. The losses sustained are due primarily to increased interest expense incurred and the significant increase in operating and production expenses associated with the expansion of the Company–s portfolio of oil and gas properties during 2014.
Operations should continue to improve during Fourth Quarter as production increases from its existing oil and gas leases and as production from additional oil and gas properties are brought online. The Company is moving from the initial stage of acquiring oil and gas leases to an operating model, as the Company continues to develop its portfolio of operating assets, while providing development services to various joint ventures.
Year to date in 2014, Cardinal has invested approximately $1,159,000 in oil and gas properties, $111,000 in vehicles and $167,000 in property, plant and equipment.
Timothy Crawford, CEO of Cardinal, comments, “Since becoming a public company in September of 2012 we are pleased to announce that in the third quarter of 2014 we had operating income of $234,000, an increase of $529,000 from the third quarter of 2013. Our operations should continue to improve during the fourth quarter as we bring more of our oil and gas properties online. We are at the end of the transition from being called a start-up company into becoming an operating company, as we continue to develop our core assets and provide oil and gas production and development services to various joint ventures. We will announce the co-ordinates for our earnings conference call in the next couple of days. I congratulate our team of executives, management and professional associates for their work ethic and contributions towards achieving this financial milestone.”
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In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Cardinal Energy Group, Inc., is hereby providing cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements (as defined in such act). Any statements that are not historical facts and that express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, indicated through the use of words or phrases such as “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimated,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes” and “projects”) may be forward-looking and may involve estimates and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, our expectations concerning our oil and gas production rates, and the expected demand, pricing and operating results for our oil and gas operations.
Cardinal Energy Group, Inc. is a U.S. producer of oil and natural gas within the United States. The Company is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio and has its regional operations office located in Albany, Texas. We are an environmentally responsible oil and gas Company. Cardinal focuses on known formations that have significant proven reserves remaining that can be produced economically. Cardinal targets fields with wells that may need remediation due to neglect or undercapitalization. We select prospects that offer a strong up-side for production. The upside we seek in a prospect is threefold — it must have the potential to be restarted or have its current production increased using newer technology and remediation methods and; it must also have additional lease acreage which can be further developed by completing development wells adjacent to existing producing wells, or it must be an overlooked or distressed prospect in the explosive shale formations like the Permian Basin or Eagleford shale. Cardinal exploits these undervalued assets by acquiring a majority working interest in the prospect and then applies the Company–s calculated development plan. Cardinal also seeks acquisitions of over-leveraged companies when there is a clear upside from their purchase based on strong commodity prices. The Company operates throughout the Continental United States. More information on Cardinal Energy Group, Inc. is available at .
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