Erin Energy Provides Operational Update

Funding for Miocene exploration drilling committed

Oyo 9 well successfully drilled

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Erin Energy Corporation (“Erin Energy” or the “Company”) (NYSE
American:ERN) (JSE:ERN), today announced that funding commitment has
been obtained to drill our high-impact Miocene exploration well. Site
survey of drilling location has been completed and the well is planned
to be spudded during this quarter.

Following the commitment to fund the drilling of the Miocene exploration
well, the first option well of the drilling contract has been exercised
with the drilling contractor.

The company also announced the successful completion of the drilling
phase of the Oyo-9 well. The well results indicate presence of the
target channel system and 85.3 feet of net oil sand. The results are in
line with predictions and confirm field extension to the western part of
the field. Both the engineering and manufacturing of the subsea
equipment are at various stages of completion.

However, due to chronic delays in the release of the remaining funds and
improper interference by the guarantor of the loan facility, as agreed
to between the bank and Erin for the project, the Company has decided to
temporarily suspend the completion and hookup of the development
program. On several occasions the Company has demanded the guarantor
cease and desist from interfering in the disbursement of funds for the
project. Consequently, the Pacific Bora drilling rig and all drilling
services has been demobilized.

Following the recent decision of the Special Chamber of the
International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg
concerning the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Côte
d’Ivoire, the Company is working with the Government of Ghana and its
partners to progress the development activities in its ESWT block,
offshore Ghana. The ESWT block has three discovered fields with total
in-place oil volume of 500MMstb. The 3D seismic data which will be
acquired in Q2, 2018, will be used to improve subsurface definition and
optimization of drilling targets.

About Erin Energy

Erin Energy Corporation is an independent oil and gas exploration and
production company focused on energy resources in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its asset portfolio consists of 5 licenses across 4 countries covering
an area of 6,100 square kilometers (~1.5 million acres), including
current production and other exploration projects offshore Nigeria, as
well as exploration licenses offshore Ghana and The Gambia, and onshore
Kenya. Erin Energy is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and is listed on
the New York and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol
ERN.

For more information about Erin Energy or to request a hard copy of the
Company’s most recent complete audited financial statements free of
charge, please call +1 713 797 2940 or visit www.erinenergy.com.

Contacts

Erin Energy Corporation
Lionel McBee, +1 713-797-2960
Director,
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
[email protected]