Interim Management Statement

Cadogan Petroleum plc (the "Company" or the "Group") This interim management statement, issued in accordance with the UK Listing Authority's disclosure and transparency rules, relates to the period from 1 July 2014 to 20 November 2014. Introduction The Company published its Half Yearly Report for the six months to 30 June 2014 on 27 August 2014. Political situation We continue to monitor the current political situation in Ukraine carefully but there have been no disruptions to the Company's operations, or ability to operate effectively, in any of our operating locations. The Ukrainian Hryvnia has further devalued against the US Dollar (approximately 45% since 1 January 2014) which, while affecting the carrying value of the Group's assets, has had a correspondingly positive impact on the Group's local currency running costs. Financial position As at 19 November 2014 the Group had current cash and cash equivalents of approximately $51.5 million (including the Company's share of cash and cash equivalents in joint ventures) plus approximately $1.4 million net receivables relating to the Group's trading activities. Executive Summary 2014 has so far been broadly positive for the Group, with several new prospects in our license areas having been identified and properly de-risked during the course of 2014 and further significant reductions to the Company's cost base made in line with management's plan. Monastyretska is maintaining its production performance at consistent levels and trials to recover some marginal production from existing Sloboda wells are ongoing. The Deb 15 well rig move is progressing and spud-in is forecast before the end of November. 2014 has seen the continuation of operations as planned on the Company's assets in the East and the West of Ukraine. The evaluation of other suitable opportunities in the country and overseas is continuing. Revenue largely reflects production from the Group's Cheremkhivska, Debeslavetska and Monastyretska fields as well as international and domestic gas trading. Gas trading in Ukraine, involving the supply to domestic customers of gas either imported from the European Union or sourced locally, has continued to progress well and starts to provide meaningful, additional revenues to the Group. We expect further growth in volumes and range of products in the short to medium term. The Company's subsidiary, Astro-Service LLC, recently concluded a service contract for civil works activity with WGI relating to the Company's shale gas joint venture, with operations expected to commence during 2015. Overall, the Company remains in a strong financial position, with no debt, new revenue streams and substantial cash resources. Operations The Group continued to operate safely and efficiently throughout the period. As anticipated, the principal focus for 2014 was to continue reducing the risk of present and anticipated operations while maximising existing production potential, with new prospects having been identified in Pokrovskoe and Pirkovskoe following 3D seismic interpretation. The de-risking and efficiency targets set for our technical operations and sub-surface explorations teams have largely been met. Work-over activity is continuing on Pirk 1, now targeting the Upper Tounesian. Visean targets are confirmed to be hydrocarbon-bearing with low permeability. Borynya 3 is on-hold; however, we remain confident in its potential value and our assessment work continues. Production was steady in Debeslavetska while potential gas production from Cheremkhivska appears promising at this stage. In Monastyretska, production has steadily reached 45 bopd and further optimisation will be eventually considered. The re-evaluation of the Group's assets continues and we remain very positive in our outlook. Pokrovskoe field The associated work obligations in the license have been fulfilled. Following 3D seismic interpretation, new highly valuable drillable prospects have been identified in the shallower formations. Approval from the licensing authority for the license modification is positively ongoing. Zagoryanska field Following the expiry of the Zag exploration license in April 2014, the application for a 20-year production license in favour of a wholly-owned, newly established, subsidiary company ("Zagdobuvannya" or Zag Production) was filed and is positively ongoing. Re-evaluation of the 3D seismic volume in Zag, similarly to Pok, is ongoing. Re-entry of some of the existing wells to test for production is currently under scrutiny. Pirkovskoe field Recent analysis shows great promise in the upper intervals. Following a thorough study of Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators (DHI) and 3D Amplitude Versus Offset (AVO) reconnaissance, a drillable prospect has been identified and properly de-risked, showing good prospects and significant, potential size. Work-over activity on the Pirk 1 well, which commenced in October 2013, confirmed the Visean intervals to be hydrocarbon bearing but with low permeability. The work-over is now continuing to assess the Upper Tournesian levels beneath, deeper than 5,000m. Approval from the licensing authority for the license modification is positively ongoing. Borynya and Bitlya fields The Borynya 3 well is being monitored and has been temporarily put on-hold for future re-entry and fracturing. The Vovchenska field, north of Borynya, seems to have an interesting oil target at a depth of circa 600m and acquisition of new 2D seismic lines is under consideration. The application for a license extension has been filed and is positively ongoing. Minor fields Cadogan owns exploration, development and production licences either directly or through subsidiaries or joint ventures in several minor fields, of which two, Debeslavetska and Cheremkhivska, are currently in commercial production and one, Monastyretska, is in pilot commercial development. In Debeslavetska, all the updated DHI reconnaissance technologies have been applied with so far interesting results, while 2D seismic acquisition was completed at the end of March. At present, three new, drillable prospects have been identified; the locations of the two most suitable are presently under preparation. Deb 15 will spud-in before the end of November and, if positive, Deb 17 will follow. Activity for eventual well early tie-in is also ongoing. In addition, some relatively deeper (circa 600m) potential horizons now appear likely and if our analysis proves correct, will significantly improve potential resources in the area. In Monastyretska, the formation light stimulation was successfully completed and production increased from 20 to 45 bopd. Possible further formation treatment will be considered if economically sustainable. The activity work program and budget change was recently approved by the authorities and the application for the license extension is ongoing. In Sloboda Ranguska, three, existing, very shallow wells (200m) have been identified for eventual oil recovery. One is marginally producing and will be chemically treated to verify the eventual production opportunity, expected to be marginal but economically positive. A possible oil target has been identified at a depth of 1800m. Enquiries to: Cadogan Petroleum Plc +380 44 584 4979 Bertrand des Pallieres, Chief Executive Officer Cantor Fitzgerald Europe +44 (0) 20 7894 7000 David Porter Richard Redmayne
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