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[Timothy Smith]

FieldPoint Petroleum Begins Drilling Second Horizontal Well Project in Lea County, New Mexico

Jul 16, 2012 8:15:00 AM
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Cimarex Energy to be Well Operator

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16, 2012 /CNW/ - FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation (NYSE/MKT: FPP) announced today that drilling has begun on the East Lusk 15 Federal #2 in Lea County, New Mexico. The Company has an operating agreement with Cimarex Energy Co, (NYSE: XEC) www.cimarex.com, to drill this well that will target the Bone Spring formation. FieldPoint has pre-paid its expected share of the drilling cost, which is approximately $1.3 million. There will, of course, be additional completion costs should the drilling operation be successful.

As with the Company's well #1 on this property, this horizontal well is planned to be drilled vertically to a depth of approximately 9,500 feet, to the Bone Spring formation, and approximately 4,000 to 5,000 feet laterally within the formation to the bottom hole location. The estimated time for drilling and completion is expected to be approximately 60 to 90 days.

FieldPoint's President and CEO, Ray Reaves stated, "As I have mentioned before, there are two highly important aspects of this drilling program. First, Cimarex Energy is one of the best in the industry at completing wells in the Bone Spring formation. This is very important for well success and optimal well production. And second, if successful, this could lead to drilling a third well on this lease, which could serve to significantly increase our daily production and proved producing reserve base."

Also as with well #1, FieldPoint will own a 43.75% working interest, Cimarex will own a 37.5% working interest, and other partners will own the remaining 18.75% working interest in the two planned wells.

About FieldPoint Petroleum Corp. www.fppcorp.com

FieldPoint Petroleum Corporation is engaged in oil and gas exploration, production and acquisition, primarily in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.

[Timothy Smith]

Cimarex Energy's (NYSE:XEC) operations in the Permian Basin include 122 wells with proved reserves of 697 billion cubic feet equivalent as of the end of 2012. Its production in the first part of 2013 was 50% natural gas and 50% oil and natural gas liquids.

Although oil generates just 32% of its production in terms of volume (Gas 50%, Oil 32%, NGLs 18%), that amounts to 63% of revenue in dollars. As a result of its strong returns from oil and liquids it continues to invest heavily in the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico as well as at its Cana-Woodford shale properties in Western Oklahoma.