TransGlobe Energy Corporation Announces Signing of New Concession Agreements in Egypt

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Nov. 8, 2013) - TransGlobe Energy Corporation ("TransGlobe" or the "Company") (TSX:TGL)(NASDAQ:TGA) is pleased to announce the signing of agreements for the four new Production Sharing Concessions in Egypt. All dollar values are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.

ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT

NEW CONCESSIONS - EGPC BID ROUND

TransGlobe signed the four Production Sharing Concession agreements ("PSC"), won in the EGPC bid round in 2011/2012, at an official signing ceremony with the Ministry of Petroleum held on November 7, 2013. These new concessions add approximately 800,000 net acres to TransGlobe's land holdings in Egypt and brings the total number of TransGlobe Egyptian PSCs to eight (seven are operated).

The Company has committed to $101.1 million of expenditures on the new blocks over the next three years. The total commitment includes $40.6 million in signature bonuses that were settled through an offset to TransGlobe's outstanding accounts receivable with the government of Egypt. Each concession consists of an initial three-year exploration period with the provision for two extension periods of two years each for a total exploration period of seven years.

"TransGlobe is extremely excited about the potential to grow our base of operations materially over the next few years in Egypt. The Northwest Gharib concession, which surrounds all of our Eastern Desert production, is expected to be the cornerstone of that growth. The Southeast Gharib and Southwest Gharib concessions, which are situated directly south of our current operations, should provide lower risk exploration opportunities in the coming years. The South Ghazalat concession in the Western Desert abuts the recent condensate discovery (see Operations Update 10/01/13) and should provide some additional exploration opportunities as well. TransGlobe commends the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum for making the ratification of these concessions a top priority of the new administration", stated Ross Clarkson, President and CEO.

TransGlobe Energy Corporation is a Calgary-based, growth-oriented oil and gas exploration and development company focused on the Middle East/North Africa region with production operations in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Yemen. TransGlobe's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TGL and on the NASDAQ Exchange under the symbol TGA. TransGlobe's convertible debentures trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TGL.DB.

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