C.A.T. oil AG : C.A.T. oil achieves all-time high in its order book

PRESS RELEASE C.A.T. oil achieves all-time high in its order book

• Order book volume of EUR 392 million for 2013 exceeds previous year's level by 47%

• Increased mid-term revenue visibility through 2013-15 total orders worth EUR 530 million

• Additional orders expected later in the year

Vienna, 30 January 2013 - C.A.T. oil AG (O2C, ISIN: AT0000A00Y78), one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakh- stan, has successfully accomplished its 2013 tendering campaign: As of 30

January - and thus way ahead of the routine schedule - the Company's order book for 2013 reached a new historic high of EUR 392 million (based on a rouble-to-euro exchange rate of 40). This represents an increase of 47% com- pared to the same period last year and includes orders for hydraulic fracturing, sidetracking and high class drilling services. In addition to the tenders for
2013, C.A.T. oil has already received further assignments for 2014 and 2015. With a total order book volume of EUR 530 million for the next three years C.A.T. oil has thus built up a sound foundation that enables mid-term revenue visibility and planning reliability for the upcoming years.
Manfred Kastner, CEO of C.A.T. oil, commented: "We are very proud of the Company's 2013 tendering campaign: With the early achieved all-time high in service orders, which are up 47% compared to 2012, we have demonstrated our ability of being not only fast but also very efficient in marketing our ser- vices. Based on our experience, we expect the current orders worth EUR 392 million to represent about 90% to 95% of revenues for the full year 2013 and we are confident about getting additional orders in the course of the year."
The accomplished tendering campaign stands out from previous campaigns in two particular respects: The Company's capacity has not only been marketed faster than ever before but also, and even more importantly, the time horizon for the orders has extended to a period of three years.
Manfred Kastner added: "Our success in the 2013 tendering campaign under- pins two important facts. It demonstrates our ability to read the market and an- ticipate our customers' needs. But it also shows our customers' confidence in

a favorable macroeconomic environment and promising business opportuni- ties in our core markets, Russia and Kazakhstan. We are well positioned for another year of growth in our Company's history and by building upon the achieved revenue visibility and planning reliability will further strengthen our competitive advantage."
C.A.T. oil will publish its results for Fiscal Year 2012 on 30 April 2013.
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About C.A.T. oil AG

C.A.T. oil AG is one of the leading providers of oil and gas field services in Russia and Kazakhstan and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SDAX). C.A.T. oil offers a wide spectrum of services to increase the lifecycle of an oil field or to make unexploit- ed oil fields accessible. The Company's growth is driven by the following factors: Ex- isting oil fields need to be stimulated due to shrinking oil and gas resources in order to optimize capacities. Simultaneously, idle wells are reactivated or made accessible through new methods in order to deploy wells to their maximum. Additionally, C.A.T. oil has established high class drilling as third core service which allows to access completely unexploited oil and gas reserves.

Since its foundation in 1991 in Celle, Germany, C.A.T. oil has built up a leading hy- draulic fracturing services business in Russia and Kazakhstan. Following its IPO in

2006 the Company has invested more than EUR 250 million in additional services and capacities: Sidetrack drilling has become the Company's second core business. In

2011, the Company initiated a comprehensive investment program with a volume of

EUR 150 million, focusing on the set up of high class drilling as third core service of- fering. The new service line was fully installed in 2012.

C.A.T. oil's portfolio also includes cementing and seismic services. With its state-of-

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the-art technology the Company clearly differentiates itself in its core markets as the equipment allows for very time-efficient and effective deployment. C.A.T. oil's custom- er base includes the leading Russian and Kazakh oil and gas producers amongst them Gazprom, KazMunaiGaz, LUKOIL, Rosneft and TNK-BP. C.A.T. oil has a long- standing relationship with these customers and has been a reliable service provider since its market entrance in the early nineties.

The Company has its headquarters in Vienna. In 9M 2012, the Company employed an average of 2,469 people, most of which are based in Russia and Kazakhstan.

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