HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (Marketwire) -- 12/07/12 -- Cub Energy Inc. ("Cub" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:KUB), a Ukraine-focused upstream oil and gas company, announces the Makeevskoye-16 ("M-16") exploration well in Ukraine has been cased to its total depth ("TD") of 4,300 metres after encountering multiple potential gas-bearing zones. The well is operated by KUB-Gas LLC ("KUB-Gas"), a subsidiary in which Cub has a 30% ownership interest.

Makeevskoye-16

The M-16 exploration well reached its revised total depth of 4,300 metres on 28 November 2012 and has now been cased to TD. Completion and testing of the well will occur in the first quarter of 2013.

The well encountered multiple zones which appear to be gas-bearing based upon drilling information and interpretation of wireline logs. Potential gas zones were encountered in the Moscovian, Bashkirian and Serpukhovian sections of the well.

At 4,300 metres TD, the M-16 well targeting the Serpukhovian and Visean stratigraphic intervals is the deepest well drilled to date by the Company. The discovery of potential pay in these intervals, if supported by production tests, continue to support the Company's belief that significant value yet remains to be found in the Olgovskoye and Makeevskoye areas.

Mikhail Afendikov, Chairman and Chief Executive of Cub Energy, commented:

"We are quite pleased with M-16's preliminary results and are especially glad to see the potential pay zone in the deeper Serpukhovian interval. If proven to be productive by testing, it will open up a significant part of the O and M area to lower risk development drilling."

"This deeper potential, together with the shallower potential, if proven to be productive through testing will give us multiple development locations for future drilling."

About Cub Energy Inc.

Cub Energy Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KUB) is a Ukraine-focused upstream oil and gas company with 110,000 net acres, in nine exploration and production licences, in the two major producing basins within Ukraine. The Company's strategy is to use western technology and capital, combined with local expertise to create value in its undeveloped land base, building a portfolio of high margin producing oil and gas assets. The Company has offices in Houston, Toronto and Kyiv and trades in Toronto under the stock symbol KUB.

For further information please contact us or visit our website: www.cubenergyinc.com

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