Greenfields Annouces Funding of Default of Baghlan Energy Limited

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Greenfields Petroleum Corporation ("Greenfields" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:GNF) (TSX VENTURE:GNF.DB), an independent exploration and production company with assets in Azerbaijan, announces that pursuant to the terms of the investment and shareholders agreement (the "Shareholders Agreement") with respect to Bahar Energy Limited ("BEL"), Greenfields Petroleum International Company Ltd. ("GPIC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has funded, by way of a loan to BEL, approximately US$16.5 million of defaulted obligations (the "Default Amount") of the other shareholder of BEL, Baghlan Energy Limited ("Baghlan"). BEL is the parent of Bahar Energy Operating Company Limited, being the operating company with respect to the Gum Deniz Oil Field and Bahar Gas Field.

Baghlan has failed to fund its share of the costs of BEL in accordance with the Shareholders Agreement and its funding loan obligation to BEL since January 1, 2014. The Shareholders Agreement provides that in the event of a default by a shareholder in a funding obligation, the other shareholder is required, by additional loan, to provide such funds to BEL. To the extent that Baghlan defaults on its future funding obligations, Greenfields anticipates that it may also fund such amounts by further loans to BEL.

As a result of the loan by GPIC of the Default Amount to BEL, pursuant to the Shareholders Agreement:

1. all of Baghlan's loans to BEL have become "last in" loans and will not be repaid by BEL until all amounts outstanding under all of GPIC's loans to BEL, including the payment of the Default Amount, have been paid by BEL to GPIC in full, regardless of when such loans were made my Baghlan;
   
   
2. Baghlan is deemed to have assigned to GPIC a share of its dividends equal to the sum of: (i) the Default Amount; (ii) Greenfields' Cost of Funding (as defined in the Shareholders Agreement) of such Default Amount; and (iii) a default rate of 4% on such Default Amount computed from and including the date on which the Default Amount has been funded by GPIC to, but excluding, the date Baghlan remedies the default (the "Default Interest"); and
   
   
3. the right of any directors appointed by Baghlan to BEL to vote at a meeting of the board of directors of BEL is suspended until the Default Amount has been paid in full, together with the Default Interest.

Greenfields drew approximately US$16.5 million of the US$21 million available under the loan facility described in the July 2, 2014 press release of the Corporation to enable GPIC to fund the Default Amount.

Mr. Harkins, President and CEO of Greenfields stated that "Greenfields is disappointed that Baghlan has been unable to fund its share of the Bahar project and has defaulted on its obligations to BEL. Nevertheless, this default has permitted BEL to reorganize operations under BEOC and we expect to restore gross production by year end of this year through a series of oil and gas well workovers and recompletions to levels of 9000+ BOEPD that were reached in March 2014. We are working closely with SOCAR to revise our 2014 and 2015 Budgets to re-establish drilling operations in the oil field in 2015. Despite the underfunding of our partner in 2014, we have maintained the 3D seismic acquisition in the Gum Deniz oil field, which we feel will be key to identifying additional development drilling opportunities for the future."

About Greenfields Petroleum Corporation

Greenfields is a junior oil and natural gas corporation focused on the development and production of proven oil and gas reserves principally in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Company plans to expand its oil and gas assets through further farm-ins and acquisitions of Production Sharing Agreements from foreign governments containing previously discovered but under-developed international oil and gas fields, also known as "greenfields". More information about the Company may be obtained on the Greenfields website at www.greenfields-petroleum.com.

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