Crescent Point Replaces 315 Percent of 2015 Production, Increases Reserves by 16 Percent and Generates $9.83 Per boe Finding and Development Costs

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 9, 2016) -

(All financial figures are approximate and in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted)

Crescent Point Energy Corp. ("Crescent Point" or the "Company") (TSX:CPG) (NYSE:CPG) is pleased to announce the results of its year-end 2015 reserves evaluation. Crescent Point's reserves were independently evaluated by GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. ("GLJ") and Sproule Associates Limited ("Sproule") as at December 31, 2015.

2015 RESERVES HIGHLIGHTS

In 2015, Crescent Point generated its 14^th consecutive year since inception of strong organic reserves additions. During the year, the Company invested approximately $1.56 billion into the development and expansion of its asset base, including funds invested in facilities, land and seismic. The Company added more than 65 million boe ("MMboe") of Proved plus Probable ("2P") reserves, excluding reserves added through acquisitions, and generated Finding and Development ("F&D") costs of $9.83 per 2P boe, including changes in future development capital ("FDC"). This represents a recycle ratio of 2.6 times based on the Company's 2015 average operating netback prior to realized derivatives of $25.43 per boe.

Crescent Point's reserves additions in 2015 included significant additions at the Flat Lake, Viking, North Dakota Bakken, and Uinta resource plays, as well as reserves additions attributed to the waterfloods in each of the Viewfield Bakken and Shaunavon tight rock resource plays.

Including acquisitions in 2015, Crescent Point replaced 315 percent of production and increased 2P reserves by 128 MMboe to 935.7 MMboe. This represents year over year growth of approximately 16 percent. The Company generated Finding, Development and Acquisition ("FD&A") costs of $18.77 per 2P boe, including changes in FDC, for a recycle ratio of 1.4 times.

"2015 was another strong year that demonstrated the strength of our asset base and our technical teams," said Scott Saxberg, president and CEO of Crescent Point. "We grew reserves on a per share basis and replaced our 2015 annual production by over 300 percent. Since inception, we have added approximately 578 MMboe of 2P reserves, which equates to 62 percent of our year-end 2015 2P reserves. We are well positioned in the current environment and have an excellent long-term set of growth opportunities due to our high-quality asset base, large drilling inventory and low recovery to date."

2P HIGHLIGHTS

• Replaced 315 percent of production and increased 2P reserves by 16 percent to 935.7 MMboe (91 percent oil and liquids);
• Generated a before tax 2P Net Asset Value ("NAV") of $26.49 per fully diluted share, discounted at 10 percent;
• Added 65.0 MMboe of reserves, excluding reserves added through acquisitions, generating 2P F&D of $9.83 per boe, including changes in FDC. This represents a recycle ratio of 2.6 times;
• Replaced 109 percent of production on a 2P basis, excluding reserves added through acquisitions, highlighting the success of the Company's long-term development focus and the advancement of its resource plays;
• Increased reserve life index to 15.5 years, up from 14.5 years at year-end 2014, based on annual average production guidance as at March 9, 2016 and January 6, 2015 respectively;
• Reduced FDC, excluding acquisitions, by $922.1 million on a 2P basis, reflecting the Company's cost reduction initiatives in 2015. The Company expects that costs will continue to fall in the current low oil price environment, which could lead to future reductions in the Company's FDC;
• Generated a five-year weighted average F&D cost, including land, facility and seismic expenditures and excluding changes in FDC, of $20.39 per 2P boe. This represents a five-year weighted average recycle ratio of 2.2 times, based on the Company's five-year weighted average operating netback prior to realized derivatives of $44.47 per boe. This highlights the high netbacks of the Company's asset base, as well as the Company's technical ability to efficiently add value to its large oil-in-place assets;
• Added approximately 4.5 MMboe of 2P reserves attributed to waterflood at the Shaunavon and Viewfield tight rock plays. This represents the third consecutive year of waterflood reserves recognized by independent evaluators at Viewfield. Crescent Point's waterflood activities continue to expand providing the opportunity for future reserve growth at attractive F&D costs.
• Internally identified approximately 14 years of drilling inventory based on approximately 7,700 net drilling locations. A total of 2,378 net locations are booked as 1P and 3,683 net locations are booked as 2P in the independent evaluator's report. The remaining net locations of approximately 4,000 are internally identified locations that are unbooked. Crescent Point's unbooked drilling locations provide the opportunity for future reserves and NAV growth;

1P HIGHLIGHTS

• Replaced 207 percent of production and increased Proved ("1P") reserves by 12 percent to 592.1 MMboe (91 percent oil and liquids);
• Generated a before tax 1P NAV of $15.89 per fully diluted share, discounted at 10 percent;
• 1P reserves accounted for 63 percent of total 2P reserves;
• Added 50.2 MMboe of positive reserves, generating 1P F&D of $13.97 per boe, including changes in FDC. This represents a recycle ratio of 1.8 times.

PDP HIGHLIGHTS

• Replaced 195 percent of production and increased Proved Developed Producing ("PDP") reserves by approximately 18 percent to 363.0 MMboe (91 percent oil and liquids). This represents reserves per fully diluted share growth of 4.8 percent;
• Generated a before tax PDP NAV of $10.88 per fully diluted share, discounted at 10 percent;
• Added 67.0 MMboe of positive reserves, generating PDP F&D of $22.67 per boe, including changes in FDC. This represents a recycle ratio of 1.1 times.

2015 YEAR-END RESERVES

Crescent Point's reserves were independently evaluated by GLJ and Sproule as at December 31, 2015, and were aggregated by GLJ. The reserves evaluation and reporting was conducted in accordance with the definitions, standards and procedures contained in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook ("COGEH") and - National Instrument 51-101 Standards for Disclosure of Oil and Gas Activities ("NI 51-101").

Summary of Reserves

As at December 31, 2015 ^{(1) (2) (3)}

Summary of Before and After Tax Net Present Values

As at December 31, 2015 ⁽¹⁾

Before Tax Net Asset Value per Share, Fully Diluted, Utilizing Independent Engineering, Escalated Pricing

Reserves Reconciliation

Gross Reserves ^{(1) (2)}

Finding, Development and Acquisition Costs

Future Development Capital

At year-end 2015, FDC for 2P reserves totaled $7.0 billion compared to $6.9 billion at year-end 2014. Net of acquisitions, FDC at year-end 2015 declined $922.1 million reflecting the impact of the Company's cost reduction initiatives and improved drilling efficiencies.

Corporate Base Decline Rate

Crescent Point has consistently increased production growth while lowering its corporate decline rate through waterflood development and disciplined capital programs. Since 2011, the Company has successfully lowered its corporate decline rate from 35 percent to an estimated 28 percent in 2016, a relative reduction of 20 percent. The Company expects an improvement in its 2017 corporate base decline rate through waterflood advancement and a prudent 2016 capital development program.

Definitions

Decline rate is the reduction in the rate of production from one period to the next. This rate is usually expressed on an annual basis.

Finding and development costs (F&D) is calculated by dividing the identified capital expenditures by the applicable reserves additions. F&D can include or exclude changes to future development capital costs.

Finding, development and acquisitions costs (FD&A) is calculated by dividing the identified capital expenditures including acquisition costs by the applicable reserves additions. FD&A can include or exclude changes to future development capital costs.

Future development capital (FDC) reflects the independent evaluator's best estimate of the cost required to bring proved undeveloped and probable reserves on production. Changes in FDC can result from acquisition and disposition activities, development plans or changes in capital efficiencies due to improvements in service costs or drilling and completion methods.

Net asset value (NAV) is a snapshot in time as at year-end, and is based on the Company's reserves evaluated using the independent evaluators forecast for future prices, costs and foreign exchange rates. The Company's NAV is calculated on a before tax basis and is the sum of the present value of proved and probable reserves, the fair value for land and seismic, the fair value for the Company's oil and gas hedges based on Sproule's December 31, 2015 escalated price forecast, less outstanding net debt. The NAV per share is calculated on a fully diluted basis.

N1 51-101 means "National Instrument 51-101 - Standards for Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities".

Recycle Ratio is calculated as operating netback divided by F&D or FD&A costs. Based on a 2015 netback (prior to realized derivatives), of $25.43 per boe, a 2014 netback (prior to realized derivatives) of $52.43 per boe and a three-year weighted average netback (prior to realized derivatives) of $41.90 per boe.

Reserves are estimated remaining quantities of oil and natural gas and related substances anticipated to be recoverable from known accumulations, as of a given date, based on the analysis of drilling, geological, geophysical and engineering data; the use of established technology; and specified economic conditions, which are generally accepted as being reasonable. Proved reserves are reserves estimated to have a high degree of certainty of recoverability. Probable reserves are less certain to be recoverable than probable reserves and possible reserves are less certain than probable reserves.

Reserve life index (RLI) is based upon dividing the appropriate year-end reserves category by the Company's corresponding current year production guidance.

Reserves Data

The reserves information contained in this press release has been prepared in accordance with NI 51-101. Complete NI 51-101 reserves disclosure will be included in our Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015, which will be filed on or before March 9, 2016. Listed below are cautionary statements that are specifically required by NI 51-101.

Where applicable, a barrels of oil equivalent ("boe") conversion rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil equivalent (6Mcf:1bbl) has been used based on an energy equivalent conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip. Given that the value ratio based on the current price of crude oil as compared to natural gas is significantly different than the energy equivalency of the 6:1 conversion ratio, utilizing the 6:1 conversion ratio may be misleading as an indication of value.

This press release contains metrics commonly used in the oil and natural gas industry such as "netbacks," and "reserve life index". These terms do not have a standardized meaning and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies and, therefore, should not be used to make such comparisons.

F&D costs, including changes in FDC have been presented in this news release because they provide a useful measure of capital efficiency. F&D costs, including land, facility and seismic expenditures and excluding changes in FDC have also been presented in this news release because they provide a useful measure of capital efficiency.

Management uses recycle ratio for its own performance measurements and to provide shareholders with measures to compare the Company's performance over time.

Netback is calculated on a per boe basis as oil and gas sales, less royalties, operating and transportation expenses and realized derivative gains and losses. Netback is used by management to measure operating results on a per boe basis to better analyze performance against prior periods on a comparable basis.

Drilling inventory is calculated in years as the Company's 2015 year-end inventory divided by the number of wells in its 2016 drilling program. Drilling inventory is used by management to assess the amount of available drilling opportunities. Drilling inventory does not have a standardized meaning and as such may not be reliable, and should not be used to make comparisons.

There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of crude oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and the future cash flows attributed to such reserves. The reserve and associated cash flow information set forth above are estimates only. In general, estimates of economically recoverable crude oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and the future net cash flows therefrom are based upon a number of variable factors and assumptions, such as historical production from the properties, production rates, ultimate reserve recovery, timing and amount of capital expenditures, marketability of oil and natural gas, royalty rates, the assumed effects of regulation by governmental agencies and future operating costs, all of which may vary materially. For these reasons, estimates of the economically recoverable crude oil, NGL and natural gas reserves attributable to any particular group of properties, classification of such reserves based on risk of recovery and estimates of future net revenues associated with reserves prepared by different engineers, or by the same engineers at different times, may vary. The Company's actual production, revenues, taxes and development and operating expenditures with respect to its reserves will vary from estimates thereof and such variations could be material.

Individual properties may not reflect the same confidence level as estimates of reserves for all properties due to the effects of aggregation. This press release contains estimates of the net present value of the Company's future net revenue from our reserves. Such amounts do not represent the fair market value of our reserves. The recovery and reserve estimates of the Company's reserves provided herein are estimates only and there is no guarantee that the estimated reserves will be recovered.

The reserve data provided in this news release presents only a portion of the disclosure required under National Instrument 51-101. All of the required information will be contained in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015, which will be filed on SEDAR (accessible at www.sedar.com) and EDGAR (accessible at www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) on March 9, 2016.

Notice to US Readers

The oil and natural gas reserves contained in this press release have generally been prepared in accordance with Canadian disclosure standards, which are not comparable in all respects of United States or other foreign disclosure standards. For example, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") generally permits oil and gas issuers, in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves (as defined in SEC rules), but permits the optional disclosure of "probable reserves" and "possible reserves" (each as defined in SEC rules). Canadian securities laws require oil and gas issuers, in their filings with Canadian securities regulators, to disclose not only proved reserves (which are defined differently from the SEC rules) but also probable reserves and permits optional disclosure of "possible reserves", each as defined in NI 51-101. Accordingly, "proved reserves", "probable reserves" and ""possible reserves" disclosed in this news release may not be comparable to US standards, and in this news release, Crescent Point has disclosed reserves designated as "proved plus probable reserves." Probable reserves are higher-risk and are generally believed to be less likely to be accurately estimated or recovered than proved reserves. "Possible reserves" are higher risk than "probable reserves" and are generally believed to be less likely to be accurately estimated or recovered than "probable reserves". In addition, under Canadian disclosure requirements and industry practice, reserves and production are reported using gross volumes, which are volumes prior to deduction of royalties and similar payments. The SEC rules require reserves and production to be presented using net volumes, after deduction of applicable royalties and similar payments. Moreover, Crescent Point has determined and disclosed estimated future net revenue from its reserves using forecast prices and costs, whereas the SEC rules require that reserves be estimated using a 12-month average price, calculated as the arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within the 12-month period prior to the end of the reporting period. Consequently, Crescent Point's reserve estimates and production volumes in this news release may not be comparable to those made by companies using United States reporting and disclosure standards.

All amounts in the news release are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise specified.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and "forward looking information" for the purposes of Canadian securities regulation. The Company has tried to identify such forward-looking statements by use of such words as "could", "should", "can", "anticipate", "expect", "believe", "will", "may", "intend", "projected", "sustain", "continues", "strategy", "potential", "projects", "grow", "take advantage", "estimate", "well-positioned" and other similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.

In particular, this press release contains forward-looking statements pertaining to the following: the recognition of strong reserve additions in 2015 under the heading "2015 Reserve Highlights"; the volumes, estimated values and life of the Company's oil and gas reserves; the volume and product mix of Crescent Point's oil and gas production; future prices for oil and natural gas; future results from operations metrics; future development, exploration, acquisition and development activities and related expectations; cost reduction expectations and the impact of such reductions on FDC; the potential for reserve and NAV growth from unbooked drilling locations; the potential for reserve growth from waterflood activity; and expected improvements to decline rates.

Statements relating to "reserves" are also deemed to be forward looking statements, as they involve the implied assessment, based on certain estimates and assumptions, that the reserves described exist in the quantities predicted or estimated and that the reserves can be profitably produced in the future. Actual reserve values may be greater than or less than the estimates provided herein.

All forward-looking statements are based on Crescent Point's beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the assumption was made including, without limitation: that Crescent Point will continue to conduct its operations in a manner consistent with past operations; results from drilling and development activities (including development of infrastructure) will be consistent with past results; the general continuance of current industry conditions; the continuance of existing (and in certain circumstances, the implementation of proposed) tax, royalty and regulatory regimes; the accuracy of the estimates of the Company's reserve and resource volumes; certain commodity price and other cost assumptions; and the continued availability of adequate debt and equity financing and cash flow to fund the Company's planned expenditures. There are a number of assumptions associated with the development of the Company's assets, including the quality of the reservoirs where the Company operates, continued performance from existing wells, recovery factors, future drilling programs, performance from new wells and the growth of infrastructure. Crescent Point believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements included in this report should not be unduly relied upon.

By their nature, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which could cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated, expressed or implied by such statements, including those material risks discussed in the Company's Annual Information Form under "Risk Factors". In addition, risk factors include: financial risk of marketing reserves at an acceptable price given market conditions; volatility in market prices for oil and natural gas; delays in business operations, pipeline restrictions, blowouts; industry conditions including changes in laws and regulations and the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced; uncertainties associated with estimating oil and natural gas reserves; economic risk of finding and producing reserves at a reasonable cost; uncertainties associated with partner plans and approvals; operational matters related to non-operated properties; unexpected geological, technical, drilling, construction and processing problems; general economic, market and business conditions; changes in income tax laws, crown royalty rates and incentive programs relating to the oil and gas industry. The impact of any one risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and Crescent Point's future course of action depends on management's assessment of all information available at the relevant time.

Additional information on these and other factors that could affect Crescent Point's operations or financial results are included in Crescent Point's reports on file with Canadian and U.S. securities regulatory authorities. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information, which is given as of the date it is expressed herein or otherwise and Crescent Point undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required to do so pursuant to applicable law. All subsequent forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Crescent Point or persons acting on the Company's behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

Crescent Point shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange, both under the symbol CPG.