Terrace Energy Announces First Half Results

VANCOUVER, Oct. 3, 2013 /CNW/ - Terrace Energy Corp. (the "Company") (TSXV: TZR; OTCQX:TCRRF; FRANKFURT:2TR) is pleased to announce its financial and operating results for the six and three months ended July 31, 2013.

The Company's interim financial statements and management discussion and analysis for the six and three months ended July 31, 2013 is available for viewing at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.terraceenergy.net.

All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.

First Half Achievements

• Finalized transactions to organize the Black Brush Terrace LP and acquire an interest in a 147,000 acre project in South Texas from an affiliate of Shell Oil.
• Completed non-brokered private placements of convertible notes in the aggregate amount of CDN$40,000,000.
• Drilled the first well on the Black Brush Terrace LP property to a total measured depth of approximately 12,000 feet including an approximate 4,000 foot horizontal lateral section in the Pearsall Shale. The well is in the completion stage of development.
• Successfully re-entered and placed into production a previously drilled Eagle Ford Shale well on the Black Brush Terrace LP property.
• Drilled four additional wells on the STS Olmos project. Two of the wells were subsequently placed into production and the remaining two are in the completion stage of development.

First Half Highlights

• Total revenues from oil and gas sales for the six and three months ended July 31, 2013 were $1,621,660 and $765,958 respectively compared to $759,958 and $202,868 for the six and three months ended July 31, 2012 respectively.
• The Company's aggregate share of production from the STS Olmos wells and the Cutlass well for the six months ended July 31, 2013 was approximately 17,877 barrels of oil and liquids at an aggregate average price of $83.60 per barrel of oil equivalent and 28,308 thousand cubic feet of natural gas at an average price of $4.05 per million cubic feet.

Financial Summary

Results of operations (unaudited) for the six and three months ended July 31:

		Six Months 2013			Six Months 2012			Three Months 2013		Three Months 2012
Oil & Gas revenues		$		1,621,660	$		759,958	$	765,649	$		202,868
Direct operating expenses				248,839			120,824		60,510			55,382
Depreciation, depletion and accretion				493,531			18,468		220,773			12,949
				742,370			139,292		281,283			68,331
	Operating income			879,290			620,666		484,366			134,537
Equity income in Black Brush Terrace LP				35,909			-		35,909			-
				915,199			620,666		520,275			134,537
General and administrative expenses				1,301,344			595,336		778,838			366,648
Interest expense				1,033,125			-		833,938			-
Foreign exchange gain				(761,051)			(92,687)		(794,843)			(61,644)
Share-based payments				304,194			146,020		231,077			70,289
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets				73,983			-		-			-
Recovery of exploration and evaluation assets				-			-		(30,167)			-
				1,951,595			648,669		1,018,843			375,293
Net loss for the period		$		(1,036,396)	$		(28,003)	$	(498,568)	$		(240,756)
Loss per share		$		(0.02)	$		(0.00)	$	(0.01)	$		(0.00)

Summary Balance Sheet		July 31, 2013		January 31, 2013
Current assets	$	17,715,920	$	3,050,989
Operators bond		25,000		25,000
Investment in Black Brush Terrace LP		12,900,434		-
Advances for future exploration		1,890,819		459,008
Exploration and evaluation assets		10,878,981		6,737,039
Property and equipment		9,615,819		6,047,528
Total assets		53,026,973		16,319,564
Total liabilities		35,700,161		579,601
Total equity	$	17,326,812	$	15,739,963

About Terrace Energy

Terrace Energy is an oil & gas development stage company that is focused on unconventional oil extraction in onshore areas of the United States, particularly in South Texas.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Eric Boehnke, Chief Executive Officer

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SOURCE: Terrace Energy Corp.

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