DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 19, 2018-- Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”) and its midstream affiliate, San Mateo Midstream, LLC (“San Mateo”), today announced the completion and successful start-up of the expansion of San Mateo’s Black River cryogenic natural gas processing plant (the “Black River Processing Plant”) in Matador’s Rustler Breaks asset area in Eddy County, New Mexico. The expansion of the Black River Processing Plant adds an incremental designed inlet capacity of 200 million cubic feet of natural gas per day to the previously existing designed inlet capacity of 60 million cubic feet of natural gas per day for a total designed inlet capacity of 260 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. The expanded Black River Processing Plant supports Matador’s exploration and development activities in the Delaware Basin and, with the expanded capacity, is expected to offer processing opportunities for other producers’ development efforts as well. Prior to this expansion, the Black River Processing Plant had been full of Matador’s natural gas even though San Mateo had been operating the plant at approximately 10% above its designed inlet capacity of 60 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

In addition, San Mateo has completed a natural gas liquids (“NGL”) pipeline connection at the Black River Processing Plant to the NGL pipeline owned by EPIC Y Grade Pipeline LP. This NGL connection provides several significant benefits to Matador and other San Mateo customers compared to trucking the NGLs out of the area. San Mateo’s customers receive (i) firm NGL takeaway out of the Delaware Basin, (ii) increased NGL recoveries, (iii) improved pricing realizations through lower transportation and fractionation (T&F) costs and (iv) increased optionality through San Mateo’s ability to operate the Black River Processing Plant in ethane recovery mode, if desired. In addition, San Mateo expects the NGL connection to lower operating costs at the Black River Processing Plant and provide operational advantages as transportation by pipeline rather than by truck reduces operational risks, such as weather-related interruptions or insufficient trucking capacity.

Joseph Wm. Foran, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matador, said, “We are excited to announce that the expansion of the Black River Processing Plant was completed both on time and on budget. Along with the addition of the NGL connection, the Black River Processing Plant and associated residue gas pipeline provide Matador reliable transportation for its Rustler Breaks natural gas and NGLs out of the basin.

“The Board and I congratulate the members of our midstream team for the significant value they have created thus far through their efforts and strong execution, and we also appreciate the support from our San Mateo joint venture partner, Five Point Energy LLC. These efforts ensure firm takeaway capacity for Matador’s natural gas and NGLs coming from our Rustler Breaks and Wolf asset areas, provide reliable transportation for Matador’s oil production from those asset areas by the third quarter of 2018 and establish core assets for the strategic relationship with a subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) announced earlier this year.”

Please direct any commercial inquiries about the Black River Processing Plant and related gathering and processing services provided in Eddy County, New Mexico or San Mateo’s other services, including salt water gathering and disposal services and oil gathering, transportation and blending services, to: Corey Lothamer, San Mateo’s Vice President of Business Development, at (972) 371-5203 or info@sanmateomidstream.com.

About Matador Resources Company

Matador is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources in the United States, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays. Its current operations are focused primarily on the oil and liquids-rich portion of the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Delaware Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas. Matador also operates in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale and Cotton Valley plays in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas. Additionally, Matador conducts midstream operations, primarily through its midstream joint venture, San Mateo Midstream, LLC, in support of its exploration, development and production operations and provides natural gas processing, oil transportation services, natural gas, oil and salt water gathering services and salt water disposal services to third parties.

For more information, visit Matador Resources Company at www.matadorresources.com.

About San Mateo Midstream, LLC

San Mateo is a strategic joint venture formed in February 2017 by a subsidiary of Matador and a subsidiary of Five Point Energy LLC. San Mateo provides an all-inclusive approach to midstream services for the three main product streams produced by oil and natural gas activities, including salt water gathering and disposal services, natural gas gathering, compression, treating and processing services, and oil gathering, transportation and blending services. San Mateo owns and operates oil, natural gas and water gathering and transportation systems in Eddy County, New Mexico and Loving County, Texas, the Black River Processing Plant in Eddy County, New Mexico with a designed inlet capacity of 260 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and six commercial salt water disposal wells in Eddy County, New Mexico and Loving County, Texas. San Mateo serves as one of the primary midstream solutions for multiple customers across the northern Delaware Basin, including its anchor customer, Matador Resources Company.

For more information, visit San Mateo Midstream, LLC at www.sanmateomidstream.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. “Forward-looking statements” are statements related to future, not past, events. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and include any statement that does not directly relate to a current or historical fact. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “could,” “believe,” “would,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “should,” “continue,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “hypothetical,” “forecasted” and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about guidance, projected or forecasted financial and operating results, results in certain basins, objectives, project timing, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, and such forward-looking statements may not prove to be accurate. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the following risks related to financial and operational performance: general economic conditions; the Company’s ability to execute its business plan, including whether its drilling program is successful; changes in oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids prices and the demand for oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; its ability to replace reserves and efficiently develop current reserves; costs of operations; delays and other difficulties related to producing oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids; delays and other difficulties related to regulatory and governmental approvals and restrictions; its ability to make acquisitions on economically acceptable terms; its ability to integrate acquisitions; availability of sufficient capital to execute its business plan, including from future cash flows, increases in its borrowing base and otherwise; weather and environmental conditions; the operating results of the Company’s midstream joint venture’s expansion of the Black River cryogenic processing plant; the timing and operating results of the buildout by the Company’s midstream joint venture of oil, natural gas and water gathering and transportation systems and the drilling of any additional salt water disposal wells; and other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. For further discussions of risks and uncertainties, you should refer to Matador’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the “Risk Factors” section of Matador’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Matador undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this press release, except as required by law, including the securities laws of the United States and the rules and regulations of the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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Matador Resources Company
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