PetroQuest Energy Announces Appointment Of Director

LAFAYETTE, La., Dec. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- PetroQuest Energy, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: PQ) today announced that J. Gerard Jolly, CPA has been appointed by the Company's Board of Directors to serve as a director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee.  The Company's Board of Directors has affirmatively determined Mr. Jolly to be independent under the listing standards of the NYSE and the rules of the SEC.  In addition, Mr. Jolly qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under the rules of the SEC. 

Mr. Jolly was a long-time partner in the nationally recognized accounting firm of KPMG until his retirement in 2012.  In his more than 30 year career with KPMG, Mr. Jolly served in a variety of roles including the firm's National Managing Partner of its mid-market business and was a member of the firm's Board of Directors.  As a member of the KPMG board, Mr. Jolly served as Chairman of the Audit, Finance and Operations Committee as well as the Nominating Committee. 

Mr. Jolly is a licensed CPA and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana State University.  He is a member of the E.J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction at Louisiana State University, the immediate past Chairman of the Dean's Advisory Council for the E.J. Ourso College of Business and the Chairman of the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation.

Management Comment
"We are pleased to welcome Jerry to the Board of PetroQuest," said Charles T. Goodson, Chairman and CEO.  "His tremendous financial and accounting background will augment not only our Board but our entire organization. Having someone with Jerry's distinct qualifications and skill sets join our team is another important achievement that we expect will pay dividends to our stakeholders for years to come."

About the Company
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, acquisition and production of oil and natural gas reserves in Texas, Louisiana and the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.  PetroQuest's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PQ.

Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "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. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this news release are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements are based upon assumptions and anticipated results that are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks. Actual results may vary significantly from those anticipated due to many factors, including the volatility of oil and natural gas prices and significantly depressed oil prices since the end of 2014; our indebtedness and the significant amount of cash required to service our indebtedness; our estimate of the sufficiency of our existing capital sources, including availability under our new multi-draw term loan facility; our ability to post additional collateral to satisfy our offshore decommissioning obligations; our ability to initiate and execute our Cotton Valley drilling program as planned; our ability to hedge future production to reduce our exposure to price volatility in the current commodity pricing market; ceiling test write-downs resulting, and that could result in the future, from lower oil and natural gas prices; our ability to raise additional capital to fund cash requirements for future operations; limits on our growth and our ability to finance our operations, fund our capital needs and respond to changing conditions imposed by our multidraw term loan facility and restrictive debt covenants; our ability to find, develop and produce oil and natural gas reserves that are economically recoverable and to replace reserves and sustain and/or increase production; approximately 50% of our production being exposed to the additional risk of severe weather, including hurricanes, tropical storms and flooding, and natural disasters; losses and liabilities from uninsured or underinsured drilling and operating activities; changes in laws and governmental regulations as they relate to our operations; the operating hazards attendant to the oil and gas business; the volatility of our stock price; and our ability to meet the continued listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange with respect to our common stock or to cure any deficiency with respect thereto. In particular, careful consideration should be given to cautionary statements made in the various reports the Company has filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no duty to update or revise these forward-looking statements.

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