TransAtlantic Finalizes TBNG Purchase

- TransAtlantic Finalizes TBNG Purchase

Wednesday, June 08, 2011
TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.

TransAtlantic has closed on the previously announced acquisition of Thrace Basin Natural Gas (Turkiye) Corporation ("TBNG"). TransAtlantic Worldwide, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired 100% of the shares of TBNG from Mustafa Mehmet Corporation ("MMC") in exchange for 18,500,000 of the Company's common shares, the transfer of certain overriding royalty interests (ranging from 1.0% to 2.5% of the working interests owned by TBNG on specified exploration licenses) to an affiliate of MMC and $10.0 million in cash, which was paid in November 2010 as an option fee and applied to the purchase price at closing.

With the acquisition, the Company has effectively acquired 41.5% of the total production (approximately 10.0 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, before royalty) and acreage of TBNG and Pinnacle Turkey, Inc. ("PTI") as well as all of the oilfield service assets of TBNG. The acquisition of TBNG closed contemporaneously with the closing of the purchase of PTI by Pinnacle Turkey Holding Company, LLC ("Pinnacle") and the purchase of another affiliate of MMC by Valeura Energy, Inc. ("Valeura"). Valeura and Pinnacle have effectively acquired 40.0% and 18.5%, respectively, of the production, acreage, and other assets held by TBNG and PTI.

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TransAtlantic to Buy Thrace Basin Assets

TransAtlantic to Buy Thrace Basin Assets

Thursday, April 28, 2011
TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.

TransAtlantic and Mustafa Mehmet Corporation ("MMC") have entered into a definitive share purchase agreement. The Purchase Agreement follows the Option Agreement the Company entered into on November 8, 2011 and the subsequent exercise of the option on February 10, 2011. Under the Purchase Agreement, MMC agreed to sell, and TransAtlantic Worldwide agreed to purchase, all of the shares of Thrace Basin Natural Gas Turkiye Corporation ("TBNG").

Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, TransAtlantic Worldwide or its assigns will acquire all of the shares of TBNG in exchange for the Company issuing 18.5 million of its common shares and for the transfer of certain overriding royalty interests (ranging from 1.0% to 2.5% of the working interests owned by TBNG on specified exploration licenses) to MMC or an affiliate.

TBNG and its sister company, Pinnacle Turkey, Inc. ("PTI"), currently produce an aggregate of approximately 25.0 million cubic feet of natural gas per day in the Thrace Basin region of northwestern Turkey and hold interests in approximately 600,000 net onshore acres and 360,000 net offshore acres in the Thrace Basin and approximately 305,000 net onshore acres in the Gaziantep region of southeastern Turkey. As previously announced, the Company expects that third party investors, including Valeura Energy Inc., will provide between $90.0 and $100.0 million in cash to acquire between approximately 59.5% and 65% of the current production and acreage owned by TBNG and PTI.

Closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is expected to occur late in the second quarter of 2011 and is subject to, among other conditions, the receipt of consents from all required regulatory authorities, including the Competition Board of the Republic of Turkey.