MENA Hydrocarbons Proposes Share Consolidation

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 5, 2014) - MENA Hydrocarbons Inc. ("MENA" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MNH) is pleased to announce the following corporate update.

AGM timing and Proposed Consolidation

The Company intends to hold an annual meeting of shareholders in the late spring of 2014. As part of the annual and special meeting shareholders will be asked to approve the consolidation of the Company's shares on a range of up to 25 old shares for each 1 post-consolidation share (the "Consolidation") or such lesser whole number of pre-consolidation Common Shares that the directors of the Company in their discretion may determine, with the Consolidation to be implemented by the Board at any time following shareholder approval. This Consolidation remains subject to all required regulatory approvals, including both TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") approval and shareholder approval. The number of outstanding stock options and warrants of the Company will similarly be adjusted by the consolidation ratio, and the exercise prices adjusted accordingly.

The Company's directors believe the Consolidation is necessary for the following reasons:

1. Merger or acquisition proposals to acquire new projects based on share consideration are hampered by the need to issue very large amounts of stock to effect any transaction.
   

2. TSXV rules are designed to encourage public companies to maintain price per share trading ranges above $0.05 per share through minimum share and warrant equity issue rules. At this time the number of shares outstanding makes it difficult to sustain higher share prices. This low share price range results in material limitations on the Company's ability to finance future projects through equity or convertible debt issues.

About MENA Hydrocarbons

MENA Hydrocarbons is an international oil and gas company focused on growing an asset base of production, development and high impact exploration in the Middle East and North Africa region. In Egypt, MENA owns and operates the development lease for the Lagia oil field, a 32 square kilometer onshore block located on the Sinai Peninsula, directly adjacent to the Gulf of Suez. In Syria, MENA owns a 30% participating interest in Block 9 in Syria, a 10,032 square kilometer onshore block prospective for crude oil, natural gas and condensate. In the United States, MENA owns 6,242 gross acres (with an 81.2% average working interest) in Northwestern Montana with light/medium oil reserves MENA's shares currently trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "MNH".

Forward-looking Information

This news release contains forward-looking information relating to planned development and exploration activities on the properties in which the Company has interests and our financial position. Such forward looking information is subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The results or events predicated in this forward-looking information may differ materially from actual results or events. As a result, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking information.

Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions regarding, among other things, the Company maintaining its stock exchange listing; the availability of financing on acceptable terms or at all and the timing such financing is needed; the general stability of the economic and political environments in which the Company operates or owns interests; the timely receipt of any required regulatory approvals; the ability of the Company to obtain qualified staff, equipment and services in a timely and cost efficient manner; drilling results; the ability of the operator of the projects which the Company has an interest in to operate the field in a safe, efficient and effective manner; field production rates and decline rates; the timing and costs of pipeline, storage and facility construction and expansion and the ability of the Company to secure adequate product transportation; future oil and natural gas prices; currency, exchange and interest rates; the regulatory framework regarding royalties, taxes and environmental matters in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates; the ability of the Company to successfully market its oil and natural gas products, and other similar matters. While the Company considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect.

Forward looking-information is subject to certain factors, including risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is currently expected. These factors include risks associated with the Company's ability to successfully maintain its stock exchange listing, the availability of capital on acceptable terms or at all and the timing such capital is needed, instability of the economic and political environments in which the Company operates or owns interests, oil and gas exploration, development, exploitation, production, marketing and transportation, loss of markets, volatility of commodity prices, currency fluctuations, imprecision of reserve estimates, environmental risks, competition from other producers, inability to retain drilling rigs and other services, incorrect assessment of the value of acquisitions, the inability to settle the definitive terms of the farmout arrangements, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions, delays resulting from or inability to obtain required regulatory approvals and ability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources, reliance on key personnel, regulatory risks and delays, including risks relating to the acquisition of necessary licenses and permits, environmental risks and insurance risks.

You should not place undue importance on forward-looking information and should not rely upon this information as of any other date. While the Company may elect to, the Company is under no obligation and does not undertake to update this information at any particular time, except as required by law.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequate or accuracy of this release.