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SWIFT ENERGY ANNOUNCES $100,000,000 CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES OFFERING TO FINANCE GROWTH


HOUSTON, October 24, 1996 - Swift Energy Company (NYSE, PSE: SFY) announced that today it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement for a public offering of $100,000,000 of Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2006. The offering is to be managed by Salomon Brothers Inc, Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., Prudential Securities Incorporated, and Southcoast Capital Corporation. Proceeds of the offering will be used to finance the Company’s development and exploration drilling activities (on the Company’s large inventory of drilling prospects), to repay all of its outstanding indebtedness, and possibly to acquire oil and gas properties.

Based in Houston, Swift Energy Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged primarily in the exploration, development, acquisition and operation of oil and gas properties, with an emphasis on domestic natural gas.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

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