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CALGARY, April 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. ("Advantage" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the appointment of David Sterna to the position of Vice President Marketing and Commercial.  Mr. Sterna has significant expertise with commodity marketing including the development of market diversification initiatives such as LNG and industrial gas projects. He has over 20 years of executive and senior Management experience and was most recently at Progress Energy Canada Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), with previous positions at a number of senior and intermediate upstream oil and gas producers.

Advantage believes that increasing global and domestic demand for clean natural gas and associated by-products will create long term Canadian supply growth opportunities to new commercial ventures that could broaden and diversify the Corporation's revenue sources.  Mr. Sterna's knowledge and experience in this new Executive position will complement Advantage's existing leadership team in the development/implementation of go-forward strategies to enhance the continued development of the Corporation's industry leading low cost Montney natural gas and liquids resource.

About Advantage

Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. is a Canadian upstream exploration and production company focused on development of its significant position in the Montney natural gas and liquids resource play. The Corporation's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges under the symbol AAV.

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