Kosmos Energy Announces Secondary Public Offering of Common Shares

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (“Kosmos”) (NYSE: KOS) announced today that funds
affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC and The Blackstone Group L.P.,
respectively (the “Selling Shareholders”), have agreed to sell an
aggregate of 30,000,000 of Kosmos’s common shares in a registered
underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). Kosmos will not receive
any of the proceeds from the sale of the common shares. Barclays is
acting as the underwriter of the Offering.

The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration
statement, including a prospectus, filed by Kosmos with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 22, 2015. Before
you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration
statement and other documents Kosmos has filed with the SEC for more
complete information about Kosmos and the Offering. You may get these
documents for free by visiting the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Alternatively, copies of the prospectus and a prospectus supplement,
when available, may be obtained from Barclays Capital Inc., c/o
Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New
York 11717 (Tel: 1-888-603-5847) or by e-mailing Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com.

This press release is for informational purposes only and does not
constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.

About Kosmos Energy

Kosmos is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production
company focused on frontier and emerging areas along the Atlantic
Margin. Our assets include existing production and development projects
offshore Ghana, large discoveries offshore Mauritania and Senegal, as
well as exploration licenses with significant hydrocarbon potential
offshore Portugal, Sao Tome and Principe, Suriname, Morocco and Western
Sahara.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press 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 facts, included in this
press release that address activities, events or developments that
Kosmos expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future
are forward-looking statements. Kosmos’ estimates and
forward-looking statements are mainly based on its current expectations
and estimates of future events and trends, which affect or may affect
its businesses and operations. Although Kosmos believes that these
estimates and forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable
assumptions, they are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are
made in light of information currently available to Kosmos. When used in
this press release, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,”
“expect,” “estimate,” “plan,” “will” or other similar words are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to a
number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond
the control of Kosmos, which may cause actual results to differ
materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking
statements. Further information on such assumptions, risks and
uncertainties is available in Kosmos’ SEC filings. Kosmos
undertakes no obligation and does not intend to update or correct these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring
after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable
law. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this
press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their
entirety by this cautionary statement.

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