Amendment to Form 10-K/A filing Erin Energy Corporation (Incorporated and registered in Delaware, United States of America) Share code on the NYSE MKT: ERN Share code on the JSE: ERN ISIN: US1317452001 (“Erin Energy” or “the Company”) Amendment to Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 Or 15(D) Of The Securities Exchange Act OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 Erin Energy shareholders are advised that the form 10-KA pertaining to its Annual Report (this “Amendment”) amends Erin Energy Corporation’s (the “Company's”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Original 10-K”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 16, 2018. The Company is filing this Amendment for the sole purpose of providing the information required by Items 10 through 14 of Part III of Form 10-K, including as exhibits the certifications required under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Part III information was previously omitted from the Original 10-K in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K. The reference on the cover of the Original 10-K to the incorporation by reference to portions of our definitive proxy statement into Part III of the Original 10-K is hereby deleted. In accordance with Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Part III, Items 10 through 14, of the Original 10-K are hereby amended and restated in their entirety, and the Index to Exhibits of the Original 10-K is hereby amended and restated in its entirety. This Amendment reflects only the changes to the cover page, Items 10 through 14 of Part III and the Index to Exhibits described above. No other information included in the Original 10-K, including the information set forth in Part I and Part II, has been modified or updated in any way and, therefore, does not reflect any events which occurred subsequent to the filing of the Original 10-K. Because no financial statements are contained within this Amendment, we are not including certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Company” and “the Company” refer to Erin Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation originally organized in 1979, and its subsidiaries and, unless the context otherwise requires and for the purposes of this report only: - "Exchange Act" refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; - "SEC" or the "Commission" refers to the United State Securities and Exchange Commission; and - "Securities Act" refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. has been filed. A copy of this document may be viewed on the following link: http://www.erinenergy.com/investors/financial-information/sec-filings/sec-filings- details/default.aspx?FilingId=11357291 Houston 2 May 2018 JSE Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (a member of the Sasfin group) Date: 02/05/2018 09:58:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.