Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. (“Midstates” or the “Company”) (NYSE:MPO) announced today that Nelson M. Haight, the Company’s Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, will present at the 2014 IPAA OGIS New York Conference on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 in New York at 8:45 a.m. eastern time. The presentation will be webcast live and can be viewed in the “Investors” section of the Company’s website, www.midstatespetroleum.com; an archived version will also be posted. A new investor handout has been added to the “Presentations” tab of the “Investors” section.

About Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. is an independent exploration and production company focused on the application of modern drilling and completion techniques to oil-prone resources in previously discovered yet underdeveloped hydrocarbon trends. The Company’s operations are currently focused on oilfields in the Mississippian Lime trend in northwestern Oklahoma, in the Anadarko Basin in Texas and Oklahoma, and in the Upper Gulf Coast Tertiary trend in central Louisiana. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Additional information about the Company is available at www.midstatespetroleum.com.