HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2013-- Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (“Cobalt”) (NYSE: CIE) announced today that James W. Farnsworth, Cobalt’s Chief Exploration Officer, will present at the Morgan Stanley Summer Houston Energy Summit in Houston, Texas on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 11:15 a.m. Central Time.

The company presentation to be used by Mr. Farnsworth will be available on Cobalt's website at www.cobaltintl.com in the Newsroom--Events & Speeches section.

About Cobalt

Cobalt is an independent oil exploration and production company active in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico and offshore Angola and Gabon. Cobalt was formed in 2005 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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