Exhibit 99.1

Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC Reports Second Quarter 2012

Financial and Operational Results

Houston, August 10, 2012

Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC today announces financial and operational results for the second quarter of 2012. Some of the highlights include:

Financial Results

Oil and natural gas production. Total oil, natural gas and plant product production of 1,278 MBoe and 2,828 MBoe increased 11 MBoe, or 1%, and 577 MBoe, or 26%, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2011. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, production increased as a result of the properties acquired in the Merit Acquisition in May 2011 (332 MBoe and 890 MBoe for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively) offset by lower production in several fields due to pipelines being shut-in and/or repaired in the second quarter of 2012.

Total revenues. Total revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 of $106.6 million and $182.8 million increased $7.7 million, or 8%, and $59.4 million, or 48%, respectively, over the comparable periods in 2011. The increase in revenues during 2012 was a result of increased production related to the properties acquired in the Merit Acquisition ($16.7 million and $45.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively) and higher hedged oil prices partially offset by lower production in the second quarter of 2012 due to shut-ins and/or repairs and lower natural gas and plant product prices.

We entered into certain oil and natural gas commodity derivative contracts in 2012 and 2011. We realized gains on these derivative contracts in the amounts of $6.4 million and $7.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and realized losses of $2.7 million and $3.1 million for the three and six months ending June 30, 2011, respectively. We recognized unrealized gains of $30.2 million and $23.5 million for the three and six

months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and unrealized gains (losses) of $23.8 million and ($7.2) million in the same periods of 2011. Revenues, excluding the realized and unrealized revenues from commodity hedge contracts, decreased $7.9 million, or 10%, for the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 as a result of lower natural gas production and decreased oil, natural gas and plant product prices partially offset by the Merit Acquisition. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, revenues, excluding the realized and unrealized revenues from commodity hedge contracts, increased $17.7 million, or 13%, compared to the same period in 2011 as a result of the Merit Acquisition partially offset by lower production in several fields due to pipelines being shut-in and/or repaired and lower gas and plant product prices.

Excluding hedges, we realized average oil prices of $106.03 per barrel and $110.30 per barrel and gas prices of $2.26 per Mcf and $2.43 per Mcf for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively. For the same periods in 2011, excluding hedges, we realized average oil prices of $113.61 per barrel and $107.32 per barrel and $4.55 per Mcf and $4.53 per Mcf, respectively. Although average prices realized from the sale of oil on a year-to-date basis reflected the economic turnaround that began during 2011, oil and natural gas prices were lower in the second quarter of 2012 and economic conditions continue to remain uncertain. Oil and natural gas prices will remain unstable and we expect them to be volatile in the future.

Operating Expenses

Lease operating costs. Our lease operating costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 increased to $44.0 million, or $34.41 per Boe, and $87.2 million, or $30.84 per Boe, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, our lease operating costs were $29.8 million, or $23.54 per Boe, and $52.9 million, or $23.49 per Boe, respectively. The increase in lease operating costs during 2012 is directly related to the increase in properties from the Maritech and the Merit Acquisitions. The increase in cost per Boe during 2012 is primarily attributable to a mix of increased properties and certain non-recurring safety and regulatory costs on the newly acquired properties and lower production due to pipeline repairs and leaks in 2012.

Workover costs. Our workover costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 were $3.5 million and $6.1 million, respectively, an increase of $1.1 million compared to the second quarter of 2011 and an increase of $0.5 million compared to the first six months in 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, Eugene Island 240, High Island A443, West Cameron 20, West Delta 31/32, Ship Shoal 198 and Eugene Island 331 were the primary workover expense projects.

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment. DD&A expense was $11.9 million, or $9.29 per Boe, and $24.2 million, or $8.57 per Boe, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, and $9.6 million, or $7.59 per Boe, and $17.6 million, or $7.82 per Boe, for the three and six months ended 2011, respectively. In 2012, the increase in DD&A was a result of increased production associated with the properties acquired in 2011. Depletion is recorded based on units of production and DD&A expense includes depletion of future asset retirement obligations. We recorded a $3.3 million impairment for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 and a $4.3 million impairment for the same periods in 2011.

General and administrative expenses. G&A expense was $5.9 million, or $4.64 per Boe, and $12.4 million, or $4.37 per Boe, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively and $7.3 million, or $5.80 per Boe, and $11.9 million, or $5.27 per Boe, for the same periods in 2011. The decrease in G&A expense for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was due to bonuses paid in 2011 and not in 2012. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, we also incurred higher consultant fees for the Merit Acquisition and for the registration filing partially offset by an increase in staff and related administrative costs attributable to our growth. The increase in G&A expense for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was due to an increase in staff and related administrative costs attributable to our growth in February and May of 2011.

Accretion expense. We recognized accretion expense of $8.9 million and $18.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to $5.4 million and $9.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, respectively. The increase in accretion expense in 2012 was attributable to assumed asset retirement obligations related to our acquisitions in 2011.

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Miscellaneous expense. Miscellaneous expense of $0.8 million and $1.5 million decreased $4.6 million and $4.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2011. The higher expense in 2011 was a result of the consent solicitation fee paid under the First Supplemental Indenture.

About Black Elk Energy Offshore

We are an oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploitation, development and production of oil and natural gas properties. We seek to acquire and exploit properties with proved developed reserves, proved developed non-producing reserves and proved undeveloped reserves. Our strategy is to acquire and economically maximize properties that are currently producing or have the potential to produce given additional attention and capital resources. We are engaged in continual efforts to monitor and reduce operating expenses by finding opportunities to safely increase efficiencies related to staffing, transportation and operational procedures. Moreover, our ability to accurately estimate and manage plugging and abandonment costs associated with potential acquisitions increases the likelihood of achieving our target returns on investment. Our management team has extensive engineering, geological, geophysical, technical and operational expertise in successfully developing and operating properties in both our current and planned areas of operation.

We seek to acquire assets in our areas of focus from oil and gas companies that have determined that such assets are noncore and desire to remove them from their producing property portfolio or have made strategic decisions to deemphasize their offshore operations. Prior to an acquisition, we perform stringent structural engineering tests to determine whether the reservoirs possess potential upside. Each opportunity is presented, catalogued and graded by our management and risked appropriately for the overall impact to our company.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” relating to the business of Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects” or similar expressions, and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although Black Elk believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Black Elk’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in Black Elk’s periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements attributable to Black Elk or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, Black Elk does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

Contact

James Hagemeier

IR@blackelk.com

11451 Katy Freeway, Suite 500

Houston, Texas 77079

(281) 598-8600

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BLACK ELK ENERGY OFFSHORE OPERATIONS, LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

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How We Evaluate our Operations:

We use a variety of financial and operational measures to assess our overall performance. Among those measures are (1) volumes of oil and natural gas produced, (2) oil and natural gas prices realized, (3) per unit operating and administrative costs and (4) Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the following table).

The following table contains certain financial and operational data for each of the three months ended June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

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