Nuverra Agrees to an Extension of the Agreement to Divest Thermo Fluids Inc.

Nuverra Environmental Solutions (NYSE:NES) (“Nuverra” or “the Company”), a leading provider of full-cycle environmental solutions to energy and industrial end markets, announced today that it has agreed to an extension of the purchase agreement to divest Thermo Fluids, Inc. (“TFI”) to VeroLube USA, Inc. (“VeroLube”).

The extension is related to the delivery of stand-alone audited financial statements for TFI for fiscal year 2011, including the conversion of historical TFI financial statements from U.S. GAAP to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as requested by VeroLube in connection with its capital raising process. Nuverra has completed stand-alone IFRS financial statements for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 and anticipates completing the 2011 stand-alone IFRS audit by the end of July.

The revised stock purchase agreement anticipates the transaction closing by August 29, 2014.

About Nuverra

Nuverra Environmental Solutions is among the largest companies in the United States dedicated to providing comprehensive and full-cycle environmental solutions to customers in energy and industrial end-markets. Nuverra focuses on the delivery, collection, treatment, recycling, and disposal of restricted solids, water, wastewater, used motor oil, spent antifreeze, waste fluids and hydrocarbons. The Company continues to expand its suite of environmentally compliant and sustainable solutions to customers who demand stricter environmental compliance and accountability from their service providers. Interested parties can access additional information about Nuverra on the Company's web site at http://www.nuverra.com, and in documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov.

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