EXHIBIT
99.7



VERMILION
ENERGY INC.

CERTIFICATE
OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER



Pursuant
to Section 906(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code



In
connection with the annual report of Vermilion Energy Inc. (the “Corporation”) on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lorenzo
Donadeo, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:



| | 1. | The
                                                                                                                           Report
                                                                                                                           fully
                                                                                                                           complies
                                                                                                                           with
                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                           requirements
                                                                                                                           of
                                                                                                                           section
                                                                                                                           13(a)
                                                                                                                           or
                                                                                                                           15(d)
                                                                                                                           of
                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                           Securities
                                                                                                                           Exchange
                                                                                                                           Act
                                                                                                                           of
                                                                                                                           1934;
                                                                                                                           and
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| | 2. | The
                                                                                                                           information
                                                                                                                           contained
                                                                                                                           in
                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                           Report
                                                                                                                           fairly
                                                                                                                           presents,
                                                                                                                           in
                                                                                                                           all
                                                                                                                           material
                                                                                                                           respects,
                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                           financial
                                                                                                                           condition
                                                                                                                           and
                                                                                                                           results
                                                                                                                           of
                                                                                                                           operations
                                                                                                                           of
                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                           Corporation.
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Dated
at Calgary, Alberta, Canada this 12th day of March 2012.



| | (“Lorenzo
    Donadeo”)                 
| | ----------------------------------------
| | LORENZO DONADEO, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER















EXHIBIT
99.7



VERMILION
ENERGY INC.

CERTIFICATE
OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER



Pursuant
to Section 906(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Subsections
(a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code



In
connection with the annual report of Vermilion Energy Inc. (the “Corporation”) on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Curtis
Hicks, Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:



| | 1. | The
                                                            Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
                                                            of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
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| | 2. | The
                                                            information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
                                                            respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
                                                            Corporation.
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Dated
at Calgary, Alberta, Canada this 12th day of March 2012.



| | (“Curtis
    W. Hicks”)                  
| | -----------------------------------------
| | CURTIS W. HICKS, CHIEF  FINANCIAL OFFICER