Exhibit 99.2
FORM52-109F2
CERTIFICATION OFINTERIMFILINGS - FULL CERTIFICATE
I, Anthony Marino, President & Chief Executive Officer,of Vermilion Energy Inc.,certify thefollowing:
| 1. | Review: I havereviewed the interim financialreportand interim MD&A (together, the“interim filings”) ofVermilion Energy Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2018. |
| 2. | Nomisrepresentations:Based onmy knowledge, havingexercisedreasonable diligence, the interimfilings do notcontainany untrue statement of a material fact or omitto state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary tomake a statement notmisleading inlight of thecircumstances under which it wasmade, with respect totheperiodcoveredby the interimfilings. |
| 3. | Fair presentation:Based onmy knowledge, havingexercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report togetherwith the other financial informationincluded inthe interim filings fairly presentinall material respects thefinancialcondition, financial performanceandcash flows of the issuer,asof the date ofand for the periods presented inthe interim filings. |
| 4. | Responsibility:The issuer’s other certifying officer(s)and Iareresponsible forestablishingand maintaining disclosurecontrolsand procedures (DC&P) and internalcontrol overfinancialreporting(ICFR),as those termsare defined in NationalInstrument 52-109Certification ofDisclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
| 5. | Design:Subjectto the limitations, ifany, described in paragraphs 5.2and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s)and I have,asattheend of the periodcoveredby the interim filings |
| (a) | designed DC&P, orcaused it to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonableassurance that |
| (i) | materialinformation relating tothe issuer is made known to usby others, particularly during theperiod in which the interim filings are being prepared; and |
| (ii) | information required tobe disclosedby the issuer inits annual filings, interim filings or other reportsfiled or submitted by it undersecurities legislation is recorded, processed, summarizedandreported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
| (b) | designedICFR, orcaused it to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonableassurance regarding thereliabilityoffinancial reportingand the preparation offinancial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with the issuer’s GAAP. |
| 5.1 | Control framework:Thecontrol framework the issuer’s othercertifyingofficer(s)and I used to design the issuer’sICFR is the Integrated Framework (2013 Framework) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). |
| 5.2 | ICFR-material weakness relating to design: N\A |
| 5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N\A |
| 6. | Reportingchanges in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed initsinterim MD&Aanychange inthe issuer’sICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2018 and ended on March 31, 2018 that has materiallyaffected,or is reasonably likely tomateriallyaffect,the issuer’sICFR. |
Dated: April 26, 2018
(Signed: “Anthony Marino”)
Anthony Marino, President & Chief Executive Officer
