Thailand Overview

International Exploration.  In 2005, Gulfport acquired a 2% indirect interest in APICO, LLC, an international oil and gas exploration company.  APICO owns a 35% interest the Phu Horm gas field operated by Hess Corporation, a 100% of concession blocks L15/43 and 27/43, and a 60% of concession block L13/48.  The APICO holdings total approximately 3 million acres.  During the first quarter of 2008, Gulfport purchased a 5% interest in Tatex Thailand III, LLC, the owner of concession block L16/50.  The Tatex block consists of 1 million acres adjacent to Block L27/43.

World Class Reserves.  Through an indirect equity investment in APICO, Gulfport has leveraged significant exposure to a natural gas play of immense magnitude in northeast Thailand.  Exploration efforts at Phu Horm have been affirmed by impressive reserves being assigned to the field.

  • Third party engineers Gaffney Cline (report date: 12/31/2007) credited producing wells in the Phu Horm gas field with approximately 1/2 Tcf of reserves 
  • Gross production from the Phu Horm gas field, of which Gulfport owns 0.7%, averaged 83 MMcf per day of natural gas and 433 Bbls per day of oil in 2008 
  • Significant upside provided by the exploratory potential of four consession blocks totaling approximately 4 million gross acres
  • AIPCO has identified several high quality exploration targets
  • Long-term gas sales contract in place with Thai government which ties pricing to Singapore Medium Sulfur Fuel Oil
  • Recently conducted a 3-D seismic survey on concession blocks L27/43 and L16/50, the two most southern blcoks of our 4 one-million acre concessions

Maps/Images