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: 1/1/2005) credited producing wells in the Phu Horm gas field with approximately 1/2 Tcf of reserves 
  • 3P Reserves of 9 Tcf provide substantial exploratory upside 
  • Production net to Gulfport at year-end 2007 totaled approximately 100 Mcf per day 
  • Cash flow from the project is expected to offset capital outlays 
  • 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
  • Plans are in place to shoot a 3-D seismic survey of Block L16/50 in the fourth quarter of 2008

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