Exhibit 5.1


AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP
Attorneys at Law


                                  July 20, 2004



Gulfport  Energy  Corporation
14313  North  May  Avenue
Suite  100
Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma  73134

Ladies  and  Gentlemen:

     We  have  acted  as  counsel  to  Gulfport  Energy  Corporation, a Delaware
corporation  (the "Company"), in connection with the registration, pursuant to a
registration statement on Form SB-2, File No. 333-115396, filed on May 12, 2004,
as  amended  (the  "Registration  Statement"),  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  pursuant  to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"),  and  the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, of (1) 10,000,000
transferable  subscription  rights (the "Rights") distributed in connection with
the  rights  offering  and  (2)  up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock,  par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock," together with the Rights,
the  "Securities"),  issuable  upon  exercise  of  the  Rights.

     We have examined originals or certified copies of such corporate records of
the  Company  and  other certificates and documents of officials of the Company,
public  officials  and others as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of this
letter.  We  have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of
all  documents  submitted  to  us  as originals, and the conformity to authentic
original documents  of  all  copies  submitted  to us as conformed, certified or
reproduced  copies.  In  addition,  we  have  assumed  that the amendment to the
Company's  Certificate  of  Incorporation  increasing  the  authorized number of
shares  of  Common  Stock  from  20,000,000  to  35,000,000, which amendment was
approved  by the Company's Board of Directors by unanimous written consent dated
April  14, 2004 and by stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding Common
Stock  by written consent dated April 15, 2004, will be filed with the Secretary
of  State of the State of Delaware prior to the issuance of any shares of Common
Stock  under  the  Registration  Statement.

     Based  upon  the  foregoing  and  subject  to  the assumptions, exceptions,
qualifications  and  limitations  set  forth  hereinafter, we are of the opinion
that  the  Securities  have  been duly authorized, and (i) when the Registration
Statement  has  become effective under the Securities Act, (ii) upon issuance of
the  Rights  in  conformity  with and pursuant to the Registration Statement and
(iii)  upon  issuance,  sale and delivery of the shares of Common Stock upon the
exercise  of  Rights  in accordance with the terms described in the Registration
Statement,  such  Securities   will   be   validly   issued,   fully   paid  and
non-assessable.

     The  opinions  and  other  matters  in  this  letter are qualified in their
entirety  and  subject  to  the  following:

          A. We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than
     the  General  Corporation  Law  of  the  State  of  Delaware.


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          B.  This  law  firm  is  a  registered  limited  liability partnership
     organized  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Texas.

     We  hereby  consent  to  the  filing  of  this  letter as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement  and  to the use of our name in the Prospectus forming a
part  of the Registration Statement under the caption "Legal Matters." In giving
this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons
whose  consent  is  required  under  Section  7  of  the  Act  and the rules and
regulations  thereunder.

                                     Very  truly  yours,

                                     /s/AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

                                     AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP