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 17.9% interest in Tatex Thailand III, LLC, the owner of concession block L16/50.  The Tatex III 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 85.91 MMcf per day of natural gas and 392.22 Bbls per day of condensate in the third quarter of 2011 
  • Significant upside provided by the exploratory potential of four concession blocks 
  • APICO 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
  • Shot the largest onshore 3-D seismic survey in SE Asia over L16/50 during 2009
  • In March 2011, TEW-E well logged over 5,000 feet of apparent possible gas saturated column 

 

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