Exhibit 23.1

LOGO

CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

We hereby consent to the inclusion in this Form 8-K of Gulfport Energy Corporation (“Form 8-K”), of our report dated March 14, 2011, on oil and gas reserves of Gulfport Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009, to all references to our firm in the Form 8-K and to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of Gulfport Energy Corporation on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-135728, effective July 12, 2006; File No. 333-129178, effective October 21, 2005; and File No. 333-55738, effective February 16, 2001) and on Form S-3 (File No. 333-168180, effective July 28, 2010).

 

NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.
  By:  

/s/ Danny D. Simmons, P.E.

   

Danny D. Simmons, P.E.

President and Chief Operating Officer

Houston, Texas

March 16, 2011