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Acquisitions

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Acquisitions
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Business Acquisition, Entity Acquired and Reason for Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions
ACQUISITIONS

Beginning in February 2011, the Company entered into agreements to acquire certain leasehold interests located in the Utica Shale in Ohio. Certain of the agreements also granted the Company an exclusive right of first refusal for a period of six months on certain additional tracts leased by the seller. Gulfport is the operator on this acreage in the Utica Shale. As of September 30, 2012, the Company had acquired leasehold interests in approximately 128,000 gross (64,000 net) acres in the Utica Shale for approximately $205.8 million. Gulfport funded these transactions with a portion of the proceeds from public offerings of an aggregate of 6.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock completed in March and July of 2011. Entities controlled by Wexford Capital LP (“Wexford”) have participated with the Company on a 50/50 basis in the acquisition of all leases described above.