Notice of Results

RNS Number : 7919Y

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd

10 September 2009

 

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10 September 2009

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

Notification of Interim Results 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP), an independent oil and gas exploration company, announces that it will release half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2009 on 30 September 2009.

 Enquiries

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:	[phone]
Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman
Ewen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer
RBC Capital Markets:	[phone]
Sarah Wharry
Brunswick Group LLP:	[phone]
Patrick Handley

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

Notes to Editors

• Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) ("Gulf Keystone" or the "Company") is an independent oil and gas exploration company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.
• The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market, since listing on 8 Sept 2004. 
• Gulf Keystone Petroleum International ("GKPI") is a joint venture between the Company and ETAMIC, its strategic partner in Kurdistan. The JV holds Production Sharing Contracts ("PSC's") in four exploration blocks with a total area under licence of 1,702 square kilometres.
• On 6 Aug 2009, the Company announced that GKPI had made a significant discovery at the Shaikan-1 exploration well which spudded on 27 April 09. The well is located in the Shaikan Block, situated near the city of Dihok, approximately 85 kilometres North-West of Erbil and covers an area of 283 square kilometres. The Company is currently continuing its drilling to deeper targets at the same location.
• On 14 Jul 2009, the Company announced its intention to exit its operations in Algeria in order to focus on Kurdistan.
• Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with offices in Erbil, Kurdistan, Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.

 

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