Gulfsands Petroleum PLC
29 June 2007
Result of Annual General Meeting
Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting
London, 29th June, 2007: Gulfsands Petroleum plc ('Gulfsands' or the 'Company'
- AIM: GPX) the oil and gas production, exploration and development company with
activities in the U.S.A., Syria and Iraq, is pleased to report that at the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held yesterday at 11am all the resolutions
put to shareholders at the meeting and outlined in the notice of the meeting
dated 31 May 2007, were duly passed. However, resolution 7 was withdrawn due to
a printing error in the Notice of Annual General Meeting. This special
resolution will now be voted on at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the
Company ('EGM') to be held at 11am on 23 July 2007 at the offices of College
Hill, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6HH. Notice of the EGM will be posted to
shareholders today.
ABOUT GULFSANDS:
Gulf of Mexico, USA
The Company owns interests in 54 offshore blocks comprising approximately
193,000 gross acres which includes numerous producing oil and gas fields
offshore Texas and Louisiana with proved and probable recoverable reserves net
to Gulfsands at 31 December 2006 of 41.5 BCFGE (6.9 MMBOE), consisting of 27.3
BCFG and 2.36 MMBO.
Onshore USA
Gulfsands owns interests in two oil and gas fields onshore Texas, USA (98.5%
working interest in Emily Hawes Field and 37.5% working interest in Barb Mag
Field) with proved and probable recoverable reserves net to Gulfsands at 31
December 2006 of 3.1 BCFGE (0.5 MMBOE), consisting of 2.8 BCFG and 57,000
barrels of oil.
Syria
Gulfsands owns a 50% working interest and is operator of Block 26 in North East
Syria. Block 26 covers 11,000 square kilometres and encompasses existing fields
which currently produce over 100,000 barrels of oil per day. These fields are
operated by third parties including the Syria Petroleum Company.
Iraq
Gulfsands signed a Memorandum of Understanding in January 2005 with the Ministry
of Oil in Iraq for the Maysan Gas Project in Southern Iraq and following
completion of a feasibility study on the project is negotiating details of
definitive contracts for this regionally important development. The project will
gather process and transmit natural gas that is currently a waste by-product of
oil production and as a result of the present practice of gas flaring,
contributes to significant environmental damage in the region.
Certain statements included herein constitute 'forward-looking statements'
within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. These forward-looking
statements are based on certain assumptions made by Gulfsands and as such are
not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results could differ materially
from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to
factors such as general economic and market conditions, increased costs of
production or a decline in oil and gas prices. Gulfsands is under no obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.
For further information including the Company's recent investor presentation,
please refer to the Company's website www.gulfsands.net or contact:
Gulfsands Petroleum (Houston) + 1-713-626-9564
John Dorrier, Chief Executive Officer
David DeCort, Chief Financial Officer
Gulfsands Petroleum (London) 020-7182-4016
Kenneth Judge, Director of Corporate Development 07733-001-002
College Hill (London) 020-7457-2020
Nick Elwes
Paddy Blewer
Teather & Greenwood (London) 020-7426-9000
Tom Hulme (Corporate Finance)
Tanya Clarke (Specialist Sales)
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