10th Sep 2009 07:00
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:
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+44 (0) 20 7514 1400
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Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman
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Ewen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer
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RBC Capital Markets:
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+44 (0) 20 7653 4667
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Sarah Wharry
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Brunswick Group LLP:
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+44 (0) 20 7404 5959
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Patrick Handley
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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.
This information is provided by RNS
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