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Block 9, Bangladesh

In September 2003, the Company acquired a 60 percent working interest in the PSC for Block 9. Tullow, the operator, holds a 30 percent interest and the remaining 10 percent interest is held by BAPEX. Block 9 covers approximately 1,770 square kilometers of land in the central area of Bangladesh surrounding the capital city of Dhaka. Natural gas and condensate production for the Bangora field in Block 9 commenced in May 2006 and gas is transported from four currently producing wells to a gas plant in the block.

The Company's share of production from the Bangora field reached a sustained rate of production of 60 MMcf/d in 2009. The Company expects to add compression at the gas processing plant in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2014 which will allow sustained production levels through 2015. The Company has signed a GPSA including a price of $2.34/MMBtu (or $2.32/Mcf), which expires at the earliest of the end of commercial production, at expiry of the PSC (March 31, 2026) and 25 years after approval of the field development plan (May 15, 2032). Petrobangla is the sole purchaser of the natural gas production from this field. The sales delivery point is at facility and thereafter is the responsibility of Petrobangla and is transported via Trunk Pipeline.

The production and operating expenses for Block 9 relate primarily to the onshore wells and facilities, including a gas plant and pipeline. The majority of these expenses are fixed in nature with repair and maintenance expenditures incurred as required.

The Company calculates and remits profit petroleum expense to the government of Bangladesh ("GOB") in accordance with the PSC for Block 9. The profit petroleum calculation considers capital, operating and other expenditures made by the joint venture, which reduces the profit petroleum expense. To date, the GOB's share of profit petroleum amounted to the minimum level of 34 percent of gross revenue based on the profit petroleum provisions of the PSC. The profit petroleum percentage of gross revenue will increase above the minimum level of 34 percent of gross revenue once past unrecovered allowable costs have been fully recovered.

Under the terms of the Block 9 PSC the Company does not make payment to the GOB with respect to income tax.

Development Opportunities

The Company has undeveloped discoveries in D6 and NEC 25 blocks in India and in Block 5(c) in Trinidad and Tobago. Based on development plan submissions, increased clarity on future gas prices and positive project economics for the developments, the Company expects to book significant proved and probable reserves for these projects, effective March 31, 2013. The developments will provide the opportunity for significant production growth for the Company in the next three to six years.

The following is a brief description of these opportunities and their development plans.

Additional Areas, D6 Block, India

The Company's exploration program has identified three additional areas in the D6 Block for potential future development. In January 2013, the G2 well on the D19 discovery, one of four satellite discoveries approved for development by the GOI, was successfully drilled and the development plan for the R-Series area was submitted to the GOI for approval. The development of these areas is expected to be completed within four years after the approval of the development plans. The plans are likely to include the re-entry and completion of certain existing wells and the drilling of new wells, all connected with new flow-lines and other facilities into existing D6 Block infrastructure.