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4 August 2011
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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)
("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")
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Share Price Update
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Gulf Keystone notes the sudden fall in its share price and confirms that it knows of no reason for this decline, beyond today's general market turmoil.
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The Company remains completely focused on the active exploration and appraisal programme across all the four blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including the current drilling operations at the Shaikan-2, Shaikan-4, Sheikh Adi-1 and Bekhme-1 wells.
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The Company is expecting to commence oil exports at an initial stabilised rate of 5,000 barrels of oil per day ("bopd") in the coming months increasing this target to 10,000 bopd shortly thereafter.
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Gulf Keystone will be providing further operational updates in due course and will report half year results in September 2011.
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Enquiries:
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Gulf Keystone Petroleum: | +44 (0) 20 7514 1400 |
Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | |
Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director Β | |
Strand Hanson Limited: | +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris Β | |
Mirabaud Securities LLP: | +44 (0) 20 7878 3362 |
Peter Krens Β | |
Pelham Bell Pottinger: | +44 (0) 20 7861 3232 |
Mark Antelme Β |
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or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com
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Notes to Editors:
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Β§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Β§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for fourexploration blocks in Kurdistan.
Β§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market since listing on 8th September 2004.
Β§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with further offices in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.
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Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. This document (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.
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