About Us

2001

• Founded by UAE, Kuwaiti and US private equity

• Incorporated in Bermuda

2004

• Listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange (stock quote GKP)

2007

• Award of two Production Sharing Contracts for the Shaikan and Akri-Bijeel blocks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

2008

• 2D seismic data acquired for the Shaikan and Akri-Bijeel blocks

• American Depositary Receipts (ADR’s) traded in US over-the-counter securities (market symbol GFKSY)

2009

• Acquired interest in two further Production Sharing Contracts for the Sheikh Adi and Ber Bahr blocks in the Kurdistan Regions of Iraq

• The Company’s first exploration well Shaikan-1 drilled and announced as a major discovery

• Announcement of the Company’s strategic gradual exit from Algeria

2010

• First third party assessment of the Shaikan discovery gross oil-in-place published
  

• Bijell-1, first exploration well on the Akri-Bijeel block, announced as a discovery

• Shaikan Extended Well Test facilities completed and first domestic oil sales commenced

• Significant amount of 3D seismic data acquired for the Shaikan and Sheikh Adi blocks

• Shaikan-2 and Shaikan-3 appraisal wells spudded

• Sheikh Adi-1 exploration well spudded

• ADR’s traded on the premier tier OTCQX International

• Solid balance sheet following 2010 fund raisings for extensive 2011/2012 exploration and appraisal program

2011

• Bekhme-1, second exploration well on the Akri-Bijeel block spudded in March

• Significant upward revision of the Shaikan discovery gross oil-in-place volumes in April

• Shaikan-4 appraisal well to be drilled in the second quarter

• Shaikan-5 appraisal well location selected while Shaikan-6 & 7 are contingent

• Ber Bahr-1 exploration well to be drilled in the summer