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1 Advanced Exploration Technology & Concepts: Key to Future Gulf of Mexico Deep Shelf Oil & Gas Dwight Clint Moore & Michael Neese with Rich Heaney, Bill Lefler, & Tom Uphoff GCAGS 2014 Lafayette, LA October

2 Shelf Miocene Sub- Play Area ST GI VR SMI EI SS EW GB GC

3 Exploring a Proven Petroleum System 400+ MMboe were discovered in the 1990s in the Shelf Miocene Sub- play Conger 240+ MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod Hickory >45 MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod Mahogany >45 MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod Monazite Enchilada Tanzanite Mahogany Agate Teak Tarantula Hickory Enchilada >30 MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod Conger Tanzanite >20 MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod GSPE Lease Blocks Previous Sub- Discoveries Oil and Gas-Producing Field Tarantula >15 MMBoe Discovered 1 St Prod

4 Shelf Miocene Sub- Target Section North 5,000 10, ' 10,000' 15,000' Ultra-Deep Gas North Lafitte Target Zone Shelf Plio-Pleistocene Supra Shelf Plio-Pleistocene Supra- Shelf Miocene North North North Mahogany Hickory Lafitte Tahiti Lafitte Lafitte Jack ' 10,000' 15,000' Deepwater ' 10,000' 10,000' Plio-Pleistocene Plio-Pleistocene Plio-Pleistocene 5000' Supra Supra Supra Target Target Target Zone Zone Zone 15,000' 15,000' 0 Shelf Shelf Shelf South North North South South South Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Mahogany Hickory Hickory Hickory Lafitte Tahiti Tahiti Jack Lafitte Tahiti Jack Jack Hickory Hickory Tahiti J Deepwater Deepwater Deepwater Shelf ' 10,000' 15,000' Deepwater Miocene & Lower Tertiary Mahogany Hickory Conger Tahiti Jack Deepwater Target Zone 0 Plio-Pleistocene 5000' Supra 10,000' 15,000' Target Zone Shelf Plio-Pleistocene Supra South Deepwater Deep Sal 15,000 20,000 20,000' 25,000' 30,000' 25,000 30,000 Upper Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Upper Miocene Lower Tertiary 20,000' 25,000' 30,000' 20,000' 20,000' Proven & Potential Section 20,000' UpperMiocene Upper Miocene Miocene Miocene Upper Miocene Upper Miocene Upper Miocene 25,000' 25,000' 25,000' Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Lower Miocene Lower Lower Miocene Miocene Miocene 30,000' 30,000' Lower Tertiary 30,000' Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary 25,000' Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Lower Miocene Miocene Lower Tertiary 30,000' Upper Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary 20,000' Upper Upper Miocene Upper Miocene Upper Miocene Upper Miocene Upper Miocene Miocene Miocene Lower Miocene Lower Lower Miocene Lower Tertiary Lower Tertiary Upper Miocene Uppe Sa 35,000 Moore & Lefler

5 Evolution of the Shelf Miocene Sub- Play The play was 1 st produced in the 1990 s but older technology left potential giant fields behind Thick sand below salt discovered by accident SMI 200 well discovered 1000 of thick reservoir sand below an unexpected salt sheet, in late 1985 Shift to Deepwater Seismic advances lead to massive discoveries in deepwater GoM, followed globally (Brazil, West Africa, East Africa, and others) Extensive R&D spending on sub-salt imaging & drilling due to global size of the prize GulfSlope Captures Leading Lease Position Industry applies RTM to Shelf Miocene Sub- play GulfSlope acquires a leading position in the Shelf Miocene Sub- play Shelf Miocene Sub- Play 1 st Developed Sub- Seismic Successful in deepwater Deepwater Technology Re-applies to the Shelf Mahogany discovered in 1993, with 400+ MMboe discovered in play by 2000 Shelf Miocene Sub- Exploration Limited by Seismic Clarity Early sub-salt seismic has difficulty with GoM shelf Play limited by drilling depth capabilities Seismic Advancements New Reverse Time Migration (RTM) more accurately images sub-salt RTM and other technologies proven successful in sub-salt deepwater GoM, Brazil, West Africa, & East Africa

6 Dynamic & Sediment Model Heaney 2014

7 Observed Trap Styles in Play Area Today Heaney 2014

8 15+ Sequences - Lowstand Sand Potential mya Sequences Primary Zones Sub Epoch

9 Miocene Deltas Feed -Supported Extended-Slope Creating Confined Mini-Basins Moore 2014

10 Miocene Subsalt Pay Sands Slope Fans + Basin Floor Fans UM UM UM Shelf Miocene Producing Fields MM UM UM MM MM LM LM Deepwater Miocene Producing Fields UM MM LM Upper Miocene Middle Miocene Lower Miocene LM Moore 2014

11 Advanced Seismic Technology Better Imaging at Lower Cost Computing Cost Decline Scalable Processing Multi-core Processors Imaging Capability Improves Wave Equation Migration Beam Migration Reverse Time Migration Technology Evolution Seismic Processing Faster, better and cheaper processing techniques Advanced processing yields the most accurate view of subsalt prospects Algorithm Evolution 1990s: Kirchhoff 2000s: WEM and Beam migration Today: RTM Kirchhoff Migration Parallel Processing 1980s 1990s Subsalt Miocene Play discovered

12 Seismic Processing Improvements Why this Opportunity Still Exists Today Legacy: WEM Processing Modern: RTM Reprocessed Additional salt body appears Unclear interpretation of geology below salt Previous generations of seismic subsalt images were often unclear Recent advances in seismic processing provide clearer images

13 Mahogany Simplified Structure Map B 1 mile A Neese 2014

14 Geophysical Advantage of Play Advanced Seismic Technology now allows us to find Deepwater Size Prospects in Shallow Water

15 Geologic Advantages of Play High Porosity-Permeability Miocene Sand Reservoirs Slope Fans & Amalgamated Channels - Confined Mini-Basin Geometries 5 Key Fields Conger, Mahogany, Hickory, Tanzanite, Enchilada Proven Petroleum System High Volumes Liquid Oil and/or Condensate New & Advanced Seismic Processing Clarifies Sub- Imaging Economic Advantages of Play Moderate Drill Depths 15,000 25,000 Good pressure drives Mostly Jack-up Rig Access - $ K/day - $ MM per wildcat Mostly Conventional Platforms - $40-75 MM per platform Existing Platform-Pipeline Infrastructure across area

16 Emerging Shelf Play = Shelf Miocene Sub- Play

17 Acknowledgements The Authors would like to thank their fellow members of the GulfSlope Geoscience team, and especially Sheila Wilkins Bruce. We also gratefully acknowledge Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) for their permission to display their geophysical data in this presentation.

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